Estes Neighbors sent this letter to the Planning Commission with a number of signatures. April 20.planning.commission
One request in the letter was to ask the Commission not to make a recommendation until they received up to date information about Estes Drive traffic at the Town-wide model presentation on May 3rd.
The Board announced that will meet on May 4th to make a recommendation. Here is the page with the meeting registration.
Here are some observations gathered from Estes Neighbors who attended the meeting.
Dan Jewell, representing Texas-based Trinsic, made false statements in his presentation. Among them he said:
The Aura Plan meets the purposes of the Central West Plan – it does not.
The Aura Plan will improve traffic congestion on Estes Drive – it will not.
Planning Commission members discussed the Aura proposal and made a number of points:
The Aura Plan does not meet the Central West recommendations – stated by the Chair.
Some members liked the planned urban feel of tall buildings near the road.
Several members approved the residential housing component. One member said we can always use more housing.
In general, those of us concerned with Estes Drive traffic, flooding and public safety, did not feel there were many commission members who really heard our concerns.