[Mpls] Council committee turns down Lagoon Project

[David Brauer]

I wrote:
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> "Sadly, it's a chicken-and-egg thing...density boosts transit, but =20
> without transit people can believe in, they can legitimately, IMHO, =20=

> oppose that density that may, someday, cause transit to flourish.
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> I think we need to control car use somehow =97 with carrots, not =20
> sticks, hopefully =97 BEFORE we can ask neighbors to accept denser =20
> projects in areas that, despite the presence of Uptown businesses, =20
> are still quite residential. "
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> Nick Responds:
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> My understanding is that  the city would approve a 10 story project =20=

> with the same density and that the density of the proposal is well =20
> within the zoning code.  Consequently your concern about the timing =20=

> of density is a mute point and would not be addressed in either case.

I think this may have missed my point =97 someone said height was the =20=

issue; I said local traffic/congestion/environmental effects should =20
have been. The idea that a 10-story building would have as much =20
density as the 13 (and be approved) only reinforces my view that, =20
traffic/environmental, not height, should have been the main =20
consideration. IMHO.

David Brauer
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