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I give you a lot of credit for obtaining the records and sorting them.  From my perspective, I am looking for indications that village staff is doing their due diligence on both ends of the spectrum:  working with the proposed developer to assemble a package to bring to the community for consideration while simultaneously notifying the public and reaching out to community groups.  I have to say, based on what I’ve read, I am very satisfied with village staff.  They have been doing their job.  They have had dialogue with the residents of Sherburn Apartments, the Shorewood senior center and Milwaukee river group who all seem appreciative with their inclusion in the process.  They have also worked with Sunrise to help them bring a proposal forward to the community, which is important in order to keep the door open for development in our community. Some excerpts:

• Shorewood Senior Resource Center:

“Thank you for the information. The plans look lovely. I will be interested to learn more.

Elizabeth Price,

Shorewood Senior Resource Center

2010 E Shorewood Boulevard

Shorewood, WI  53211

414-847-2727”

• Sherburn Apartments:

“To: President Johnson

CC:

From: Tim Vargo

Re: Sunrise

Body: President Johnson,

I live in the Sherburn Apartments that are slated for demolition for the new Sunrise

Senior Living Center.

I have enjoyed participating in public meetings over the past few months - there's nothing

to invoke civil interest like…”

• Ann Brummitt (who is the coordinator of the Milwaukee River Work Group(MRWG):

“To: Chris Swartz

CC:

From: Ann Brummitt

Re: Yesterday's meeting

Body: Hi Chris,

First of all thank you for inviting MRWG to a preview of the development.  It’s

refreshing to have local government lean towards an inclusive and open process.  

Glendale could learn a lesson or two.  Please send me the schedule of upcoming me”

• Chris Swartz seems to be thinking about how to integrate the development with the riverfront through the trails and Hubbard Park, which I like:

“To: 'Emir, Mustafa Z'

CC:

From: Chris Swartz

Re: computerized slide

Body:

Looking to make a slide with the Sunrise development on it and the pathways to Hubbard

park and the Oakleaf Trail. How difficult is that and cost.  Chris”

• Swartz has even made an effort to get the best people to review the design:

“To: Chris Swartz

CC:

From: hzr@uwm.edu

Re: Re: FW: Design meeting comments.

Body: hi chris,

i'm impressed.

you've put together a great group of advisors, three of which are (some of the

strongest) grads of SARUP at UWM.

harvey r.

Harvey Rabinowitz, Professor

School of Architecture and Urban Planning

University of Wisconsin, Mi”

Steve

I went through a lot of the emails that you got ...

They do not seem to be actual copies of e mails, as none are dated --- also many of them seem to be cut off in mid - sentence ???

What kind of format did they use to give them to you --- were parts redacted ?  Anything about the multitude of attachements that were referred to ?

Dave