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| Barbara Karl | 5/28/2015 10:38:38 PM |
| As President of the Airport Heights Community Council I am submitting the following resolution that was passed by the council at its last meeting and signed by me. AIRPORT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COUNCIL Resolution 2015-06 A RESOLUTION OF AIRPORT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COUNCIL (AHCC) REGARDING TITLE 21 CHANGES WHEREAS, on March 28, 2012 the AHCC passed a resolution regarding the proposed changes to the provisionally adopted Title 21 (copy attached), WHEREAS, after many years of review and negotiations with various segments of the public, the “new” Title 21 was subsequently adopted by the Municipal Assembly on February 26, 2013, WHEREAS, two new ordinances have recently been introduced that make significant changes to the “new” Title 21 (Case No. 2015-0049 and Case No. 2015-0056), WHEREAS, Case No. 2015-0049 amends the multifamily standards, multifamily open space requirements, and some related standards, which result from a big workshop with the design community, follow up comments from builders, staff experience reviewing projects so far under the new code, and a series of Assembly Title 21 committee meetings in 2014-2015, with the apparent intent to respond to builder/designer problems and concerns, while keeping consistent with the objectives of the code and comprehensive plan, WHEREAS, Case No. 2015-0049 was heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) on May 18 when the public hearing was closed with very little input from the public and the PZC planned to hold a work session and deliberate in June before forwarding it with recommendations to the Municipal Assembly, WHEREAS, Case No. 2015-0056 was developed without the knowledge or any input of the Municipality’s Planning Division but was introduced to the public by two Assembly members on May 12, 2015; this case would eliminate height limits, substantially eliminate bulk restrictions and height limitations in some zones, table the residential design standards for a year pending an evaluation, amend the open space in its own way, among other things, and the Assembly Title 21 Committee plans to hold its own work session before the case has gone through the public process normally required by such cases, WHEREAS, the proposed provisions appear to be extensive, substantive, and, in some cases, technical and such changes will affect the future quality of life and stability of neighborhoods for several generations to come, WHEREAS, if the goal is to boost housing construction, although that has not been explained to the public, there should be a comprehensive economic analysis of the factors that affect the rate of multi-family housing construction, and little to no non-subsidized multi-family is being constructed under the “old” Title 21, which has no design standards; the costs of land, materials, labor, required infrastructure improvements, and building code regulations may be far more significant than the design standards, WHEREAS, it appears that the two cases have conflicting provisions that have not been properly reviewed by the appropriate municipal staff and there has been an egregious lack of public involvement or explanation regarding the proposed revisions to residential design standards and open space under the “new” Title 21, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Airport Heights Community Council (1) opposes any further action on either Case No. 2015-0049 or Case No. 2015-0056 unless and until the Municipal Planning Division has completely reviewed both cases and presented to the public in a clearly understandable manner the ramifications and impacts of such changes to the “new” Title 21; (2) demands that both cases be required to follow the normally required public process (including adequate time for community councils and the general public to review and address the changes) together with appropriate comparisons of each case’s impact on the quality of life in this community; (3) requests that the Planning and Zoning Commission take no further action on Case No. 2015-0049 until the above-requested actions occur; and (4) requests that the Municipal Assembly cease any further action on Case No. 2015-0056 until all of the above-requested actions occur and have been fully vetted by the public by and through the various community councils. THIS RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED by the Airport Heights Community Council on May 21, 2015 by a vote of: FOR 17, AGAINST 0, ABSTAIN | |