The developer pulled the proposal for State Street Station this morning. We kept the scale of the Village intact because we refused to accept a project that ignored our community plan. Stay alert for future zoning notices so we can protect our neighborhood again if needed.
January 31, 2015
Final supporters
The Issue: A $40 million, three-building development is proposed at the corner of 7400 W. State Street and Wauwatosa Avenue. The development includes a 5 story, 4 story and a 3 story building, which will contain over 160 residential units and nearly 30,000 square feet of retail space. This development will dwarf the adjacent Village and any other building within miles of the site.
Concerns: Traffic! Underground parking planned for this development will accommodate 1.5 cars per unit and has additional spaces for public parking. This will put more cars in an area that already experiences significant daily congestion during rush hours and on weekends. In addition, another three-story housing project is being planned for the lot next to the fire station on the northwest side of the Village. All of this additional traffic will not be limited to the Village. It will affect all arterial roads as well.Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods should understandably be concerned about safety, ease of travel and noise issues.
The VillageAmbiance: As it is currently designed, this huge project will detract from our Village’s historic character and negatively impact the charming, quaint and pedestrian-friendly Village experience. The Strategic Plan for the Tosa Village calls for a “modest development” on this site and adds that any development have “a strong respect and affinity for the scale and quality of the village district.” This development is too big for the village!
Setting a Precedent for Future Development:If the Common Council approves a project of this size, what’s to stop other developers from demanding they be given the same option for their projects?
Need more information?
Attend a Community Meeting on Jan. 8th at 5:30 pm at the Wauwatosa Lions Club at 7336 St James St.
Attend the Community Development Council meeting on Jan. 13th at 7:00 pm at Wauwatosa City Hall
The latest proposal will be discussed by the developer and council members. This may be the last public opportunity to let your council members know how you feel.
4.Write your alderperson and share your thoughts.
Go to:http://www.wauwatosa.net/Directory.aspx?did=51
Send a copy of your email to:[email protected].
If you've already sent an email or letter, please send a copy to Carla Ledesma, village clerk ([email protected]).
This will ensure that your letter becomes a part of the official city record, which is much more difficult to ignore! Your alder decides whether or not to submit your letters and emails to the clerk so they become a part of the official record. And to date, it looks as if very few alders have chosen to do so.
Updates
January 5, 2015
The scale of this development ignores the historic character of our Village and ignores the traffic realities we face every day. Draft an email to your local representative now to demand they reject the current proposal and stick to the existing Strategic Plan.
January 5, 2015
The momentum behind this petition proves that our neighbors refuse to accept a project that ignores our village character. Now is the time to leverage this energy by emailing your representatives on the zoning committee. Direct your message to them today to demand that they hold a public hearing before moving forward.
Reached 100 supporters
January 5, 2015
78 Comments
I've lived just blocks from this for the last 17 blocks. I walk/drive this area every single day. You can not at 5 o'clock add 10 more cars to the congestion let along hundreds potentially. This is totally the wrong location or type of development for this are. Retail shops fine, houseing is over the top too much.
Too big for our neighborhood. Just because something CAN be done, doesn't mean it SHOULD be done. Consider the people, like myself, who have chose this area and have lived here for 30 years. This proposed project with disrupt the neighborhood and transform it into a traffic feeder for the residents and business of the proposed project.
My husband I strongly oppose the size/scope of this project. This is not a 'modest' developement as is outlined in the strategic plan for the village. We support growth, but this is simply too large for the village and surrounding neighborhoods.
Strategic plans are done for a reason--to honor all community stakeholders. Whenever a developer says--if we don't build it this way at this scale then it is not profitable enough. Developer profitability is not the concern of our city council--the alderpersons are accountable to the entire community.
This is the wrong spot for this development. Let's not kill the thing that brings people into the Village--small town charm-- by plopping a giant modern development onto one end of an already over-trafficed street!
I am againt this project in it's proposed state.
Project is too large for area
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The developer pulled the proposal for State Street Station this morning. We kept the scale of the Village intact because we refused to accept a project that ignored our community plan. Stay alert for future zoning notices so we can protect our neighborhood again if needed.
