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Sebastian,

Thank you for this information. I agree, I believe we need to start working
very seriously together to get a good understanding of the neighborhood plan as
it exists today and to alter it (as we are allowed) to refine our vision for our
area.

The woman who runs the cleaner and alteration business in that small strip
center on Lamar, just north of Fashion Floors has moved to 700 N. Lamar. She

I had a good conversation with Jamil Alam about the BOA application for
the Howard's property. He confirmed that indeed he no longer has a
contract on the Howard property, and he is not at all interested in
pursuing a variance from the BOA without a letter of support from the
neighborhood.

In this conversation, he told me that he has gotten very mixed messages
from individuals in this neighborhood about the desire for mixed use,

Thanks Sebastian,

It would be great to have a clear and final word on their pursuit of
the variance request.

Its strange that Jamil will quickly say they have "terminated" but
will not answer a direct question
about whether or not they plan to pursue the VR at the BOA.

Jody

On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Sebastian Wren wrote:

>> Despite claims by Endeavor, that they have terminated their proposed
>> Howard's Project, they have not cancelled their Variance Request

>Despite claims by Endeavor, that they have terminated their proposed
>Howard's Project, they have not cancelled their Variance Request at the

>BOA.
>
>And they appear to be ready to move forward with the proposed complex.

I can ask Jamil.

He has told me repeatedly that he absolutely will not pursue a variance
without a letter of support from the neighborhood.

I do know that the contract with the Howard's has been terminated -- the

Hey Sebastian, 

Dear Sebastian & All,

> At 9:03 p.m., 10/4/2007, Jody Horton Wrote:
>
> I was at the BOA today around noon.
>
> Susan Walker, who is handling the case, told me
> (and another person who went earlier) that the hearing had been
> rescheduled for November 14.
>
> I have a copy of the request letter from Endeavor, dated October 2.
>
> Could you please forward the note you received from Jamil/Endeavor to
> the list serve that relayed this information to you/the Neighborhood
> Association?
>

There was a lot to remember from last night but what I recall Jamil
saying was that if the NA didn't support the variance, then he wouldn't
be able to build VMU and he wasn't interested in building anything
other than VMU.  You may be right, Clay, and he did say he wouldn't go
to the BoA, but my brain isn't remembering it.  I do remember him

Patrick -

Martin Thomen wrote:
> So the headline on the website says "Success"- on what exactly I'm
> really not sure. Success in driving away a developer who obviously
> values the neighborhood? Success in refusing to negotiate?

I'm really not trying to be mean, but calling the vote last night a
"Success" for the folks opposed to granting a variance shows a very high
level of inexperience with these sorts of processes. Specifically, if