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Kristine Shaw: 2602 Everett Ave. I am one of the citizens who support the Riverside <br /> Historic Overlay with a southern boundary modification from California Street to Everett <br /> Avenue. Over 20 citizens who live in these three blocks are proposing this boundary <br /> modification. We are enthusiastic about the historic overlay in the actual Riverside <br /> Neighborhood. We have submitted a signed petition that asks your committee to change <br /> the southern boundary from California Street to Everett Avenue for these following <br /> reasons: <br /> 1. Everett Ave. is a very high traffic street that naturally divides the mixed use area <br /> from California Street to Everett Avenue from the rest of the proposed residential overlay <br /> to the north. These few blocks are not conducive to the single-family residential appeal <br /> outlined in the ordinance. The area is made up of a tavern, PUD parking lots, apartments, <br /> condos and rentals. Everett Ave. is a much more logical boundary. <br /> 2. The zoning south of Everett Ave. is all R-4,multiple family high density, whereas <br /> most of the overlay north of Everett Ave. is R-2, single-family detached medium density. <br /> 3. Most of the people residing south of Everett Ave. are renters, not homeowners. <br /> Therefore the culture is much different from the private ownership and single-family feel <br /> of the neighborhood north of Everett Ave. As we are approaching October 31St, I am <br /> excited to experience the Riverside neighborhood as I experienced it last year on <br /> Halloween. The haunted houses and little trick-or-treaters running safely from house to <br /> house show the true sense of the old fashioned Everett community. This is the reason I <br /> fully support the overlay. However, I have to cross the busy street of Everett Ave. for <br /> Halloween or to ride my bike through the tree-lined streets. It is drastically different <br /> from where I live in an 8-unit apartment building surrounding by other rentals. As the <br /> manager of the apartment building where I live, I ask, with 25 other citizens, that you <br /> move the southern boundary line to Everett Avenue,reduce the size of the overlay by <br /> three blocks,but preserve the remaining blocks for generations of homeowners to enjoy. <br /> Do you have any questions? <br /> Barb Hardman: Do you know what percentage of persons who sign the petition live in <br /> the area you are talking about eliminating? <br /> Kristine Shaw: I would say 99 percent. <br /> Jack O'Donnell: Do you have any hard data on how many of these houses on these <br /> blocks, particularly the one large block, are single-family and how many are rentals? <br /> Kristine Shaw: I don't have a number,but if you drive around you can tell the larger <br /> units by driving. The single-family units that are rentals you can tell from those which <br /> show pride of ownership. You can tell by yard maintenance. <br /> Jack O'Donnell: But they are single-family houses that you're referencing? <br /> Kristine Shaw: I'm referencing both multi-family buildings and single-family homes. <br /> I think the rentals in my block along, between Baker and Fulton, are at least 75 rentals <br /> and two large condos facing California which are beautifully restored,but they are <br /> condos. <br /> Sue Walsh: To clarify, are you representing all the persons who signed the petition? <br /> 3 <br />