1981-04-01 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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e e . Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting April 1, 1981, Page 12 Cline: What makes you think they are going to go up? I don't see any reason why they should. Mrs. Pena: I have lived at my present residence for 11 years. Mr. Neal says they don't have people wandering the streets. Well, more than once I have had people come to my door and look in the screen. I have taken them into my home. They want companionship. They love little children. They love to talk to children. This lady came more than once. Meza: You are objecting, is that correct? . Mrs. Pena: I'm objecting to the possibility of my property going down and since then Happy Harbor has acquired other land in the neighborhood. They fenced the area to keep out children on bicycle~, naturally, since that is private property. You can tell when Happy Harbor is changing shifts, there is really some traffic. To us who are property owners, there is some concern so far as traffic is concerned. I believe you have to be 62 to live here, and the City has already said they can't fight a fire in 3 story buildings. I have seen these things in Corpus Christi and they are very nice, but these older peo- ple don't want to be around all these children who want to fly a kite or play with their dog. They want to be where there is peace and quiet. At 62 there are not going to be too many that don't need somebody to look after them. Andy Wilson: What impact will the project have on the integrity of the neighborhood? I'm talking about 3 years, 4 years. What guarantees is there from this Council and the P & z that this project will never change hands? ~~at's the question that I have. If you can address it I would appreciate it. Simons: In forty years quite a few of us will be missing. Askins: Andy, the long term for someone as young as you are is longer than the long term for the rest of us. Wilson: That's my point. . Askins: That is the point I was trying to make with Mr. Spicer and Mr. Gilbert about deed restrictions. Legally, it can be done; 40 years is the longest deed restrictions I have ever seen. And they indicated they have a contract with the govern- ment that would restrict it for 20 years even if they payoff the note. I don't think you could do anything beyond 40 years. Wilson (Andy): So beyond 40 years it could become anything and in the interim they could develop 3 or 4 or 5 hundred units here in the land Al was talking about and that could become just apartments.