Next Steps After City Council Hearing

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On January 9, the City Council held the final public hearing on the Arrow Linen Rezoning.

Here is what you can do next, and important updates. We need your help now more than ever in these final days of the rezoning process!

What can you do?

Important updates:

First, THANK YOU to our 40+ neighbors who came to the hearing, to those who testified, and the nearly 600 members of our community who submitted testimony! Thank you also to Council Member Kevin Riley who graciously facilitated the hearing.

Our neighbors spoke about the need to:

  • build more affordable housing
  • ensure the height of the zoning fits in the neighborhood 
  • protect renters and ensure Prospect Avenue stays an affordable place to live

We also spoke about Arrow Linen’s complete lack of community engagement, and our frustration about our community being ignored by decision makers in the rezoning process.

We were loud and clear: we want 7-9 stories with more affordability. Our voices matter.

What about Council Member Hanif?

Council Member Hanif said that she received feedback from hundreds of community members with concerns about the minimum affordable housing and high building height included in the application. Council Member Hanif said “with the right modifications, this project can add to the fabric of our neighborhood while also delivering much needed permanently affordable housing.”

We agree! And, our community wants those modifications to be 7-9 story buildings with at least 40% affordable housing. 

What’s coming next?

  • In late January, two City Council committees will make preliminary votes.
  • In mid-February, Council Member Hanif will make the final decision and the City Council will vote. 

We ask that you please click the link above to email Shahana Hanif and the Council Members on the Land Use Committee, and please join us on Sunday, Feb 2 at Shepherd’s Hall!

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We can’t stress enough how important your voice is in this process.  Shahana Hanif and the City Council need to hear from everyone who cares about this rezoning.  This is our community, and we should get to decide.