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<br />being studied should be distributed to the neighborhood. The purpose of this fact <br />sheet is to seek more feedback for the task force work. Craig Christenson and <br />Dennis Welsch will work on a communications which can be distributed by mail or <br />"foot" to the neighbors prior to the next meeting, <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />"BYE-BYE, SUBURBAN DREAM" article was distributed by <br />Christenson. <br /> <br />Craig <br /> <br />6. NOISE LEVELS MEASURED <br />Chairperson Craig Christenson provided a handout with noise levels for the James <br />Addition. He had walked throughout the neighborhood with a hand-held sound <br />meter. He noted that the sound levels were high but not beyond measurements at <br />other similar roads and similar suburban settings. See the attached information, A <br />general discussion ensued, <br /> <br />The car wash adjacent to the Conoco Station is the most audible and an irritant. <br />The trucks behind the shopping center are irritating with backing sounds. banging <br />of trash dumpsters, and engine idling. Aspen trash and recycling is the noisiest <br />especially before 7:00am in the morning. <br /> <br />Private cars and police vehicles are again using the one-way land behind the west <br />end of the shopping center as a by-pass, in the opposite direction - heading west <br />on an east bound one-way lane. <br /> <br />7. FUTURE OPTIONS FOR JAMES ADDITION <br /> <br />Four options were presented and discussed for the future of the neighborhood. <br />These options are attached: <br /> <br />1) Maintain the status quo, (Consensus: Not possible to do) <br /> <br />2) Redevelop into a business/industrial shopping area (Comments: Reporting <br />on the past encroachment of the shopping center into the neighborhood, it would <br />be difficult to buyout more than 170 homes at one time, The density and value of <br />the new development would have to be extremely high. Staff was asked to prepare <br />information about the financial impacts on this alternative. Darryl Galush suggested <br />that the railroad is an obstacle to commercial development of the neighborhood.) <br /> <br />3) Redevelop as a higher density residential area (Comments: There appears <br />to be little demand for an entire neighborhood of high density development. This <br />alternative, unless smaller and mixed with other uses may not work,) <br /> <br />James Addition Task Force - 9/24/97 - Page 2 of 3 <br />