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 9 Parkway and also by Park Avenue and a well-dedicated drive called Bayshore Drive, which separates the present location from the property they want rezoned. One of the biggest objections which I have is the safety. I would like to point out that we have had numerous times when we have had members of the home out into the streets and this, from what I under- stand, they want to develop nearest to our most busy street. Happy Harbor also owns all of this area along this street, so what's to say if we grant them spot zoning to commercial, that this time next year they won't come back and ask to re- zone the rest of it? We don't have any park areas for our kids to play. Most of them play in the streets and vacant lots. We try to control them but like I say, the present Bayshore Drive separates the present Happy Harbor away from where they want to rezone, and they want to build on the furtherest part. We are not renters and I am in the process of buying another home. What's going to happen to that, is the valuation going down? For the Commission, I would like to see a show of hands of all those here who are against the rezoning of this land. We are all property owners who live within a block and all of us are against it. Not that we are against housing for the elderly, but not here. Cline: All these people are not within 200 feet who received notice of this meeting~ are they? Pena: I'd say half of them are; my neighbors across the street did. Meza: Let me see a show of hands of those people who received a notice and are within the 200 feet of the project. Pena: From where they want to build, all of us are. Meza: The park area is the property to be rezoned for this particular purpose. Pena: Well, then, maybe half of us are within 200 feet. Meza: Those within 200 feet should have gotten a notice. Pena: Then if you take into consideration that Happy Harbor also owns the entire block. Meza: I understand, but the property we are interested in here is this site, and if they didn't receive a notice I'd like a legal opinion on that.