For people who are keeping track of the proposed zoning and development
of property south of the cemetery on 51st Street, the Hyde Park
Neighborhood Association has now rescinded their support for this
project. They are now expressing concerns over flooding, traffic, and
parking, and have written a letter to Council requesting a postponement
of consideration of this property until after more study has been
conducted. (See attached letter.)
It is hard to argue against a request for further study, so this is a
fairly intelligent move on the part of HPNA. It is not at all clear how
City Council will respond to this. A final (closed) hearing on this
topic is scheduled for this Thursday.
Neighbors in Hyde Park are now clearly fighting at cross purposes. Some
are arguing that this property should be turned into a city park with no
development at all. Some are pushing for single-family zoning. Some
are willing to allow low-density multi-family development. And some are
even open to higher-density development. Some are in favor of
restricting pedestrian and bicycle traffic everywhere but on the north
side of the property -- others are completely opposed to that proposal.
It will be interesting to see how this ultimately unfolds.
Cheers.
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Sebastian Wren, Ph.D.
Director
http://BalancedReading.com
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