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MOTT Gregory
Friday, January 30,20094:12 PM
GRIMALDI Gino
GRILE Bill; L1MBIRD Andrew
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Gino,
Our office is about to send DLCD a notice of proposed amendment to apply the Nodal Development Overlay District on
the Gateway MDR site (first map). This action was directed by Council in the initial plan amendment for the site (2001-
2oo3l and the subsequent Master Plan approval in 2005. We've included a second map that includes a tier of LDR lots
along Deadmond Ferry that would be a logical addition to this action; however, because these lots are LOR and not MDR
they weren't included in the direction from Council so if you think our reach is exceeding our grasp we won't do it.
I'm bringing this up not because I think it's good practice to act contrary to Council instruction, but because I think it's
inevitable that either the PC, CC, the property owners or some mix of all three will ask why these properties were not
included in this proposal. This is the only LDR in Gateway east of Game Farm and north of Beltline other than the
Patrician MHP so it is an anomaly in terms of future development.
The benefit to the property owners is that we'd also rezone their property from LOR to MDR and they would then be
entitled to significantly more development potential than is available to them in LDR mode. Also, if any ofthese
property owners decided they wanted this zoning and plan designation after we take this action on the other properties,
they'd have to pay about $20,000 each to have the city process an individual application. There also is no certainty that
random requests would occur in a sequentially logical pattern. It is our intention to meet with all the affected property
owners prior to the initial hearing in April so we can just as easily include these folks.
We need to send our notice up no later than February 13th. Please let me know your preference.
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