Miss Penny Lane awoke to find news of our neighborhood in the morning paper:
"Following several hours of fierce community debate Wednesday, a proposal to build 51 affordable housing units next to an enclave of historic mid-century modern steel homes is still on the table. With a 3-2 vote, the Palm Springs City Council opted to form a subcommittee to address design issues with the for-sale town home project by Santa Monica-based Community Dynamics. Mayor Steve Pougnet and Councilwoman Ginny Foat dissented. The development, slated for a 3.6-acre redevelopment agency-owned lot at Indian Canyon and San Rafael drives, has stirred controversy for nearly two years. Owners of the Donald Wexler-designed steel development homes and other opponents say the project is too dense, would affect mountain views and infringe on privacy. Mayor Pro Tem Rick Hutcheson and Councilman Chris Mills will form the subcommittee and report back later to the full council. At that point, the project could get sent back to the Planning Commission, which denied the project last month. “We're not there yet,” Hutcheson said, adding there's no huge rush to approve or deny the project. The developer and the Wexler home owners should work further to hash out a compromise, he said."
5 comments:
How does the city have the money for this? And this is a "city project" but the city is saying no. Weird.
Projects next door!?
The units will be for sale, not rental, not section 8. People have to buy them.
Hello Palermo neighbors, from a neighbor across the street, we all shuold contact Ginny Foat and thank her for trying to make this a better project for everyone.
Agreed........it is a maximum income property meaning many of us who have been able to invest in Palermo probably could not even qualify since we may exceed the maximum income. Would like to get rid of the abandoned lot on that corner, however not sure if we are making the best decision to put that there. With so much positive an new retail heading north towards our way, I would hate to be short sighted on this project. has anybody seen diagrams of the buildings?
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