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Subject:Support - Item 2A - Sunnyview Villas
Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:09:43 AM
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Dear City Council and Staff,
RE: Support - 2023-03-09 City Council Agenda Item 2A - Sunnyview Villas.
Excited and supportive of this excellent affordable housing project in our Upper
West Side NOrg.
Some important concerns need addressing, which are currently absent from
the plan.
1.ADDITIONAL on-site resident and visitor parking. The property has the
land (currently a lot of unnecessary lawn/turf) to add plenty of
ADDITIONAL on-site resident and visitor parking spaces. Currently
Sunnyview Villas residents and visitors are seriously lacking sufficient on-
site parking. As a result, approximately 50% of Sunnyview Villas residents
and visitors have no choice but to fill the surrounding streets with their
vehicles in the area of Upper West Side, Racquet Club Estates, and
Racquet Club West NOrgs. Because their vehicles are always parked on
the streets, they are more inclined than average to be easy targets of
catalytic converter thefts and other types of vehicle related thefts.
Additionally, with the coming soon Monarch Apartment Homes currently
under construction next door to Sunnyview Villas, street parking will likely
become even more competitive and challenging for the area. So, please
require this project to make better use of the land and go above and
beyond the code minimum parking requirements, and get creative to add
as much ADDITIONAL parking as possible, including visitor parking. It’s
desperately needed.
03/09/2023
Public Comment
Item 2A
2. Turf removal, please require this project to remove all lawns/turf. This
property is surrounded with large areas of lawns, and is an almost daily
chronic major water waster, with water running down the street for many
blocks. In fact, just today the property had to be reported for serious
water waste, because the flooding was also interfering with the Francis
Rd. rehabilitation project actively under construction all this week.
3. Currently, Sunnyview Villas is safe Smoke-Free Housing, because
nationally all HUD Housing it is required to be safe Smoke-Free Housing.
Please make as a requirement of this project, for it to continue to always
be safe Smoke-Free Housing.
4. We are hopeful, that the exterior aesthetics will be addressed by the
Architectural Advisory Committee on this project too. Currently it is ugly
and badly dated, and some small changes could make a HUGE difference.
Sunnyview Villas residents deserve to have “Pride of Place” too. - -
“Design Matters” – PS Mod Org Slogan
Thank You, Thank You , Thank You!,
Your friends Bob Heinbaugh & Paul Hinrichsen – Upper West Side NOrg
leadership members.
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03/09/2023
Public Comment
Item 2A