Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 10/13/2005

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tal<c~' care of the problem. He indicated they all agree it is a nice looking Product, and if he Were living in a sin. ale-family home he would not mind looking at row homes acr6ss the .street versus the more dense looking court houses. Comm~,;stoner Brauer indicated that it would be nice if there was more peen space} also. He stated he realizes they are dealing with economics, but a central green' area for all of this might also make a nice transition from the single-family to dense housing. He added he likes th~ ponds and with trails it would be a nice place to live. Jermy Brock, 15240 Kangaroo indicated she lives on the corner of Alpine and Kangaroo. She. :;tared she just spent a lot of money remodeling her home, and when she Was here for the traffic meetings there was no mention of this development. She noted if there had been, she would have sold her h.ome and left .rath.er.than remodel. She indicated she does not want 66-foot lots behind ]let', stating the tra£fic is already bad enough. She statdd if all those l~°mes go behind he~ with ~ra~}ic and traffic lights she will be awake all night. She indicated ff~ere was. no' mention of this at thc traffic meetings, and a lot of people Would have liked to hear about it before now. Ms. B rock asked how inany units would be in each Of the apartment buildingS. ~ .~ha~rpcrson Nixt stated they-all share the same concern for density in the northwest comer. He ir~dicated the Plann{ng Commission is trying to move. away.-fr°m'the.66,foot'lots 'and use a dif't:~rcnt type of development format Without the impact on Ms.. Bro. ck's propert~.~ ' " ' :' .ha~t'person Nixt noted that a typical lot .width is 80 feet, so there coUld potentially be three to Ii, ur homes abutting her without any intervention from ~he planning Commission whatsoevert · Ms. l¢rock reiterated that if this .was brought up before she remodeled her home, she never Would have done that. Chairperson Nixt stated that you have tO assume that.with, the' zoning ·that is 9urrently on the property a4ja6ent to Ms. Brock that the possibility o£ development i'§ there. It cannot'.stay undevclopcd land fbrever. .. M.~. Bt'ock indicated she has seen some of the Puke Homes, and the)~ seem like' nice homes. She si:areal her concern is with the density Of homes behind her. Chairperson Nixt noted that the Planning Commission agrees~ and Ms. Brock heard them all '~>mment on tile same thing tonight. He stated ~hey will continue to address those doncei~s as dfis moves fi~'rward. iris. Brock stated if you t~ke that many units,' and put several people in each unit, there could be. t 000's of people behind her. . ~ lnaiq~c :a(m Nixt noted the City will see considerable growth over the next few years. Planning Commission/March 10, 2005 Page 6 of 7 28