Financial windfall and no man to support anymore. Jackpot.
All these students have cars. That's the reality, says lady.
Downtown is now concrete, says lady.
Analysis: what was it before?
Analysis: what was it before?
Lady is inundated with offers to buy her home and somehow that's the problem with this draft comp plan.
Guy says he wants to talk about predatory landlords. Was charged $600 for a broken doorknob. Says he's the only person younger than 20 in this room. I say you could raise the cutoff to 30 maybe. But you wouldn't know it by looking at me.
Head of long range planning Heather Worthington takes it as a badge of honor that the comp plan process was criticized recently for being skewed to the youth.
The entire population of North Dakota is moving to the region in the next 20 years, says @jdhoudek. Do we want that growth to sprawl out to car dependent suburbs?
Not literally all of North Dakota, but the equivalent.
I hope Cam Gordon has the discipline to end this meeting on time right now because I bet these folks have endurance.
Comment from @kburrows033 says he likes the idea of allowing 4plexes away from noisy polluted corridors because. It's wrong to restrict renters to undesirable areas.
Lady moved to her current home to be close to transit, not have a car. Gets a lot of offers for her previous home, a duplex, which she rents. Doesn't sell bc she feels responsibility to offer quality affordable housing. A good landlord!
Is convinced 4plexes are not affordable to homeowners, but duplexes are. Thinks we need to get more creative about density.
Public education is under the purview of the school board we have no control over it. Says Heather Worthington. It is addressed in economy section.
Self described young person from Marcy Holmes is here to warn is against the Ward 3 model. Says not requiring affordable housing has set us back. Calls this room out for lack of diversity.
Noted local dad @edkohler gets the honor of closing this meeting out. Says people are willing to trade square footage in order to drive less. "That extra density, it works for me."
