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Thirdly, current access to our lot is along Westview Street, which essentially is part of the elementary school parking lot. Again, this is not a very viable access point for a developer. Given these concerns, the city council did decide to exclude our residential propcrty from being rezoned as a mixed-use property, What has changed in the last year to make this proposal again when it was already decided to maintain our residential zoning? We have also noted that the property to the north of us, ovmed by Bill Lalonde, is to be rezoned to mixed-use. We were told that this is because it is a very large lot with a lot of vacant space that could be developed if the current owner decides to sell. Why does this have to be considered as commercial property or high-density homes when it could be developed into residential homes? All of the property adjacent and to the north of this property is single-family dwellings. In other words. why can't the properties that are to the north and east of County Road 14 continue to be zoned, and perhaps developed, as more single-family homes? Given the concerns over very limited access because of the new road being built by the county, we believe that the city council should reconsider this proposal which is currently marked as "Area Coo on the proposed map for 2030. When we bought our property we were lOned as a residential property. We bad plans to renovale our borne and cbange the existing footprint of the house. If this proposed change is implemented we feel that our hands will be tied. We are currently waiting to make changes to our home because of lhe insecurity and instability created by all of the current changes. proposals, and improvements being taken by the city all at once. lfwe are rezoned to mixed-used any potential we, as well as any new owners. will be faced with being non-conforming and will not be allowed to make any changes to the home. Ko developer will be interested in buying our property unless all of our neighbors also agree to sell. In reality, we see very Iinle, ifany, potential for a developer to be interested in our lot. Therefore we feel that we are being unjustly placed in an unfair and unreasonable situation. \Vhile we do realize that this new proposal is a long term plan for the next twenty years, we would like to see the city prove that the market can substantiate the current plan which was just enacted before taking on an even bigger proposal. If it can be proved that the City Of Centerville can support all of the commercial and residential growth and development of the existing comprehensive plan over the next five or ten years. we think it would then be reasonable to consider further action. Hut, gIVen the current declining economy and markets, we do believe that a conservative approach to development is warranted over the next few years. r ~' L" ',1 ',.". . 1 i ,/ ,-- Smcerely" 'II<:.~L ,J" (~ t'lil .' " '." t'!:"?:JZ' (;UeJr:ti1 Mark and Wendy ii;ilowski