In a message dated 11/11/2007 1:30:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
40th Street "Inn" : Huge Change demands public meetings and open discourse Liz & others: I have it from a reliable source that the project developers will make a presentation at the SHCA annual (election) meeting, this Tuesday (the 13th). The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 at the Spruce Hill Christian School, 42nd & Baltimore. This was apparently not mentioned in the announcement mailed to members. With respect to statements circulating about whether or not the developers discussed this project in public forums, here's what the same reliable source told me in connection with SHCA: "The only meetings with [SHCA] on the hotel proposal were with the zoning committee, and those were part of meetings with many other items on the agenda and were mainly informational.... any zoning application was awaiting resolution of the project at the Historical Commission level, and [SHCA's Zoning Committee] deferred any further discussion of the proposal until that decision was made." I strongly urge everyone interested in this project -- for, against, neutral, or undecided -- to attend the SHCA meeting on Tuesday. Candidly (most people know I'm no fan of SHCA so my opinion here is admittedly jaded), I suspect that Tom Lussenhop plans to make a superficial presentation like he did at the most recent First Thursday meeting, glossing over the primary community objection to the project (the height of the proposed structure), and take few questions. But a big showing of concerned neighbors -- whether or not they belong to SHCA and/or live or work within the nominal boundaries of Spruce Hill -- will make it necessary to have a healthy open discussion at the risk of being vulnerable to criticism of "public meeting" claims when the issue comes to the Zoning Board of Adjustments in City Hall. Al Krigman ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
