By Howard Myers
The Planning Commission Remote hearing was held Wednesday, September 10th. To those of you who attended and spoke or donated your time, a big thank you. This was not a decision meeting but some very good points were made by residents.
There were only 4 of the 7 Planning Commissioners there.
On the Pinnacle Peak Patio case, the main complaint was heights and density, echoed by a number of residents.
Not much on the other cases except Greasewood.
On Greasewood, staff mentioned all the issues they had with the case so far. Many residents spoke and all the critical arguments were covered pretty well. Light, noise and traffic brought to a very remote area of the city, with all that bar traffic funneling through Troon causing a loss of the peaceful place residents bought into, and of course the negative impact on the Preserve. I think the message was well received and 2 commissioners even said they wouldn’t support it, even though no decision would be made at this meeting. No one spoke supporting the project. The applicant’s attorney, John Berry, didn’t have much to say after all the public testimony, but you can depend on him saying a lot at the decision hearing, October 8th. His staff took lots of notes so they will be prepared to try to have an answer to all the concerns.
The Cavalliere Ranch case was not heard at this meeting, but a number of speakers mentioned it and its relationship to the Greasewood Flats relocation. That case will probably be the harder one to defeat because a number of council members are already supporting it.
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