From: Bohl, James Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:46 PM To: Lee, Chris Subject: Fwd: Please consider rejecting the current "TeachTown" Zoning Begin forwarded message: From: Bob Schneider Date: April 13, 2014 at 8:23:05 PM CDT To: , , , , Cc: "Zielinski, Tony" Subject: Please consider rejecting the current "TeachTown" Zoning Dear Gentlemen of the Zoning Committee, Next Monday, a decision will be asked of you to either accept or reject the current MPS proposal to turn the vacated Dover Street School and it's adjacent playground into "teacher housing". As a neighbor directly across the street, I humbly ask you to consider my plea that you reject the project. I grew up here on Dover Street. When I was 24 years old I was able to buy a lot with 2 duplexes. When my family outgrew that in 2007, we bought what is now my 3rd home on the street. I have witnessed the gentrification of this area and have paid the price to continue to live here. When you make your decision to re-zone this residential neighborhood to accommodate this "teacher housing" development, please ask yourself the following questions that are troubling me and most all of my immediate neighbors: Would you want 90 units of rentals built in front of your home? * If you are a parent, would you like your child's playground to be reduced to a third and add more than 100 cars darting in and out? * Would you like an already strained parking situation to be greatly exacerbated by the 1.1 parkings spots allotted in the developer's proposal? Would your Mom still be able to visit if she had to walk 3 blocks in the snow and ice? * How would you like fearing that the Firefighters may not be able to get to your house due to the traffic of morning and afternoon pick-up/drop off traffic of St. Lucas School - now combined with over another 100 plus cars? The parking and playground space on Dover Street serves a vital purpose to the neighborhood. St. Lucas Church and School present some great parking "challenges" to the immediate area. These institutions were here long before cars were invented. The current area allotted to them alleviates daily issues and their ability to overflow on events such as basketball tournaments or Christian holidays TOTALLY saves us from having to park 2 or more blocks away. Taking that away would hurt the neighborhood greatly. I am not opposed to the concept of teacher housing. If it were placed on Kinnickinnic, Howell or many other 'main drags' in the city. I am dreadfully afraid of the impact it will have to Dover, Potter and the surrounding residential streets of Bay View. It is FAR too large to impose on people who bought in to Bay View's quiet, residential atmosphere. Our Alderman, Tony Zielinski, has done very well in developing 'common sense' approaches for Bay View to grow. I ask that you give good weight to the viewpoints of him and his respectful constituents rather than the outsiders using this as a political "hot potato". Thank You, Bob Schneider 610 E. Dover St.