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From: Kathleen Reavis
To: Eric Bracke; Katie Moore, Steve Olt, Tom Reiff;...
Date: Tue, Jul 31, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: neighborhood meeting - Bennett Road residential project
I have had prior meetings with the school and they were trying to provide more on -street parking on the
southside of the street (to minimize the ped xings). However, in order to do this they would have to widen
the street on their side and this impacted the playground. Would it be possible with this new development
to widen the street on the north side and free up some width on the south side for more parking? Just a
thought. Please include Tom and/or me in future meetings for this site - we have been contacted by the
City Manager's office to keep a close eye on this project - it seems to have Councilmember interest as
well. Thanks.
KR
>>> Eric Bracke 07/31 3:47 PM >>>
It is not likely that Bennett Road will become a one-way street. One-way streets need to be provided in
pairs. Making Bennett a one-way street will push half of the traffic on Bennett over to Springfield. I am
sure the residents of Springfield will not be happy with that alternative.
Eric
>>> Steve Olt 07/31 3:36 PM >>>
Tom,
I attended an informal meeting in front of Bennett School last Thursday morning with the school principal,
Sue Reid, and the developers. We talked for about an hour as we overlooked the property across the
street. The developers arranged this meeting.
Sue is very excited about and supportive of a single family development on this property (versus some
obvious options); however, she has concerns about the potential loss of on -street parking and children's
safety around and crossing the street. She would like to see Bennett Road become a one-way street. She
will be at the neighborhood meeting, probably in support of the project.
Steve
>>> Tom Reiff 07/31 1:17 PM >>>
Steve, I plan on attending this neighborhood meeting, but I also thought we were going to set up a
separate meeting with the city, school district, Bennett principal, and the developer prior to the
neighborhood meeting. Is this meeting still going to take place?
Tom Reiff
>>> Steve Olt 07/31 12:05 PM >>>
I have just scheduled a neighborhood information for the proposed Bennett Road Bungalows single family
residential project (see attached letter) for Wednesday night, August 22nd at Bennett Elementary School.
The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m.
This project has the potential to be somewhat controversial so I think it is very important that we have the
appropriate City staff present at this meeting to answer the residents questions, including someone from
the Neighborhood Resources office. Please let me know as soon as possible if we have to make other
arrangements for representatation from your department.
Thanks, Steve