1990/01/17 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

January 17,1990 17 Jerome Cohn of Redmond said he was a developer and felt this project was a good project and urged the council to approve it. Carol Bly of 5110 Dover spoke of the wildlife that comes into her T 111, yard from the property that is proposed to be developed and spoke against the project. John McDowell of 6719 Tyee Road said his house was on the corner of Madison and Tyee and the difficulty he had getting out onto Madison. He spoke against the project because of the increase in traffic. , Richard Carruthers of Seattle felt that apartments are needed for 1 the younger people who can't afford purchasing homes. 2ge,12.g.15820 Heather spoke in favor because it was close to Bob Bickford of 1433 Mukilteo Blvd.said it was too large a project for one location and would cause traffic problems. Susan Higgins of 3408 Wave Dr.said with the increased traffic this would cause increased health problem bec6Use of pollution. TOM Howerton of 5122 86th S.W.spoke in favor of the project. Debbie 6.in0gren of 1402 51st P1.S.W.felt there should be more of a mixture of types of housing. She felt there should be more single family residences and townhouses to bring down the density. Tom youths of 4908 Harbor Cane,President of the Harbridge Community Association, said since the first meeting with the developer there have been some changes including a buffer zone,but they were still concerned. They have reached an agreement which is a recorded document but they will still be watching what goes on. Bill Mitchell of 4911 Seahurst Ave. spoke against the project. He said he was not against building but he felt the character of this neighborhood is single family detached and it should remain that way. He said the only person to enforce any developer are the citizens that live around the development. A development was constructed across from his house and no one ever came out to see if they were following the rules unless the citizens sent a letter to the city complaining of a problem. Ooh 040000 concerned ghgs''ke:F :p%ject" egotrtrg to the athetraffic : development was causing. Con ZeVenbergen of 5422 Glenwood said he shared the same concerns as all the citizens that had spoke against the project. He said he owned five acres of property adjacent to the project and had requested the same buffer as the other single family residences were buffered. He said he had requested an access easement from the Merrill Creek Project to the western plateaus of his property so he wouldn't be landlocked because of steep slopes. The staff report said he should receive the easement but between the meeting and when the agreement was signed the easement had been eliminated.