HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-14-23 Public Comment - K. Noland - Left lane developmentFrom:Keegan Noland
To:Susan Gregory
Cc:Agenda; Terry Cunningham
Subject:[EXTERNAL]Left lane development
Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 11:36:40 PM
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Hello,
I am a father that uses the library on a weekly basis year round. I am greatly
concerned about the development's impacts to the future of the library's development,
and the ability to find adequate parking during peak tourist season.
I do not find their plans for parking to be adequate, indeed with the surplus of people
sure to come from the development itself I'm not sure what parking they will even be
adding to the stock already present.
I feel that the green space above the parking lot is akin to dangling a carrot on the
end of the stick for a donkey, only for the donkey to never get the carrot. Proposing
that a librarian be present when patrons visit the top gardens shows they have theirheart in the wrong place. This will never be a viable option with current staffing
shortages. If it is actually implemented it will be a needles drain on the already
strained finances.
As this valley continues to grow it will need more and more public space. Putting a 75
year limit on what can be done with public space is incredibly short sighted. We do
not know what the needs of the community will be 30 years from now let alone 50.
We could stagnate from a recession, or we could continue an absurd level of growththat would strain the space currently existing at the library.
Putting a hight limit on what the public library can build so that the private property
can maintain a view of the surrounding area is a grotesque display of corporateinterests over public interests.