At the Woodland Terrace meetings I attended we were informed that
aesthetics, including scale, would not be as important to focus on as
things like traffic. We were told that a traffic concerns would have
more impact on the City agencies involved and that aesthetics were not
really a "valid" thing to complain about. I assume this was true at
other neighborhood meetings. This might be why traffic became a major
talking point. On the other hand, we were very careful that each of
the neighbors speaking at the first PCPC meeting had a different angle
on the subject of the hotel so that the Commission would see that
there were many concerns, not just traffic. Of course, the minutes,
which I know are only supposed to be an outline, don't reflect those.
Frank
On Oct 4, 2008, at 09:48 AM, Anthony West wrote:
Traffic was one of the most frequently-expressed concerns I've heard
community members raise about this project at two meetings. It also
has a large potential impact on public infrastructure, as well as on
community members who don't live right next to a project. Traffic is
a meat-and-potatoes city-planning problem. It would be odd indeed if
PCPC did not consider traffic at this site.
It's possible PCPC chose to decide the traffic question in
September, after reviewing the traffic study, rather than in April,
before reviewing the traffic study. Studies are studied by some
people before making up their minds, and city planners are under
permanent pressure to read and consider studies.
-- Tony West
UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote:
why, then, was traffic so important for pcpc to consider? and why
was traffic more important to pcpc than the hotel's height and
scale? and why was traffic so overridingly important for pcpc to
consider in september, but not in april?
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