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Home My WebLink About08062019 Planning & Zoning Laydowns 04 (0 1 L /—(A\ Y\ R'esolvbon Jackie Wilde From: jj <rnarp1e21@yahoo.com> c-Ity of'Deward Sent: Tuesday,August 06, 2019 9:50 AM To: Jackie Wilde AUG 0 6 20 19 Subject: Zoning Meeting 8-6-19 COrnfil(jd ovefopn,ient Ms. Wilde, I am the homeowner at 1007 2nd Ave, I am unable to be at the meeting this evening because I am out of town. However, I would like to give my input on two of the issues to be addressed this evening. 1. 1 am in support of the resolution to rezone the proposed area on 2nd ave to OR. My understanding is that this would allow B & Bs, art studios and other low impact businesses to operate. I would like to request that my property be added to the resolution. 2. 1 have been impacted by the employees of Liquid Adventures parking in the surrounding neighborhood because the owners have not made accommodations for them to park at the business. It is my understanding, that the owners have not been receptive when this issue has been brought to their attention, to include the Seward Police Department who contacted them per my request. If the owners are not interested in being good neighbors I support not renewing their license to operate. Feel free to contact me for clarification. Respectfully, Julie Shank 907-491-5015 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone S:pam Phish/Fraud N-0U-- mil DQWLK-ey k-N—IS —VOtq Callie Bacon 321 Sixth Ave. C",'ItY Of 80ward Seward, AK 99�664 ALK) 06 2019 August 6 th 2019 COMM pity De vale)pjjjqnl, Dear Commissioners, Thank you for taking the, time to consider my comments regarding Resolution 2019-13 brought before you at tonight's meeting. I attended the meeting in July 2016 when you previously considered re-zoning a portion of Block 17 to Auto Commercial. Many neighbors and fellow community members attended that meeting and spoke in opposition to the rezone. Ultimately, your commission voted to oppose that action. I am disappointed to see a very similar rezone of these areas on your agenda again. It is frustrating that community members must show up to oppose an action that they have already spoken out against. It is summer and people are busy. I cannot attend tonight's meeting so I wanted to share my input here. I urge you to, oppose the rezone of Blocks 17, 14 and 7 from R1/R2 to Office Residential. I oppose this rezone for two reasons. First, this rezone is not aligned with Seward's future land use map. Second, this rezone will further strain our already tight year-round housing stock by allowing vacation rentals where they are currently not allowed. This rezone is not aligned with the City of Seward's comprehensive plan. In the future land use map this area is to be zoned R2. I attended P&Z work sessions in 2017 as the City updated its comprehensive plain. In these meetings we reviewed the future land use map—this map is the result of thoughtful discussion and deliberation by our community about what our neighborhoods and City should look like in the future. Although there were not many changes made to the map in 2017, there was consensus among participants that this map reflected the will of our community. It is inappropriate to make zoning changes that are not supported by this map and it would set a bad precedence for this commission. What is the purpose of a future land use map, if not to inform decisions like these? While some may argue that they want to change the zoning to better align our zoning map with "actual" land use--This argument does not hold water. Blocks 17, 14, and 7 are a primarily residential neighborhood --there are no "offices" within the area to be rezoned and all but one of the properties that are in the proposed rezone area would comply with the R2 zoning recommended in the future land use map. I would support rezoning this area to R2. We must acknowledge that what the Office Residential zoning allows that the R1/R2 zonings do not is nightly vacation rentals. Those in favor of this rezone may toe around that issue, but the fact is that nightly vacation rentals have been at the heart of every recent rezone attempt on Second Avenue. If you allow this rezone because "it is the will of the property owners" or because "being near AVTEC, the neighborhood isn't all that residential anyway", other property owners will take note. We will see more pressure on this commission to rezone other R1/R2 areas to more permissive zonings - zonings that allow nightly vacation rentals. Where nightly rentals are allowed downtown, they are growing in number year after year. As a Realtor, I hear from a lot of buyers looking to invest in vacation rentals in downtown Seward. Based on my knowledge of Seward's real estate market, I am confident that if these areas are rezoned to allow nightly vacation rentals, we