Joe Marshall - 9.19/1/2017
Chairman and Commissioners:
While we fully understand there is a dire need to continue the hearing for Linder Village due to
significant deficiencies in the plan the applicant is submitting, we respectfully request that should you
choose to continue, that you clearly state on the record that no other continuances will be
considered. Please ask the applicant to provide a clear and concise explanation as to the need for a
continuance. Please confirm with the applicant that October 19 is adequate time for their revisions.
This will be the second continuance. Please understand that this project has been in the planning stage
for a significant amount of time. The Applicant has had considerable time to make adjustments and has
up until now, refused to do so. They have known of that the large box retailer had chosen to locate
elsewhere for months. They have been aware of the discrepancies with the comprehensive plan for
even longer. They are now supposedly making changes at the last minute. Hundreds of citizens have
been changing their personal schedules so that they may exercise the right of testifying at this hearing.
Many have done so at significant personal and monetary cost. These numbers are not exaggerated as
demonstrated by the over 500 signatures on the petition submitted August 31, 2017.
Please be aware of what you are asking and how many people of which this effects. A continuation has
significant and detrimental effects for hundreds of your constituents. While many will have no problem
adjusting to a new schedule many others must change family plans, business trips, work schedules, etc.
Most of the stakeholders are not free to change their schedules at a whim. A third continuance would
place an undue burden on the people that you are serving.
Understand that there is a considerable rumble of dissatisfaction with a second continuance. We are
trying to contain that now. A third continuance will explode in a deafening roar of disproval with the city
and the process. A proactive gesture on your part would be much appreciated and help to quell or at
least subdue the uprising.
I am very fond and very proud of this city. I am trying to help the city save face. I need your help.
Respectfully,
Joseph W. Marshall