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JUN 16 1987 <br />office. <br />BOOK 68 F -4,E564 <br />He suggested that they rent an office in the 17th Street <br />Office Plaza. <br />Mr. Nelson pointed that at the P&Z meeting many more people <br />were present objecting, but they were not notified about the <br />hearing today. He noted that Mr. Brenner is on the Planning S <br />Zoning Board and did not vote, although he did make his pitch in <br />favor of the rezoning to the Board members, but they turned it <br />down unanimously. (He was informed that the vote was R to 1.) <br />Mr. Nelson continued that the old VW building on 17th Street was <br />just torn down, and we will get more stores or business in that <br />area. He felt the business area ended at 6th Avenue, but now it <br />appears they want to move the commercial down the street which <br />will add more traffic, and this was one of the reasons the <br />Promenade project was turned down. Mr. Nelson felt to line this <br />street with offices again will definitely add more traffic and <br />the exits and entrances to these buildings would be added onto <br />17th St. and present more traffic hazards. <br />William Koolage, 815 26th Ave., felt some of the problems go <br />all back to when you create an arterial because when you create <br />one, you are asking for commercial to be along it, and it would <br />be appropriate because of the volume of traffic it carries. He <br />mentioned the slides shown of the redevelopment on SR60 and felt <br />SR60 has been a terrible degradation since he moved here in 1971, <br />and although some of the homes have deteriorated in that period <br />of time, he felt the office buildings that have gone in are no <br />credit to that area. He then went on to express concern about <br />the lots behind and abutting those that are made commercial and <br />subsequently increase so much in value. Mr. Koolage emphasized <br />that consideration must be given to the owners of these abutting <br />lots, and possibly the one who gets the tremendous price on his <br />land because of the rezoning should have some kind of penalty <br />that he pays those who abut his property. He also felt that just <br />a barrier of some kind is not enough to prevent a bad effect on <br />the abutting owner. <br />4A <br />