January 31, 2015
Final supporters
The Issue: A $40 million, three-building development is proposed at the corner of 7400 W. State Street and Wauwatosa Avenue. The development includes a 5 story, 4 story and a 3 story building, which will contain over 160 residential units and nearly 30,000 square feet of retail space. This development will dwarf the adjacent Village and any other building within miles of the site.
Concerns: Traffic! Underground parking planned for this development will accommodate 1.5 cars per unit and has additional spaces for public parking. This will put more cars in an area that already experiences significant daily congestion during rush hours and on weekends. In addition, another three-story housing project is being planned for the lot next to the fire station on the northwest side of the Village. All of this additional traffic will not be limited to the Village. It will affect all arterial roads as well.Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods should understandably be concerned about safety, ease of travel and noise issues.
The VillageAmbiance: As it is currently designed, this huge project will detract from our Village’s historic character and negatively impact the charming, quaint and pedestrian-friendly Village experience. The Strategic Plan for the Tosa Village calls for a “modest development” on this site and adds that any development have “a strong respect and affinity for the scale and quality of the village district.” This development is too big for the village!
Setting a Precedent for Future Development:If the Common Council approves a project of this size, what’s to stop other developers from demanding they be given the same option for their projects?
Need more information?
Attend a Community Meeting on Jan. 8th at 5:30 pm at the Wauwatosa Lions Club at 7336 St James St.
Attend the Community Development Council meeting on Jan. 13th at 7:00 pm at Wauwatosa City Hall
The latest proposal will be discussed by the developer and council members. This may be the last public opportunity to let your council members know how you feel.
4.Write your alderperson and share your thoughts.
Go to:http://www.wauwatosa.net/Directory.aspx?did=51
Send a copy of your email to:[email protected].
If you've already sent an email or letter, please send a copy to Carla Ledesma, village clerk ([email protected]).
This will ensure that your letter becomes a part of the official city record, which is much more difficult to ignore! Your alder decides whether or not to submit your letters and emails to the clerk so they become a part of the official record. And to date, it looks as if very few alders have chosen to do so.
Updates
January 5, 2015
The scale of this development ignores the historic character of our Village and ignores the traffic realities we face every day. Draft an email to your local representative now to demand they reject the current proposal and stick to the existing Strategic Plan.
January 5, 2015
The momentum behind this petition proves that our neighbors refuse to accept a project that ignores our village character. Now is the time to leverage this energy by emailing your representatives on the zoning committee. Direct your message to them today to demand that they hold a public hearing before moving forward.
Reached 100 supporters
January 5, 2015
78 Comments
I live at 'ground zero' for this project and am very upset at how this project is being fast-tracked and how the neighbors have been treated in this entire process.
I've lived just blocks from this for the last 17 blocks. I walk/drive this area every single day. You can not at 5 o'clock add 10 more cars to the congestion let along hundreds potentially. This is totally the wrong location or type of development for this are. Retail shops fine, houseing is over the top too much.
Too big for our neighborhood. Just because something CAN be done, doesn't mean it SHOULD be done. Consider the people, like myself, who have chose this area and have lived here for 30 years. This proposed project with disrupt the neighborhood and transform it into a traffic feeder for the residents and business of the proposed project.
My husband I strongly oppose the size/scope of this project. This is not a 'modest' developement as is outlined in the strategic plan for the village. We support growth, but this is simply too large for the village and surrounding neighborhoods.
Strategic plans are done for a reason--to honor all community stakeholders. Whenever a developer says--if we don't build it this way at this scale then it is not profitable enough. Developer profitability is not the concern of our city council--the alderpersons are accountable to the entire community.
This is the wrong spot for this development. Let's not kill the thing that brings people into the Village--small town charm-- by plopping a giant modern development onto one end of an already over-trafficed street!
I am againt this project in it's proposed state.
Project is too large for area
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I live at 'ground zero' for this project and am very upset at how this project is being fast-tracked and how the neighbors have been treated in this entire process.