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November 18 2009
Members of City Council
Offrce
Iowa City Urban Planning
410 E Washington Street

Iowa City Iowa 52240

TD Whom this May Concem

are
residents of the Okie Towne Village neighborhood
1Ne arewriting to alert you to an issue that we as has
We have recently been informed that The Greater Iowa City Housing Fellowship
taking very seriously
lots Their intention is to build two
purchased lots 21 24 on Westbury Court which are currently empty
from their website is
low income housing rentals A direct quote
buildings for a total of 4 units to provide income residents
decent affiordabie housing for low
this The goal of the GICHF is to devQiop and provide The GICHF also has a
Section 8 vouchers and cerfrficates
of the Iowa City area especially to holders of income renters
low
new program providing loans for n ntal deposits GICHF has concentrated on very
Income Housing
and are exploring options to enter into the Low
Recently they have expanded their capacity
Tax Credit market

townhomes
family homes and owner occupied
Olde Towne Village currently consists of higher priced single
We are definitely not going to support this plan and
with significant personal investment by the owners
of our property and oppose more intensive development
have neighborhood concerns about devaluation
traffic building scale and design noise
The impact of more intensive development such as increased
owner occupied nature of tenants and
turnover non
demands on services safety increased crime constant its higher
issues We chose this development because
upkeep of the property an come to mind as major
our residential investment
density was attractive and we felt it would help protect
be
for this type of housing has been known to
An additional concern is that the land under discussion
The curb area in front of this land is always
unstable for buikfing due to high water content in the hillside
of construction
to water standing still Our Concem is the quality
mokied over and the area unusable due to build
to an area deemed unsafe and unable on
and issues that will constantly be arising due

income rental housing projects being integrated into our established priced
higher
We opposed to low
are
income renters or we as
like it would be a good fit for the low
family neighborhood It does not seem
single should not met in a be development full of
home The needs of section 8 rental housing
owners
homeowners and businesses

into your utmost consideration when making

We would greatly appreciate you taking our personal thoughts hard earned personal investments
being of our neighborhood and
decisions about this project and the well

Sincerely
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Mr Mrs John Naeve c

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Iowa City IA 52245
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johnnaeve@ya hoo
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 sletter states
behind what the Naeve
We as Village have read and stand
Residents of Olde Towne
We feel the
income rentals in our neighborhood
low
with the concerns brought on by building would also
not be met here in Olde Towne Village We
needs of section 8 rental housing should
appreciate your attention to this issue

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We as Residents of Olde TowneVillage have read and stand behind what the Naeve
sletter states
with the concerns brought on by building low
income rentals in our neighborhood We feel the
needs of section 8 rental housing should not be met here in Olde Towne Village We would also

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We as Business Owners of Olde Towne Village have read and stand behind what the Naeve
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income rentals in this neighborhood and
letter states with the concerns brought on by building low
the effects it would have on our businesses Our business is our hard earned personal
investment and livelihood and feel the needs of section 8 rental housing should not be met here in

Olde Towne Village We would also appreciate your attention to this issue

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