12 4 2024 WO PB Draft Minutes

8 has been continuously shut down for tying to plea our concerns and coming to the conclusion of don’t waste your breath. This project is too big and too unsafe and does nothing at all to make our neighborhood better. Please vote no on these variances. • Sandra Thorney at 2 Park Drive South said this building doesn’t look like any other building in this neighborhood. The request for the bulk variances and setbacks off the building allows for limited privacy of our neighbors, including my own. This building interferes with the neighborhood pattern and does not fit the layout of this neighborhood. Despite what has been proposed with all the additions and changes made according to the opening statement made by the lawyer, it still does not make anything better. In my opinion, it will interfere with the quality of life and there is a lot concerns that has been raised about parking spaces on the street. There is likely to be a hardship among existing residents in the area who struggle with parking and do not have a driveway. The additional parking spaces for the building is still not feasible for the families that will live there. Several questions have been raised and asked and are unanswered for this project. There were no traffic studies, parking studies, or proper solutions by the lawyer. Additionally, the building does not seem to have a percentage of units for low-income families which suggest there’s no benefit to the community. Please vote no to the variances. • Ms. McPherson at 26 Park Drive South said I understand there are parking concerns all around town but I agree with Ms. Adams that there was no traffic survey study conducted nor a parking inventory. On Main Street in front of the school there are vehicles parked alongside the bend which is across the street from the auto body shop, this makes visibility at this point very difficult. This is why cars blow through the pedestrian rapid flashing beacon crosswalk. No one drives the stretch at 25 miles an hour. Just last month a senior citizen was hit on that stretch. The stretch on Main Street between Park Drive North and South was suggested they remove the transit bus stop from the center of two corners closer to Park Drive North to accommodate additional spaces on the street but they are not accounting for the parking rule, no cars shall park 20 feet from an intersection so there will be no parking

closer to Park Drive North to accommodate additional spaces on the street but they are not accounting for the parking rule, no cars shall park 20 feet from an intersection so there will be no parking spaces if they shift. Parking on one side of the loop is hazardous as it is and reiterates that having parking permits and the additional parking lot is a joke. Tenants of the proposed building will not walk two blocks for their car especially in inclement weather. We know its public parking but it’s not fair to the residents that don’t have driveways and currently have hard time finding parking on the loop. Vote no for the variances. The design of the building will endanger our children, seniors, property, and motorist. This building will cause a substantial detriment to the area. • Mr. Priestley at 16 Park Drive North said just recently there was an accident that occurred in which one of the seniors was injured, almost on the corner of where the proposed building will take place. There are cars that come regularly speeding up and down the street and it will only be exacerbated by this structure particularly the position of the driveway. I will ask everyone to vote no and to think long and hard as to who the true beneficiary of these variances will be. There are a number of residents in the immediate area that will be impacted, clearly stating that we will be adversely affected. The question should be who truly benefits from these variances. If it’s a singular individual like the lease owner, then it doesn’t seem as though the balance should weigh in their favor than the rest of the people in the area. • Jeanine Scholz at Main Street said their property will be and is directly affected not only by the proposed building but by the variances sought out. As a resident directly next to the property I have concerns about the sheer size of the building. As the variances are