09-23-2022, 08:44 AM
(09-23-2022, 08:28 AM)kevinchoi519 Wrote: I listened last night too. Im moving back to KW area for work soon so thanks to whoever shared the zoom link! I thought staff did a good job explaining what the existing zoning allows and the intended vision for the nieghbourhood... plus it is in downtown! and we need to build around the LRT and not for cars so that was well emphasized by staff. There were questions about construction dust and noise, traffic and 3 bedroom units from...most likely empty nesters who live in 3 bedroom + houses. Some suggested combining the 1 and 2 bedroom units to 3 bedroom units however i would think 100, 1 and 2 bedroom affordable units is better than say 50 , 3 bedroom units. Overall was happy that there were not the typical nimbys at the meeting and hopefully the Region will see more purpose built affordable housing projects like this one.
I think asking about construction noise is fair. I live across from this development and I'm not looking forward to even more construction and chaos while this is getting built. The building of Market Flats did cause a lot of disruption in the area, Drewlo caused a flood, not to mention that we had 3 summers of Weber St being redone and currently the closure of King and Cedar is resulting in even more people ignoring Duke being one way.
But, I know this is a much needed development and I will deal with the temporary inconvenience because I support the project fully. I'd also like to point out that most of the properties on Madison and the two on either side of this building are rentals, not homeowners.