I heard that the New Berlin Plan Commission discussed keeping goats and pigs in homes. USA Today reports that some across the nation are saying it's not such a bad idea.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Save the Date for the Affordable Housing Forum!
The Waukesha County Affordable Housing Taskforce and SOPHIA are sponsoring an Affordable Housing Forum on May 8 with a good line-up of speakers and panelists. The always-amazing Bernie Juno, Director of Hebron House of Hospitality, will be the keynote speaker.
Continental breakfast will be served at 9:30AM with the Forum beginning at 10:00 AM and running until noon. The Forum will be free, and takes place at Steinhafels at W231N1013 Country Road F.
Keep an eye on this blog for a more detailed program description in the near future. But really, what more do you need to know? See you there!
Continental breakfast will be served at 9:30AM with the Forum beginning at 10:00 AM and running until noon. The Forum will be free, and takes place at Steinhafels at W231N1013 Country Road F.
Keep an eye on this blog for a more detailed program description in the near future. But really, what more do you need to know? See you there!
Monday, March 1, 2010
City of Waukesha Meeting
Last week on Feb 24th, I attended a City of Waukesha Plan Commission meeting, and in many ways, it was an infuriating meeting. There were originally supposed to be two items on the agenda related to affordable housing; one related to Hebron House which was removed, and another on a request to rezone 9.5 acres of land into a Planned Unit Development (PUD) near the Goodwill building.
This rezoning request should not have been controversial given that the planned use in the land-use map for much of that land was medium to high density residential which actually was lower (6.3 units/acre) than the current use of the adjacent residential zones nearby (7.0 units/acre to west, 8.2 units/acre to south).
Many of the objections to this use came from neighbors who objected on the following basis:
1) Increased traffic on adjacent roads
2) Safety issues (crime, I'm assuming as other issues such as ponds & kids can be corrected)
3) Impact of students on school district
4) Existing apartments for rent in area
5) Not what they would prefer to see in that area
6) Unfair share of apartments compared to other areas
7) Housing Mix Ratio study
This rezoning request should not have been controversial given that the planned use in the land-use map for much of that land was medium to high density residential which actually was lower (6.3 units/acre) than the current use of the adjacent residential zones nearby (7.0 units/acre to west, 8.2 units/acre to south).
Many of the objections to this use came from neighbors who objected on the following basis:
1) Increased traffic on adjacent roads
2) Safety issues (crime, I'm assuming as other issues such as ponds & kids can be corrected)
3) Impact of students on school district
4) Existing apartments for rent in area
5) Not what they would prefer to see in that area
6) Unfair share of apartments compared to other areas
7) Housing Mix Ratio study
New Berlin Meeting Information
In an e-mail from Ron Malloy of Waukesha County Disabled Housing Concerned Citizens:
Many of the concerns that people have at those meetings are often mistaken and misguided but it can be hard to address those concerns with a limited time period to speak, so it's important that people show support for affordable housing.
Hi,
There will be two meetings to discuss the proposed 162 apartment development in New Berlin City Center on March 1, 2010. See web links below. Agenda items specific to MSP are the New Berlin City Center proposed development. One of our self advocates will be speaking at the 6:00 PM meeting about the importance of those with disabilities being included. It is important those speaking in favor of housing for people with disabilities at the 6:00 PM meeting equals or exceeds those speaking
against it. Those speaking against the development out numbered those speaking for at the February 17th community meeting. This is a $20M development with $10M in Federal tax credits. Our tax dollars need to include housing for people with disabilities.
5:00 PM Meeting New Berlin City Hall Conference Room A & B
http://newberlin.org/media/58977/architectural%20review%203-1-10.pdf
6:00
PM Meeting New Berlin City Hall Council Chambers
http://newberlin.org/media/61376/pc030110.pdf
Sincerely
Waukesha County Disabled Housing Concerned Citizens
Many of the concerns that people have at those meetings are often mistaken and misguided but it can be hard to address those concerns with a limited time period to speak, so it's important that people show support for affordable housing.
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