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Department of Planning, Housing, & Community Development

Mayor, Richard C. David Acting Director, Jennifer Taylor TO: City Council Members FROM: PHCD Staff DATE: May 9, 2014 RE: Comprehensive Plan and Main & Court Corridor Plan – Public comments

received 05/03/14 through 05/09/14 ______________________________________________________________________ Comment 1: Received during the 5/5/14 Planning Commission Public Hearing from Ed Crumb [see attached]

Comment 2: Received during the 5/5/14 Planning Commission Public Hearing from Beverly Rainforth [see attached]

Public testimony from 5/5/14 Planning Commission Public Hearing: Beverly Rainforth, Diane Cranston, Ed Crumb, Lou Sebesta and Stephen Bard Public testimony from 5/7/14 City Council Public Hearing: see Council notes Comment 3: Received via email on 5/9/14 from D Thomas (DThomas13760@aol.com) I have little hope for revitalization when the mayor did not enthusiastically embrace the developer who wanted a casino on the old Stow Flats property (an eysore for the ages, I guess), or a city that can have hundreds of millions of State & Federal dollars spent on the kamikaze curve solution without lobbying for a direct connection to the North Shore Drive......which is the only logical premier entry to downtown. If tearing down a few Front Street properties is their vision, not much can be said. Keep up the fight for new ideas but don't spend too much time indulging these visionaries. D Thomas