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[quote=Anonymous]People on this thread should be paying closer attention to the bonus height density. The mayor is working carefully to avoid discussion of the impact of bonus height density on his most recent posts, and how it would impacts those lovey garden apartments with parking nestled along arterials. The last time bonus height density was proposed it blew up because as one area became eligible for bonus height density, more areas around it could become eligible in the future. And those lovey garden apartments- some were actually outlined in the prior proposal as bonus height density eligible.

When the bonus height density reg failed, the major decided to stop putting out these initiatives in pieces and asked staff to push out one package on a fast track. There will be a lot of nuances in this pretty large set up proposals that will make it every different from the missing middle in Arlington- and a lot larger.

City council is also fast tracking this so it’s not an election issue. If they really think this proposal was supported by the city and the best thing for the city, they would allow it to become an issue in the next election (one where, rumor has it, the mayor does not intend to run, which is why you will hear ago Gaskins and others kicking off campaigns in the near future). Naysayers will say we’ve been talking about this vaguely for a while (while also saying you can’t saying anything negative or engage in real discussion till the proposals are out). But the truth is this was fast tracked based on the prior timeline and done so intentionally to avoid citizens having time to fully comprehend also the more nuanced impacts of the proposals. [/quote]

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