From oldeastdavis at omsoft.com Wed Jul 14 21:29:10 2004 From: oldeastdavis at omsoft.com (Old East Davis) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:29:10 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Old North Concerns / Monday Meeting Notes / Barb's Plea Message-ID: REMINDER: We will be having a strategy meeting on Friday 7/16, 7:30 - 9 pm at Barb Boehler's house, 223 J Street. =================================================================== From Old North: In the meeting (12-09-03) in which the R2-CD district zoning was adopted, Old North residents expressed reservations that it would be sufficient to protect the historical character and scale of our neighborhood. We did not feel confident at the time that we knew exactly how to fix the problem. However, as a first step, a foot-in-the-door so to speak, we asked City Council to pass a resolution that acknowledged the need for further work and fine tuning. They did so. I have copied below the text of the resolution and the outcome of the vote: "M. Harrington moved, seconded by T. Puntillo, to direct staff to work with the Old North Davis and Old East Davis Neighborhood Associations and investigate further measure to preserve the unique character of Old North and Old East." The motion passed, Asmundson, Harrington and Puntillo in favor. Greenwald and Boyd were recused, due to their owning property in the areas under consideration. Bruce Winterhalder =================================================================== Monday Meeting Notes: Here are the minutes from last night's Board meeting. Attendees: Eric Cosin(?) Alan Miller Ken Gebhardt, Rhonda Reed Karen Bray, Keith Prior Bruce Winterhalder (Old North Neighborhood Association) Tim Kathy Forkas Michael Item Discussion Action Presentation-Ester Polito Ester presented Ordinace 2147..Zoning District and Conservation District language that Old East is currently zoned as and what that implies. Discussion of pros and cons of setting up a Planned Development or working towards Historic District. Historic District "rule of thumb' is that 50% of homes are original to area. Old East may not fit into that criteria. The zoning and conservation district rules do allow for enforcement such as adherence to the Design Guidelines, "footprint" of project, land:space ratio etc. Group will meet 7/16/04 at 223 J street, &:30 to further discuss strategy based on this disucssion K Street project Presentation to be made to the City Council 7/10/04 Will meet 7/16/04 7:30 to discuss our presentation to City Council on 7/20/04 "Big picture" Much discussion regarding need to define what infill will look like in our neighborhood and what defines the character of our neighborhood. Some ideas put forth: ? Adherence to the design and zoning principles, ? fair and consistent application of guidelines, ? providing examples of appropriate design. Working with Old North to put forth a unified vision of infill in the down town area. ??Op-Ed piece , written with Old North, about these issues to raise consciousness about what is happening in Old East. Keith has volunteered to photgraph the homes in our neighborhood to start an inventory of what is actually here in order to create a base. Members to contact City Council members and Planning Commission for "walk-though" of our neighborhood. Eric and Tim have walk planned with Ruth A., Tim has walked Don S., Barb will contact Ted. Any other people willing to do a walk and talk about their own immediate street? Submitted by Barb Boehler =================================================================== Barb's own plea: We need to stuff the council chambers on 7/20/04. We saw from the Planning Commission meeting that it does make a difference. Please try to come and make your voice heard. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: