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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Council process which at the time was led by Mayor Barry (see the deal he brokered with Upper-Caucasia voters in the mid 1980's re-election).

Yes, that was an upstanding process.[/quote]

Nice try, but surely Ward 3 Vision and the crony consultants can spin better than that.

The current Comprehensive Plan was new in 2006, and the Council reviewed and amended it several years later.  All post Mayor Barry.  From the DC government website:

"The Home Rule Act requires that the District government develop a Comprehensive Plan. This Plan is a general policy document that provides overall guidance for future planning and development of the city. The first Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1984 and 1985. In 2006 a new Comprehensive Plan was approved, which was the first major revision of the Plan. Subsequently, the first Amendment Cycle for the 2006 Comprehensive Plan was initiated in 2009.  After concluding the approval process the amendments officially became effective on April 8, 2011."[/quote]

Not Ward 3 Vision or a crony consultant, but surely you know the history of the 1985 deal Barry struck with the neighborhood? That deal laid the groundwork for the downzoning of the area in question. In other words, it informed the 2006 Comprehensive Plan.[/quote]

Any downzoning was the response to Upper NW reaction to monstrosities like 4000 Wisconsin (currently half empty) and Van Ness.  The mid-eighties also saw other neighborhoods take measures to have sensible growth rather than runaway development, such as the Cleveland Park Historic District and various special zoning overlays.  Why would Tenleytown want to throw out our existing zoning and sensible growth guidelines in the comprehensive plan?   GD$ and its deep background developer$ are being greedy and pushy.[/quote]

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