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Originally Posted by Duff
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This is a horribly designed survey. What an amateur hour.
The questions are lengthy, convoluted, and unclear. Your typical citizen will have no clue what half of these questions are asking.
Also, the questions are quite clearly designed (or are "loaded") to be skewed toward a specific answer. For example, this:
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The sites we are referring to as part of this project are adjacent to taller buildings on Quinpool Road and Robie Street and shorter buildings along Parker Street, Welsford Street and Windsor Street. Providing a building which transitions can limit the visual impact on the surrounding area so that neither the taller nor the shorter buildings appear out of place or are no longer able to appropriately function for their intended use. The most important factor in providing a transition between this site and shorter residential homes to the northwest is
[ ] Limiting the overall maximum height of the buildings
[ ] Maximizing the setbacks between any proposed tower and the property line
[ ] Stepping the building at the rear of the site in an effort to transition to lower heights to the north and west
[ ] Limiting the height of the podium / base of the building at the rear of the site
[ ] I do not have a concern with the transition between these sites and lower density residential homes to the northwest
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I mean,
come on. That question's basic preamble is basically saying: this dev must be a transition and thus its height limited. And then offers like 4 options to limit its height, and only one "escape" route for those who have no concern, which is also badly stated. The survey question is clearly skewed to impress upon the layperson the importance of selecting one of the height limiting options.
Nevertheless, everyone on here should complete the survey (and support this high density development!
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