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Originally Posted by b0soleil
The Alderman has been visiting condo association meetings in the South Loop (she was at my building last week, but I was out of town). Sent an email and got a reply (I assume from staff) that my pro-density (hey, taller, more density = more taxes) and anti-parking seems to be in minority.
I'll be there tomorrow also. I think if each of us makes 1 simple, clear point, it'll be more powerful.
- I'm going to push for lower parking / ratio due to the fact that it creates traffic (and from the point of a view of a condo owner across the street... and also lower parking ratio & no balconies will make it impossible to do a condo conversion. Let's help the selfish people see what is in their own best interests.)
- Can someone point out that these buildings will be ~30+ stories no matter what so will block views as is... best to then get them as tall and skinny as possible and create as much additional tax revenue as possible (it's ~$50k of taxes / floor. 10 floors = $500k! So chopping a few floors while still blocking view doesn't make anyone better off. It makes us worse off.)
- Can someone else then mention that these 1 bedrooms / studios will not have any children with them, so don't actually add to the school burden (but do add taxes.) (might need to be the same person if there aren't enough of us.) (some idiot will ask how this will affect "our over crowded schools")
- Someone else should just say that they support these rental developments as they make the neighborhood better for businesses in the area (which is what gives the PDNA $$) and makes the neighborhood more vibrant, and makes the neighborhood more valuable. And that the silent majority (most of the thousands who live in the area aren't here, but working hard to pay the cities taxes) probably also support (chime in the clapping! =)
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Only thing I might stay away from are arguments that present rental as being superior to condo - or vice versa, for that matter. Fact is that markets, cycles shift, and can shift dramatically, and can in a relatively short period of time......I believe that 18-24 months from now, the solid majority of larger, active proposals (in the aldermanic pandering stage - known in some circles as the 'community hearing' stage') will be condo as opposed to rental.......
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