Irvington Street rezone (ZP 26-31)

She called the R1 rezone 'going backwards,' citing a developer's ~$40,000 rezoning costs elsewhere and warnings from developer Garrett Bader that pre-zoned commercial sites attract investment.

She pushed back hard on the BID position: if mixed residential still allows commercial, why block homeowners who bought in 1962 and must sell now?

As a developer, he suggested the commission consider lenient setbacks in any future commercial rezone so a retailer could still come in without disturbing the R1 neighbors.