<div dir="ltr">So Nick, welcome to East Lawrence! I read your TIF Presentation & have some thoughts, questions, comments. First, we dealt with TIF giveaways to developers for years & they were primarily damaging to surrounding neighborhoods so just the mention of TIFs is scary. That said-"increased height" is always pushed to help density. Remember that Brook Creek & East Lawrence primarily have 50 ft lots. We are already contributing to density & sustainability by simply remaining here.<div>I would include Tiny Houses in your suggested options. </div><div>Allowing housing to be built to lot lines ignores the environmental damage, drainage issues we are grappling with. In specific zones perhaps, but added square feet have sustainability impacts.</div><div>Minneapolis just passed Boarding House zoning to provide true low cost housing for poor people. I think this is really smart & could help us close the gap. There are Lawrence models already; non-profits, faith groups, Oxford Houses (like the 1 in Old West Law), LHA Hope House, Bert Nash supportive group housing, etc.</div><div>What does #7.4 mean?</div><div>Have you presented to Rebecca Buford & the Tenants to Homeowners/Land Trust Board? She is a genius woman who can help hammer out new policies to create more affordable housing. She also keeps abreast of sucessful & unsuccessful efforts around the nation.</div><div>Accessory Dwelling Units are so problematic. If you can afford to build one or to modify a garage you are not the poor &/or elderly people who need ADU rental income to age in place.</div><div>How do we control building ADUs just for Air bn Bs? This does not help with the affordable housing crisis. </div><div>Lastly, until we get a handle on local police traffic stops of people of color, harassment of unhoused people & the militaristic model our police force employs I certainly do not want additional police patrols as an incentive. </div><div>Thanks for your work on this, KT Walsh</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 12:49 PM Nick Kuzmyak via Electronic-LAN <<a href="mailto:electronic-lan@lists.ku.edu">electronic-lan@lists.ku.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon all,<div>I was given the opportunity to present an idea I've been kicking around on potentially reaching a compromise over the thorny subject of infill development. In a nutshell, the proposal aims to capture some of the value created by more financially productive development (which would otherwise be distributed across the city) and reward neighborhoods according to the degree they are open to evolution.</div><div>If you weren't able to make the 8/18 LAN meeting or would like to see the presentation again, Gary has uploaded it to the LAN website. It is available directly at this link: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flawrenceneighborhoods.files.wordpress.com%2F2021%2F08%2Fconcept-for-compromise-on-infill-development.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Celectronic-lan%40lists.ku.edu%7C842e872e47c44c8d592c08d9680c1f97%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637655224006373608%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=GpZJXOp%2FHLIfmYrHEPO%2BOSaQ%2BgYUepe7sjZMPLFkMZc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://lawrenceneighborhoods.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/concept-for-compromise-on-infill-development.pdf" shash="KEWYH+O6ays4wncKKNraeQGR10BFZnn7cbRVqJ4V9YJjZb6xQp9r9r13ipia6amscx9NpCMHxKiYx7oYAnGhfL1O+hhQWoKYLRx6hD/TlRTDddyHQyp//z7HzS4tkkRzP2uigIht2pVizNpECUfZ8ZBLR6cu8MZ7LftDEmGmlsk=" target="_blank">https://lawrenceneighborhoods.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/concept-for-compromise-on-infill-development.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in this topic: please read over it, email me with any questions, try and disseminate the info to your respective neighborhood association, and maybe in a month or two we can try to hash out details.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nick Kuzmyak</div></div>
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