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<br />109 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985 <br /> <br />1. Decrease of property values thus making it difficult for <br />them to sell their property at a fair price. <br />2. Increase of traffic thus presenting a hazard to the safety <br />of pedestrians and vehicular traffic. <br />3. Change the character of the neighborhood from the present <br />quiet, family-oriented atmosphere where the residents feel <br />safe and secure to one where there will be lots of temporary <br />people they will not know anything about. <br /> <br />Mr. Benjamin R. Gardner, Attorney for Mr. Adams, stated that Mr. Adams was <br /> <br />concerned with the feelings and objections <br /> <br />of the people in the <br /> <br />neighborhood and had demonstrated this by reducing <br /> <br />the number of <br /> <br />apartments from his original request of 76 units to 63 units. Under the <br /> <br />present Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance a maximum of 113 units could be <br /> <br />put on this six-acre tract, or it could be subdivided to allow for 60 <br /> <br />units of duplexes. Mr. Adams has a "good neighbor" project with areas for <br /> <br />parking, recreation and other uses. The increased traffic volume would <br /> <br />still be within the limits of these streets. Everything has been done to <br /> <br />meet all the guidelines of the City for this development. <br /> <br />Mayor Cole noted that the responsibility of the Council is to see that the <br /> <br />conditions of the ordinances are met in granting or denying such <br /> <br />requests. <br /> <br />Councilman Oakes agreed but added that Council also had an <br /> <br />obligation to listen to the people as well as consider the legalities of <br /> <br />such a request. Oakes stated that he had lived in this neighborhood for <br /> <br />22 years and the apartments would be in his backyard, that he is proud of <br /> <br />the people and the community. His responsibility is to look at the total <br /> <br />needs of the City--knowing there is a need for housing--but looking at <br /> <br />every project on its own merits. <br /> <br />There are 35 families now in the <br /> <br />neighborhood and this project would bring in 63 more, thus increasing the <br />