will see new nightly vacation rentals appear within this area. In my position, I also hear from a lot of local home buyers who want to live downtown. These community members love downtown living for the same reasons tourists do—the proximity to parks and restaurants, the walkability and the small-town feel. There is only so much real estate downtown — and downtown Seward isn't getting any bigger! It comes down to what type of City we want Seward to be moving forward — I want to see our community foster a thriving tourism economy while still maintaining a high quality of life for our residents. I am concerned that opening additional areas of downtown up to nightly vacation rentals will further stress our already tight year-round housing stock and will hurt the quality of life in our community. Please vote in opposition this resolution. Thank you, Callie Bacon FoUR SEASONS City(it s.ewdr(j MARINE AUG 0 6 2,0 19 SERVICES conialunily Development 600 Port Aventw 110 Box 2127 Seward, AK 99664 August 5'i', 2019 Jackie Wilde Seward Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Community Development PO Box 167 Seward, AK 99664 Dear Ms. Wilde, As you are aware,our corporation, PMJR, owns the 12-Plex crew housing located at 203 D Street which is immediately adjacent to the area of discussion. We fully Support and are very much in favor of the proposed rezoning effort. Seward is experiencing a severe housing crisis. Rezoning this area will allow the owners of the properties greater flexibility to develop higher density housing options thereby increasing options to seasonal workers and year-round residents. This area is walkable to most of the AVTEC campuses, Providence Medical Center and City Offices, Increasing the housing options and availability in this neighborhood only makes sense. Rezoning will also allow for certain small scale retail and office development opportunities.As it stands, there are already vacancies available for office and retail spaces in higher traffic areas throughout Seward so it is Our belief that most of the new development will be done to ease the housing crisis. Thank you for your help on this Sincerely 'I, ell Tom Tougas President—Four Seasons Wkine Services J%ECEIVED August 6, 2019 Re: Resolution 2019-013 Dear Planning and Zoning Commissioners and Seward City Council, I am a property owner within 300 feet of the property which has a request for a re-zone to Office Residential. I support the request. Todd Schroder Terry's Tires Jackie Wilde ..............— From: Bob Candopoulos <bob@fathom646.com> CHY Of 8'eWard Sent: Monday, August 05, 2019 9:14 PM To: Jackie Wilde AUG 0 6 2019 Subject: Resolution 2019-013 Community Dear Planning and Zoning Commission, I understand that there will be a meeting tomorrow to discuss and maybe decide whether or not to approve the request brought by Cindy Ecklund to rezone her property from RI to OR (Office Residential). Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this meeting. As a property owner within 300 feet of the rezoning request property, I am in full support of Resolution 20 19- 013. Thank you for your time, Capt. Bob Candopoulos Cell: 907-240-8587 saltwatersafari.coni, Phish/Fraud N sparer p LIQK�treLvi-oulsvote 2 � NeA,4) 13a,m,), 0,60 Jacide Wilde A) From: Jeri Buell <veri@hotrnail.corn> C10r1)0?U Q Y,),, Sent: Sunday,Aug eryustj 04, 2019 10:50 PM elopoollt To., Jackie Wilde Subject: Fwcl: Exit Glacier Guides employees parking on Second Avenue Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: vejyje n@1Lq�hQt i .j � _ t_!qpm Date: August 4, 2019 at 7:35:16 PM AKDT To:jyLiLde(i ityofsewarc.net &c Subject: Exit Glacier Guides employees parking on Second Avenue Ili Jackie, I am the owner the house at 1021 Second Avenue in Seward. In addition to several of my neighbors, I have also had an issue with employees of Exit Glacier Guides parking in front of my residence. I understand occasional parking for an hour or two but that is not what is happening. There were several instances where either a beat-up Bronco or truck was parked for long periods of time without moving. The longest was close to 3 days. I left several notes on the windshields asking them to park in their employer's lot, or in one of the public parking lots, to no avail. I finally resorted to posting"no parking" signs (which will be removed once the situation is remedied). This has helped with overnight parking but has not eradicated our quiet, pretty, residential street being utilized as their free parking lot. Anything you can do to help remedy this situation would be much appreciated. Thanks so much for your time spent on this matter. Sincerely, Jeri Buell 1021 Second Avenue NOTE: This message was trained as non-spain. If this is wrong, please correct the training as soon as possible. Skarn Phish/Fraud NqLspq!,n "ttLevious )LqLe