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garage. As I get older, I can't work with an old garage. You have not given us enough <br /> time to put in our response, and that's wrong. The public needs more time to decide if <br /> they want to be in this overlay. <br /> Gem McCurry-Hunter: 2518 Baker. I am very happy to be a Riverside neighbor. I <br /> totally support the move for the Riverside neighborhood to conserve and create a historic <br /> overlay zone. My home is over 100 years old and quite deserving to be protected. I also <br /> feel that many of the homes in the area have outstanding features that deserve our <br /> protection and care. Some people do not come to the neighborhood meetings. This has <br /> been discussed on and off at the meetings for two years. People are busy these days, so a <br /> lot of times they don't attend the meetings. But this overlay is being proposed by people <br /> who really care about the quality of our neighborhood. People have worked very hard on <br /> their homes and we saw things going into the area and threatening old homes. So a lot of <br /> people got together and asked if anyone was willing to work on an overlay. I thank Steve <br /> Fox and his group for taking the time to do this. They did talk to neighbors and at the <br /> neighborhood meetings. This is a fantastic idea and I ask you to support people who <br /> want to preserve these beautiful old homes. <br /> Wesly Muller: 2807—21st Street. I remember when the Riverside neighborhood <br /> organization first started talking about an overlay. I thought that was would be good. <br /> About a year ago the vacant lot across the street from our house was sold. It had all kinds <br /> of wildlife. Two big three-story townhouses were built. They sit on the hill and are the <br /> biggest things around. They don't fit in. I wasn't happy with the buildings themselves, <br /> but I thought they would have big families with children move in and I could watch the <br /> children grow up. But now we have very strange neighbors. If you look that direction, <br /> the neighborhood ends at that property. If you face the other direction, the neighborhood <br /> looks just like it did before. I don't want the Riverside area to end up with <br /> condominiums and duplexes everywhere like is happening on the edges of our areas. The <br /> staff has said you do not have to change the existing things you have. But if you want to <br /> build something new, then you need to try to fit in with the neighborhood feel. We don't <br /> have to change. I just had a ramp put in and some other things. I wish I had had the <br /> overlay standards for direction. Now my front door doesn't fit in. I think the overlay is a <br /> good thing, and I'm glad I'm in it. <br /> Judy Corcoran: 2720 Victor Place. I am very strongly in favor of the overlay. The <br /> main reason I bought the house I did five years ago was because of character, architecture <br /> and feel of the house and the neighborhood. I grew up in a house built in 1906. I am <br /> thrilled about the overlay and am glad people like you want to preserve the houses and <br /> the neighborhood. <br /> Eileen Howard: 3016 Victor Place. I think this is the cutest neighborhood ever. I like <br /> the idea of the overlay because I like the idea of keeping the neighborhood character. But <br /> I do have a question. Doesn't zoning restrict condos and apartment buildings from being <br /> built in single family areas? Also, I have an old garage, too, so what process would I as a <br /> homeowner take to replace my garage? <br /> Jan Meston: The majority of the area in the proposed overlay is zoned R-2 for <br /> single-family development and duplexes where the lots are large enough. In the southern <br /> portion of the overlay, there are areas zoned R-3 and R-4, which is for higher density <br /> 5 <br />