Mr. Reece said that Mr. Dettloff summed up his feelings well. The |
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density was the biggest issue for him, and also whether attempting to do |
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the right thing by revising the PUD was in the best interest of the citizens |
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and Mr. Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert had a long standing track record within the |
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City and had done a great job. What had been glossed over was that it |
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was a much less dense proposal than what potentially could be built |
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under the original PUD. People did not seem to want to talk about that, |
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and he felt that was a little unfair from the standpoint that what was being |
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proposed was significantly less dense than what could be built if they |
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chose not to accept the PUD. He mentioned that he was a licensed |
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architect, and that he studied planning in college, and in his professional |
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opinion, commercial belonged on Rochester Road. It was not a dirty |
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word. It was a viable part of the community to keep it moving forward. |
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Taxes continued to decline, and without tax revenue generated from the |
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commercial and office developments in the City, the City services would |
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be dramatically reduced. Done correctly and with good aesthetics and |
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planning, it was the right place for it. He thought the Commission had |
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done more than an admirable job over the years in terms of keeping the |
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architectural aesthetics of the community at a high level. He felt they |
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could continue to have similar types of development with similar types of |
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oversight for the residents. That being said, he did think 50,000 square |
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feet of commercial was a bit much. He would be a lot more comfortable if |
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there was a swap between the commercial and office - if there was 25,000 |
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square feet of office and 25,000 square feet of commercial it would be |
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better, in his opinion. Otherwise, he felt there had been great |
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compromise on Mr. Gilbert’s behalf, and he felt it was a much better PUD |
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Agreement than the original in terms of the residents. It was funny that |
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most people did not come and speak out against development unless it |
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was in their backyards. Unless something directly affected individuals, |
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they did not care what happened down the street. He said he was very |
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disappointed that the house was allowed to get to the state it was in today, |
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but the brutal reality was that there might be less than 1% of the people |
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that would be willing to fund moving the house. In the grand scheme, |
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someone might stand up and say it should be kept in its place, but when it |
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affected people’s pocketbooks, they were not willing to do something. He |
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would be much more interested in supporting the Revised PUD if they |
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