HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Barbara BisnoThank you for the opportunity to address the Commission today and I would like to thank
Chairman Samoff and Comm. Gort for meeting with us and Comm. Dunn and Comm.
Suarez for having their top aide meet with us.
My name is Barbara Bisno, 1000 Venetian Way, #603 and vice president of the Venetian
Causeway Neighborhood Alliance.
As the President of our neighborhood group has indicated, the neighborhood believes the
Commission should defer this matter until the fall.
In the event this Commission does not vote to defer when this matter comes back to you
after the public hearing, we would like to advise you that we have met three times with
the developer. He declined to make two changes we requested, giving the public and city
more time to consider the project and adjusting the ad towers so as not to be visible from
the condominium residences on the Venetian Causeway.
He did enthusiastically agree to some of our requests, most of which we believe will be
incorporated by you Commissioners. These requests are: relinquishing his right to build
high rise residential towers under his current Major Use Special Permit by allowing this
permit to be cancelled by his Development Agreement, building a low rise pedestrian
friendly commercial project instead of a 5 story big box commercial area with parking
garage, creating a pedestrian friendly bay walk from the Venetian Causeway to Museum
Submitted into the public
0/053 Z - -r, record in connection with
b item PZ.16 & PZ.17 on 07-2Z-10
Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
park, a much greater permit fee, and impact fees to cause the infrastructure costs of this
project to be paid by him.
We hope you will defer but, if you do not, we trust that you will cause these changes, to
which he has agreed, to be incorporated today in any ordinance you approve in regard to
this project.
Thanks.
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