HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-27-16 Vant Hull, Miscellaneous - Public Comment CONCERNS
ONE: M.D.s use Hippocrates' oath — First, do no harm. We should all
use this oath when making plans for the future. Remember also, the
Law of Unintended Consequences; it's alive & well in our lives today.
TWO: DOWNTOWN MAIN is the most important part of our
community. It is the heart, spirit, and health of our community. We
need to keep them foremost in mind. Downtown merchants work
incredibly hard to keep Downtown healthy. They have to work so
much harder & pay so much more to stay downtown. Their property
taxes are skyhigh compared to our outlying shopping areas. We
should give them every consideration.
(A)The Rick Williams Draft Parking Report: It suggests re-installing
parking meters. This would be harmful. -
(B)MOBILE RESTAURANTS. pay through the nose for their
downtown property. The least the City can do is to not allow unfair
competition with can in no way pay its fair share.
THREE: AFFFORDABLE HOUSING. You're trying hard to make some
affordable housing available & I commend you for your efforts.
BUT how can you allow houses -- that normally would be rentals or
bought to be lived in by owners — be allowed to be subverted to
short-term rentals in competition with motels and hotels?? It would
be so harmful to your good efforts.
FOUR: Re the huge number of problems that the City has because of
the fact that we provide free services to probably 2 million tourists
every summer, that we provide free services to all the people who
work in town and live outside, that we provide arguably free services
to our students in higher education. A huge effort has to be made to
enact the countywide gas tax, to force the legislature to finally
recognize that we are indeed a tourist town and must have local
option taxes, whether seasonal, sunsetting or on a few items only.