Woodbury Gardens Rezoning

Iroquois Place resident who praised the comprehensive plan but urged a no vote, noting 41 acres is being upzoned for a project on just five of them.

Rosewood Street resident angrily opposing the rezoning, arguing it would displace existing residents of affordable housing and was driven by developer money.

Fourth Ward resident supporting the rezoning as consistent with the comprehensive plan and TC1's transition intent; asked for better pedestrian connections to Packard.

Culler Road resident agnostic on the site plan but wary of the underlying mixed-use zoning, warning a ten-story hotel could rise near the stadium.

Harp Street resident opposing, citing green space loss, urban heat island risk and the loss of missing-middle housing to a single landlord.

South Boulevard resident of 35 years urging a no vote, describing decades of rusty water from an incomplete water loop the owner never granted an easement for.

Iroquois resident who researched transition zoning in peer cities and asked council to vote no and develop real transition standards.

35-year Iroquois resident sarcastically noting developers could build seven-story buildings behind any councilmember's home.

Block-away resident excited about density, transit access and activating the underused park; urged approving the rezoning.

Project architect explaining conditions restrict heights across the whole parcel, protect existing townhouse areas, commit to no displacement in phase two, and maintain 56-66% open space.

36-year Iroquois resident and physician urging a no vote: the comprehensive plan places TC1 only in hub categories, and transition protections should be written by planners, not developers.

Supported the rezoning, opposing only the height restrictions and hoping for ten-story buildings.

Ward 5 resident urging a no vote, arguing existing affordable housing should be protected by zoning rather than torn down for pricier units.

Opposed the rezoning, saying it would demolish functioning middle-income affordable housing for luxury units and urging council to visit Woodbury before the second reading.

Argued TC1 is hub-level zoning inappropriate for a transition neighborhood and asked council to decline first reading.

Said the proposal conflicts with the comprehensive land use plan's transition designation, with 83-foot buildings near 20-foot homes.

Opposed the rezoning and highlighted the neighborhood's unresolved water-loop easement dispute causing rusty water.

Ambivalent on the rezoning but asked council to exclude the PL parcel near Frisinger Park and to complete partial crosswalks.

Shared a personal history of the affordable neighborhood and urged council to preserve its mixed-income community.