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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ25-05 PB Public Comments 1,21 Doss, Amy From:noreply@civicplus.com Sent:Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:32 AM To:May, Katherine; Roth, Rebekah; Vafier, Ken; Farrell, Robert; Doss, Amy; Dickerson, Zachary; Beil, Ryan; Watson, McCabe Subject:Online Form Submission #22030 for Public Comment Form ** External Email: Do not click links, open attachments, or reply until you know it is safe ** Public Comment Form Public Comment Form The agenda items listed are available for public comment at an upcoming Planning Board or Board of Commissioners meeting. Comments received by 8 AM the day of the applicable meeting will be made available to the Board prior to that meeting and will be included as part of the permanent, public record for that meeting. First Name Kevin Last Name Foley Address 7913 Bonaventure Drive City Wilmington State NC Zip Code 28411 Email kevinpatrickfoley@gmail.com Please select the case for comment. PB Meeting - Z25-05 - Edgewater Club Senior Living What is the nature of your comment? Oppose project Public Comment At first glance I thought this would be fine, because as a 55+ community it wouldn't have any affect on Porters Neck Elementary which is currently way over capacity. However, in their application, they state that they expect this development to generate 7 students. So clearly, the 55+ restriction is very loose. It should speak for itself that this application sites school numbers from 2021-2022 school year when current numbers 2 are publicly available. PNES is currently one of the most crowded schools in the county and it's only 5 years old. They have 2 portable units last year and are requesting 2 more for next year. This school was built for 549 students and currently sits at 679.That's bigger than most middle schools. There are more kids coming too. Other large developments have been approved and haven't finished construction yet, such as the Middle Sound West apartments and possibly the Bayshore townhomes. Not to mention, all the single family homes being bought by families that we have no control over and will send kids here. Don't forget that NHCS had a budget cut last year and had to cut hundreds of staff and teachers. With the DoE being eliminated, they'll likely be losing 8% of the budget they get from the federal government as well. This will continue to be overcapacity until we are able to add more schools, according to Superintendent Dr Barnes. He has said we will need to request a bond, which can be voted on in Nov 2026. If that passes, then it will be years of planning and rezoning until we see the results. That's a lot of "ifs" and a long time to wait. Until then, we shouldn't be rezoning anything to allow greater density in this school district. It's also worth adding that because of the lack of funding for buses and drivers, of which there are only four for 679 kids, there is a normal line of 375 cars every morning from 645 to 745 which is completely stopped in front of this proposed site. Principal Slovik and the NHCSO have worked together on solutions but there is little they can do but count the cars. The same issue happens for the 230pm pickup line as well. Adding higher density at this site is going to be awful for traffic. Please deny this and any other requests to rezone to a higher density until we at least have a bond and a plan on what to do about school capacity, Upload supporting files If you need to support your comment with documentation, upload the files here. No more than 20MB in size total for all files. File types accepted are: doc, docx, ppt, pptx, txt, csv, xls, xlsx, pdf, jpg, png, mp3, mp4, mov. File 1 Field not completed. 1 Doss, Amy From:noreply@civicplus.com Sent:Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:50 PM To:May, Katherine; Roth, Rebekah; Vafier, Ken; Farrell, Robert; Doss, Amy; Dickerson, Zachary; Beil, Ryan; Watson, McCabe Subject:Online Form Submission #22040 for Public Comment Form ** External Email: Do not click links, open attachments, or reply until you know it is safe ** Public Comment Form Public Comment Form The agenda items listed are available for public comment at an upcoming Planning Board or Board of Commissioners meeting. Comments received by 8 AM the day of the applicable meeting will be made available to the Board prior to that meeting and will be included as part of the permanent, public record for that meeting. First Name Erika Last Name Lynch Address 726 Everetts Creek Drive City Wilmington State North Carolina Zip Code 28411 Email erikayf@gmail.com Please select the case for comment. PB Meeting - Z25-05 - Edgewater Club Senior Living What is the nature of your comment? Oppose project Public Comment I am concerned about how this development will affect traffic in the area and in/out of porter's neck elementary area. I think this part of New Hanover county is being developed rapidly and preservation of open space needs to be considered before everything is built up. This area would be a great place for a park especially as it is right next to a school. Once the land is built, we can't easily get it back. What is the potential impact to traffic? Are there any plans to expand this already overcrowded elementary school? Thank you for your consideration.