Measure "O" (as in Oh No! Mr. Bill) strikes me as the City Council simply folding to the interests that support a majority of them in their political careers and the community of Healdsburg be damned!
First, the projected growth of rental units and condominiums flies on the face of any notion of "sustainability"; our infrastructure simply cannot support this type of growth, now or in the foreseeable future. Also, with the density per acre vastly increased, developers will build to that density in order to maximize profits.
Second, I also surmise that the City Council has rarely traversed the Healdsburg Ave, Corridor. If they would, they would see that it is populated by a large number of businesses and service providers, ranging from banks to drugstores to dry cleaners to optometrists to insurance agents to grocery stores and, yes, to gas stations, auto parts stored and automobile dealers, many of which are locally owned and operated. What happens to those businesses? What happens to the people who work there, some of them for years? Does the City Council suppose that we should all drive down to Windsor or Santa Rosa for the necessities?
Finally, none of the projected building will actually be targeted for middle class families. Conversely, it will largely be targeted to both lower and upper income strata.
If the City were serious about creating affordable, middle class housing, they would foster projects such as https://www.srcity.org/3709/Brittain-Townhomes. in Santa Rosa. Instead, our City bureaucracy's standard operating procedure is building high density quasi-public housing projects so that we will meet the ABAG-imposed quotas which have no relevance to a small, self-contained farning and tourist community.
I apologize for the length of this comment...it only just touches on the many things wrong with Measure O,. I urge the citizens of Healdsburg to vote againts this lunacy. Thank you.
Measure "O" (as in Oh No! Mr. Bill) strikes me as the City Council simply folding to the interests that support a majority of them in their political careers and the community of Healdsburg be damned!
First, the projected growth of rental units and condominiums flies on the face of any notion of "sustainability"; our infrastructure simply cannot support this type of growth, now or in the foreseeable future. Also, with the density per acre vastly increased, developers will build to that density in order to maximize profits.
Second, I also surmise that the City Council has rarely traversed the Healdsburg Ave, Corridor. If they would, they would see that it is populated by a large number of businesses and service providers, ranging from banks to drugstores to dry cleaners to optometrists to insurance agents to grocery stores and, yes, to gas stations, auto parts stored and automobile dealers, many of which are locally owned and operated. What happens to those businesses? What happens to the people who work there, some of them for years? Does the City Council suppose that we should all drive down to Windsor or Santa Rosa for the necessities?
Finally, none of the projected building will actually be targeted for middle class families. Conversely, it will largely be targeted to both lower and upper income strata.
If the City were serious about creating affordable, middle class housing, they would foster projects such as https://www.srcity.org/3709/Brittain-Townhomes. in Santa Rosa. Instead, our City bureaucracy's standard operating procedure is building high density quasi-public housing projects so that we will meet the ABAG-imposed quotas which have no relevance to a small, self-contained farning and tourist community.
I apologize for the length of this comment...it only just touches on the many things wrong with Measure O,. I urge the citizens of Healdsburg to vote againts this lunacy. Thank you.