Remarks by Mark Greer
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“Thank you, Madam President. You're welcome. I just want to rise and just say thank you to our planning department for the work that they did on this. I think this is a very important step in the right direction. And to just add a little historical context, these lot sizes, these requirements were actually increased in cities like ours this happened all over the country uh... after uh... nineteen sixty eight when redlining was abolished and these larger requirements were put in place really be exclusionary zoning and keep a lot of people of color out nicer neighborhoods and make lots more…”
“I ALSO SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT AFTER THE COMPLAINTS WERE MADE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS ALERTED OF THOSE COMPLAINTS AND THE ZONING AND ORDINANCE INFRACTIONS THAT WHEN THE CITY REINVESTIGATED AND SENT SOMEONE OUT THAT THERE WERE ONLY FIVE CARS, WHICH SHOWS ME THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER MADE his goodwill effort to address the complaints that had been levied against him. And I also have concerns that we should move forward with this at this time when we have a property owner who has done his best to address that and when he has six members of his family who live in that house who also own…”
“Thank you, Madam President. I wanted to say I think all of us here on council, we put out a statement last week about what happened to our officer. I put out a statement myself as well on social media and really said that we all came to rally around her. officer and of course we we all all know and have said that these attacks are unacceptable But I do want to also echo what my colleague Councilwoman a Mobian has said we have to also make sure that Inaccurate our incomplete information about a response can paint a an untrue narrative about the community there. And I grew up in this area. I…”
“Thank you, Madam President. I'm just stating that I actually will be abstaining from the vote. I am in total support of this, and I cannot praise Carla McDade and her staff more, but I am on the board of the Summit County Continuum of Care, of which Harmony House is a part. So I will be abstaining.”