Application for The Standard withdrawn The Standard is going back to the drawing board. Facing stiff community opposition and withering questioning from two members of the Flagstaff City Council tonight, the developer of the proposed 650-bed student housing project on Blackbird Roost has withdrawn the application. The move by Landmark Properties vice president Andrew Young means the project, which would have displaced 56 families in the Arrowhead Village trailer park, must be resubmitted. The citys planning and zoning commission had recommended denial of the rezoning request last month, and the project was up for a vote by the council tonight. Young initially asked for a continuance and pledged to change the project team and work more closely with the community to bring back avastly different project. The project had drawn criticism for its displacement of the trailer park families as well as its massive scale, its traffic impacts and safety hazards for pedestrians. Then, earlier this week, the project spokesman sued a councilmember for libel, and anonymous robocalls in support of the project saturated the community. Landmark has denied involvement with the robocalls, but Young said tonight he recognized that he had let things go too far and asked for a chance to fundamentally change the process and the project. But Councilmembers Celia Barotz and Coral Evans each asked Young Why should I trust you? and persisted even after Mayor Jerry Nabours warned them that the question was a personal attack and ruled it out of order. As voices on the council rose and tempers appeared to flare, City Manager Kevin Burke suggested a recess. But Young interrupted and said he was withdrawing the project. Nabours then adjourned the meeting to applause from the audience. For more on the story, see Thursdays Arizona Daily Sun.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 04:04:19 +0000
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