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<br /># <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />Frank Hill <br /> <br />From: Charles_Marentette@aismail.wustl.edu <br /> <br />Friday, January 06,2006 11:38 AM <br /> <br />Frank Hill <br /> <br />Andrea Riganti; charlesm@wustl.edu; darbogast@ascensionhealth.org; harley.smith@emrsn.com; <br />Iricci@mindspring.com; Lehman Walker; mkreishman@kai-ae.com; rgwagner@charter.net; <br />rosalynborg@juno.com <br /> <br />Subject: Re: In-Fill Review Board Vote <br /> <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br /> <br />I believe that the IRB will function as a safety valve for contentious issues that will be coming before the Planning <br />Commission and the City Council. It gives the property owners some tools to use to voice their opinions when <br />they feel their property values are being threatened. I want to be pro development but not at the expense of the <br />existing owners. We have to walk a fine line and encourage development while also preserving neighborhoods. <br />When I first moved into the my neighborhood almost 20 years ago, there was an ongoing flap concerning the <br />renovation of Santoro's bar into the Milllbrook Cafe. The neighborhood was against it and the developers could <br />not get a majority of the adjacent property owners to sign a petition agreeing to a new liquor license for it. If I <br />remember correctly, at that point the liquor laws for all of University City were changed so an agreement with the <br />adjacent property owners was no longer necessary and they got their license. The neighbors thought that they <br />were 'betrayed' by the system that was in place at that time. Some of the neighborhoods who appeared before us <br />in the past year seemed to voice that same sentiment. In some cases we had agreed that even though we did not <br />like the redevelopment project as presented to us, we would still have to vote for it. The IRB would help all of us in <br />those rare instances. We have a wonderful city and we all want to see it get even better. Infill housing will <br />continue to happen and should be encouraged because it refreshes the housing stock but we should never forget <br />the current property owners and the impact this has on them. Don't stop redevelopment, encourage it, but also <br />carefully guide it so the finished product is something we can all be proud of. <br /> <br />Charlie Marentette <br />7163 Pershing Ave <br /> <br />" <br />, <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br />