The @CvillePlans materials for next week's Planning Commission work session are now available. They've gone back to the March FLUM basically, including a 2.5 story height limit for General Residential, which is another way of saying nothing will change. drive.google.com/drive/folders/…
I have my good days and my bad days with these consultants. Today is definitively the latter.
Oct 27, 2019 • 48 tweets • 21 min read
I’ve payed close attention to each city council candidate’s housing platform as I figure out who to vote for. I’ve come to the conclusion the two best candidates are @senaforcville and @MPayneCville. Here’s a thread on why, where I dive into the major candidates positions:
The candidates did some excellent interviews on @CBS19News which I recommend watching. Each interview is about ten minutes.
This morning I walked by the new office building going up on Garrett and 2nd, behind the Glass Building. I looked up some of the history of the development. I found a chance for us to quickly go on a trip down “terrible decisions by the city to address housing” lane.
In January 2015, Kuttner presented a plan to the Planning Commission to build a couple hundred fairly affordable micro units on this site, plus some office/retail space, and 271 parking spaces. cvilletomorrow.org/articles/glass…