HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-11-17 Public Comment - J. Hetrick - Black Olive________________________________________
From: Geoffrey C Hetrick [digitalphotos@bresnan.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 9:29 AM
To: Chris Mehl; Jeff Krauss; I-Ho Pomeroy; Carson Taylor; Cyndy Andrus
Subject: Black and Olive
I’m sorry but I can’t attend the meeting tonight so I thought I would e mail some additional
thoughts on the project. I moved here in 1987 and my first place was the Blackmore #K. That
was a bad intersection then with more than it’s share of mid intersection accidents. I live on
Black St. now and go through that intersection regularly. It’s only gotten busier. It’s a confusing
spot to start with. One way has no stop sign and the other does. It should maybe be a four way
stop. This project is to big for the space, it does not fit the neighborhood, it adds more
congestion and traffic to an area that was never meant to handle it. Do we really need another
coffee shop? This project is ten pounds of stuff in a five pound sack designed to make a profit
for a few at the expense of everyone around it and downtown in general. It will drive up rents
for sure. When people see a two bed apt. renting for 2k a month and you are at $1800/month
for your small southside 3 bed. house, as a landlord you automatically go to over 2k/month
because you can. Car share is fine, but most people can’t realistically live in Mt. without a
vehicle. Everything outdoors takes a vehicle to do. It seems like an excuse for the project to not
provide enough parking to boost profitability, again at everyones expense. It feels like overfill,
not infill. Let stuff like this go out and infill the checkerboard west of town where there is plenty
of room for it. Parking spaces are additional cost but not mandatory? If that is the case then the
first thing tenants will do to save money is park on the street. What about guests? Where will
they park. Parking in that area is limited and always crowded now as it is. We need another
downtown parking structure across the street to the east of the existing one as it is.
This project does not add to the community, it only detracts for the gain of a few.
Please don’t do this!
Jeff Hetrick
1005 South Black Ave.
digitalphotos@bresnan.net