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<br />In-Fill Review Board Vote <br /> <br />Frank Hill <br /> <br />From: Harley.Smith@emrsn.com <br /> <br />Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11 :04 AM <br /> <br />To: Frank Hill; charlesm@wustl.edu; darbogast@ascensionhealth.org; Lehman Walker; <br />mkreishman@kai-ae.com; Iricci@mindspring.com; rgwagner@charter.net; rosalYr:l borg@juno.com; <br />Andrea Riganti <br /> <br />Subject: RE: In-Fill Review Board Vote <br /> <br />AGAINST (A) WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BUREAURACY THAT IMPEDES- OR IS PERCEIVED IN THE <br />DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO IMPEDE- THE EASE OF DEVELOPMENT/REDEVELOPMENT. I HAVE <br />BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS, WITHOUT EVER GETTING A CLEAR ANSWER: WHAT IS THE PERCEPTION <br />OF U CITY AMONG DEVELOPERS? ARE WE PERCEIVED AS AN EASY OR DIFFICULT TOWN TO DO <br />BUSINESS IN? THE ALL-TIME WORST CASE IN OUR AREA IS THE CITY OF ST LOUIS, WHERE LEGEND <br />HAS IT 27 STOPS AT CITY HALL ARE NECESSARY TO DO ANYTHING-I DON'T THINK OUR PERCEPTION <br />IS THAT BAD, YET. WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS PENDING- THE PROPOSED TREE ORDINANCE WOULD <br />HAVE A DEVELOPER FORKING OVER $5,000 OR ~_O.lF HIS PROJECT REMOVES BIG TREES. THE <br />CUMULATIVE EFFECT COULD BE QUITE NEGATIVE. I RECALL IN 2004 WE HAD ONLY Ot-U; <br />COMMERCIAL PROJECT APPLlCATION- THAT'S TERRIBLE FOR A YEAR OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY. (B) <br />THE STANDARDS FOR THE ARB/IRB ARE INHERENTLY AESTHETIC I.E. SUBJECTIVE. IN MATTERS OF <br />TASTE THERE IS NO ARGUMENT. (C) THERE IS NO DEMONSTRATED NEED, JUST BECAUSE 2 OR 3 <br />PROJECTS OUT OF 50 OR 100 GENERATED HEAT DOES NOT MEAN THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. WE <br />CAN'T PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. . '. <br /> <br />"'\ <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />. ~ ~ J ". TJI,l.. <br /> <br />Lr-=.. "',.." ~J,."... '.,"'".~ .... ..~..L..~.""".~"...." .~ <br /> <br />,.~~ <br />