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| Henry Kim | 10/2/2023 10:51:40 AM |
| I am the owner of the lot adjacent to the property under consideration. We have been resistant to develop under the current zoning standards and have been sitting on the lot waiting for the zoning body to revise its approach and zone this B-3 accordingly. The same applies to the proposed property under consideration. We are next in line. The city really needs to accelerate this rezoning. It has been ten years in the waiting. | |
| Gregory Groeneweg | 9/29/2023 8:27:11 PM |
| Sirs, As a life-long Anchorage resident, I am glad to see someone addressing a long time Abbott "eye-sore". The north side of Abbott, from Lake Otis to Toloff. Vacant lots that no one has wanted to build on. Why?-because no one wants to live on one of the busiest 4 lane roads in Anchorage. Not a single one of the vacant lots have a home on them. And I don't suppose that anyone is going to want to see the low budget duplexes that may appear. The area is on the brink of becoming a better community if those lots were freed up for some nice commercial businesses. It would really correct the lack of a good boundary between commercial and residential. Any residence built on an Abbott facing lot is also going to be under significantly increased vandalism pressure. There is a bus stop on Abbott and it becomes a gathering place. Even this points to opening property up for commercial interests. In any case, the present zoning has not met the public need and therefore they sit vacant. This has resulted in unkempt land/sidewalks. These lots have become even more dangerous in recent years as this vacant land becomes a getaway for vagrants. We own three properties in this immediate area and have tried to do our part in keeping this area clean and looking nice. It would be great to see both sides of the street zoned the same and maybe see some nice interesting small businesses show up. I am shocked to hear a "good" idea these days but this is a good one. And I suppose it has taken a lot of time and effort to get this far. I think most everyone in the community here feels the same. Thank you for your time in reading this. I am available to answer any questions you might have for someone whose been in the community for decades. Cordially, Greg Groeneweg | |
| Eric P Trevithick | 9/25/2023 1:48:42 PM |
| As a land owner on Elim Street, I am submitting this letter as support for the B-3 re-zone. I believe the proximity of the lots to the busy road, the property is better suited for commercial application. Any commercial built on that lot will enhance the area and bring more amenities to the neighborhood. The area already has a more commercial feel and I think B-3 would be a positive and certainly not a negative. | |