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Dear Neighbor,

We love our Town and especially the Village of Zionsville. But the Mayor has put the Village on a fast track to become a crowded, over-populated area and change the character of Zionsville forever. There is a PUD for development of Zionsville Road south of the Brick Street in the approval process that would have a significantly negative impact on our Town.  Voting at the Plan Commission has been postponed twice, largely because of negative reaction from the Community. However, the Plan Commission is set to vote on it Monday, July 15 at 6:30 pm at Town Hall on a "revised" PUD, which has not been made available to Zionsville residents yet. Please show up and make your concerns known! (If you are unfamiliar with what the current version of the PUD would do, the details are restated at the bottom of this Petition.) 

Most people in Zionsville did not move here because they want Zionsville to look like Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Brownsburg or Avon or even Mass Ave or Broad Ripple. We love its charm and its unique family-oriented character. We would love to have development south of Main Street - more restaurants, retail, office space, some single family homes - but it needs to be consistent with the current Main Street character that we and our visitors love so much! 

We are very encouraged that the Mayor and Town Council are working on modifications to the PUD to reflect the concerns expressed by the community when details of the PUD started to be more widely known. Furthermore, we applaud Chris Lake for making the right decision to step down from the Plan Commission because of his conflict of interest as an owner of Delve, a paid consultant to the PUD. Our goal is to ensure this is truly a town led PUD not controlled by developers or special interests. Below are the concerns we have heard voiced throughout the community and what we believe is in the best interest of Zionsville and its residents. Please sign and share this Petition if you agree.

1.  No multi-family housing without defining the exact number of units and density. How can we understand the impact to traffic and schools without it?

2.  55+ for any multi-family units to reduce the burden on schools. 

3.  Separate the PUD into phases. 160 acres is too broad. Having phases would protect Main Street businesses during construction. 

4.  Preserve ALL direct access points to Main Street. 

5.  Limit the height of all buildings to 32' and maintain the architectural style of the North Village to preserve Zionsville's charm.

6.  Conduct a traffic study that includes all approved development, including mixed use development. (The current traffic study did not include any cars of residents in "mixed-use" developments over the next 10 years, stating those residents won't drive on the roads). 

7.  Bury the power lines or provide accurate graphics within the PUD that demonstrate what they will look like. 

8. Disclose the locations of all anticipated trees being removed. 

9. No TIFs, abatements, or developer incentives that will negatively affect our schools and shift the developers' costs to Zionsville taxpayers. 

10. Publicly disclose all federal and state grants to be applied for and their material terms and conditions and ensure the grants do not impede or affect our Town's decision-making process on development.

 **Please Sign and share this petition if you agree**

Here's what the current version of the PUD would do. 

• allow an undisclosed number of apartments in monolithic, 62 feet (5-6 stories) apartment buildings (current Village buildings are capped at 30 feet) w/o a variance
• contain no prohibitions on "affordable housing" (at a time when the federal and state governments around the country are conditioning economic development grants on developing affordable housing)
• add hundreds more cars on our already congested roads
• add children to our increasingly crowded schools
• add strain on our already problematic infrastructure - water, utilities and deteriorating roads
• prohibit access to our Brick Street from Zionsville Road (all access to Main Street will be routed to First Street and cross streets, you won't be able to go straight up Main Street from Zionsville Rd or turn right at the Bricks to get to Lions Park from Zionsville Road)
• the new "gateway" to the Village (Sycamore and Main Street, across from the Bank) could be a 4-story "wrapped" parking garage

This most significant development in Zionsville is being rushed through WITHOUT an updated comprehensive plan, which we are told will be done in 12-18 months.  WHAT IS THE RUSH?  With a comprehensive plan, we may be able to attract more businesses, including developers, because they will know what the future of Zionsville looks like. That is the point of a comprehensive plan. 

Most people in Zionsville did not move here because they want Zionsville to look like Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Brownsburg or Avon or even Mass Ave or Broad Ripple. We love its charm and its unique family-oriented character. We would love to have development south of Main Street - more restaurants, retail, office space, some single family homes - but it needs to be consistent with the current Main Street character that we and our visitors love so much! 

Please sign this petition to let the Mayor know we want this DELAYED so that:

• all input from residents can be considered and incorporated into the PUD
• this can be part of the critically important comprehensive plan
  Thank you for signing!

 Thank you for signing!