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Jeremy Barnhart Council Exhibit H From: judy.fredricksor Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 5:12 PM To: Denise Leskinen (deniseleskinen@gmail.com); Kevin Landgraver (klandgraver@gmail.com); Bruce Lemke (brute@plantscapeinc.com); olsonc116@gmail.com; Loren Schoenzeit (lorens@3dlake.com); Jon Schwingler oonschwing@aol.com); John Thiesse othiesse@srfconsulting.com); Christopher McGrann (c mcgrann@hotmail.com); Jeremy Barnhart Cc: PremiumSigns Subject: RE. 16-3&47/2525 Kelly Avenue/2535 and 2545 Shadywood Road Attachments: Legal Disclaimer.txt Importance: High Planning Commission: I intend to come to the meeting tonight but in case another meeting I have runs late, I wanted to provide you with the below feedback on the Shadywood Project being proposed. A My name is Judy Fredrickson. I live at 2507 Kelly Avenue. In general, I have a positive reaction to this development for 2 reasons: 1. Private Homes vs. Commercial - They are proposing single family homes vs. apartments or a commercial development. I believe that Shadywood is already very busy and has not worked well for commercial use (few businesses along 19/15 have survived over the years and much space is empty (former Snyder's Drug store for example). It is not a shopping destination due to the heavy traffic on both roads as it nears the intersection. I much prefer private homes for this location and they are in keeping with the surrounding neighborhood. 2. Quality of Builder/Developer -The builder/developer for this planned neighborhood is Charles Cudd and through the years, I have toured several of their luxury homes and they do a beautiful job. IF they plan to build these smaller homes with the same quality level, it would be a positive enhancement to the residential surrounding area. REZONING OF KELLY AVENUE LOT: I do have a concern with the rezoning the 2525 Kelly Avenue parcel as it is currently zoned single family residential and if I am correct, 2525 Kelly Avenue and is not part of any area designated for higher density. This parcel is in the middle of a neighborhood that is also zoned single family residential. As you well know, the Kelly Avenue neighborhood has had to attend countless Planning Commission and City Council meetings to protect the single family nature of the Delaney property adjacent to Kelly Avenue that was the site of many proposals over the last 18 months — most recently a 24 home project. On two different occasions during this same time period, the City Council has come down on the side of protecting Kelly Avenue and maintaining the single family, 1 acre per lot residential zoning for the Delaney property. I am concerned that if you approve the rezoning of 2525 Kelly Avenue that this will set a precedent for future requests by Mr. Delaney and he will want to try to fit multiple smaller homes on his property instead of the 1 acre, single family development that we fought so hard for. The site plan seems to show that only 3 of the 7 homes are to be built on the Kelly parcel which currently has 1 home/acre zoning.