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5/24/2019 CONCERNS RE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION 1514 AND 1516 ENGLISH ST My wife and I received a Notice of Public Hearing last week letting us know that a Planning Commission meeting will be held to discuss the creation of six new parcels where there are now two. This is so the owners of this property could build six new homes. Up until the time we received this notice we were not aware of any recent plans to build on this property. We want to voice our objection to this proposed plan for the following reasons: Parking • We have little to no parking on our street right now. The primary cause of this is that people living in the Solare Apartments (located at 2111 W 17th street) and other homes in the area park on English. When my son visits me he has given up on finding parking and parks on 15th street. • Many of these people park and leave their cars the full weekend. • According to the proposed Tract Map, there is limited, or no parking on the newly created private street which will only make our current problem worse. • Two of the new homes will be built with their entrance facing English. The most obvious place to park will be in front of their house. We simply cannot absorb any more street parking. • A stark reality in our community is that often multiple families pool their resources together to purchase a home in order to make it affordable. The fact that these homes are being built so large lends itself to this purpose. It’s not hard to imagine the number of cars that will belong to each house Traffic It was hard to imagine the impact the closure of College Ave would have on us when the college took it over. There are times when it is nearly impossible, and dangerous, to back out of our own driveway. The addition of six large homes will only serve to exacerbate that problem Home Design The proposed homes are very large with the average being just under 2,700 sq ft. In addition, each home is a two story structure. Those two things differentiate these homes from the others on the block, except for one. Looking at the proposed plans I disagree with Mr.