Email sent to Alderman Joe Moore June 13, 2017:
Dear Alderman Moore:
We are writing on behalf of the Housing and Community Development Committee of Network 49. Our committee is comprised of residents of the 49th ward who are interested in promoting balanced development and improving and expanding the process for resident participation in zoning and land use decisions. We are part of the larger Network 49 membership organization, with which I believe you are familiar. (www.network49.net).
Our committee met Saturday June 10 to review the announced redevelopment of 1710 W Lunt and 1730 W Greenleaf. We learned of these developments on June 8 through an email announcement from your office. We drafted a set of questions, which we will bring to the community meeting on Wednesday June 14 to share (See âRe 1710 and 1730.docxâ) N49 Questions re 1710 W Lunt and 1730 W Greenleaf - 6-13-17 (1302 downloads ) . We thought it would be constructive to share questions about the projects to have share with David Gasman ahead of time. Would you please pass along these questions to Dave? We do not have his contact information, but would be happy to connect to Dave directly or to meet with him and your staff to discuss our questions at a future date.
We also had questions for you about the process of these community review meetings, which our members though it would be constructive to address to you separately. These are also attached (See âRe 1710 and 1730 â Qs for Alderman.docxâ) (included in the previous download).
In sharing these questions to you and Dave Gasman, we acknowledge that the information we have access to may not be the complete picture. Our views of the project may evolve or new questions may arise, once we have a chance to hear the complete presentation. Given the short notice of the June 14 meeting, it was the best we could do. We hope this is a process of dialogue and discussion, not a one-shot opportunity to weigh in.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact myself or Thom Clark, co-Chair of the Housing and Community Development Committee. We look forward to the meeting tomorrow and to learning about these projects.
Sincerely,
Brian White and Thom Clark
Co-Chairs, Housing and Community Development Committee of Network 49
