"I have a lot of consternation about this project and feel that not only should the residents of Windemere be very concerned, but also our greater Morningside neighborhood. This is a massive construction and will be much larger than anything else to date in our neighborhood. The traffic impact on the neighborhood will be very significant. These apartments will most likely house young, transient people who will go to places in the Highlands like Tap, Fontaine's, Noche, etc., and they will head straight down Rocks Springs to Morningside because that is the quickest, shortest route. Our neighborhood has enough unsafe, cut through traffic. We do not need to add any more, especially from people who have potentially been drinking. So many of our streets already have speed bumps due to traffic issues. It is ridiculous. We are a neighborhood of humps. Additionally, we will have a harder time getting to the interstate with over 600 more cars. I feel that the density of this project is too high and do not see any beneficial aspects to the neighborhood of this development. The multi-residential properties currently in or near our neighborhood are town homes or low-rise buildings, not massive 7 stories, 2 to 3 block apartment buildings.
As a resident of Windemere, I feel the news gets worse. Our property abuts this development and is separated only by a thin barrier of woods. In the past, our property and our neighbors' property have had water runoff issues when the curb behind Artlite was busted. It took much effort and time to get it fixed. I can't imagine the issues that will arise from the new construction. In the presentation to the NPU, the developers say they would like to keep the forest barrier, so I do not understand the need to rezone the R-4 property and am opposed to it. I am also concerned about air quality. With an almost 700 car parking deck directly in our backyards, the air quality is going to suffer not only from the car emissions, but also from the massive construction process itself. This brings me to the noise issue, not just from the cars but the residents as well. I do not want a pool that 600+ people have access to beside our backyards. Additionally, I do not want to hear the non-stop hammering away during construction of this project for months. Lastly, I don't think the 50+ homes of Windemere want to see a 7 story building from our street. Even with a transitional height plane, it will be visible. Currently during the winter, as you go down the hill on Windemere from Wildwood, you can see part of the billboard and roofs of the existing buildings. It is ridiculous for anyone to think the building is not going to be somewhat visible from the street and the homes on the other side of the street much less the backyards of the folks on the west side of the street. And it sounds like the centerpiece of this view will be a 700 space parking garage. Our neighborhood is a great, beautiful, tree-filled home to people who have chosen to live in-town without the concrete jungle of downtown or midtown. We do not need a massive apartment development directly adjacent to it. I would like to see the developers consider a smaller, less dense project that involves home ownership, not transient renters, and that is more in character with the neighborhood. "
Thank you for your time,
Joss Stokke
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