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Neighbors decry parking and privacy impacts of 2717 Glenwood proposal; Planning Board declines to call up staff review
Summary
Neighbors urged the Planning Board to block a proposal to add a 22-unit building at 2717 Glenwood Drive, citing loss of parking, views into homes and tree removal. Staff and the applicant described a revised Paseo, stormwater detention and mitigation; the board declined to call the staff-level site review up for a hearing.
Emmy Rao, who said she lives directly behind 2717 Glenwood Drive, told the Planning Board the proposed two- to three‑story infill would look directly into existing homes and worsen already scarce street parking.
"It's going to be three stories that essentially looks into our house and obstructs all of the other existing apartments on that site," Rao said during the meeting's open comment period.
City staff and the project team described a plan to retain the existing 37-unit building and add a 22-unit building on part of the property’s parking area, along with stormwater detention, new landscaping and an 8-foot‑wide Paseo that would bisect the two buildings.
"Out of 54 total trees, it looks like 18 will be removed and 36 will be preserved," Planning staff member Charles Farrell said in response to a board question about tree removal. Project architect Bob Wilson described the Paseo as a hardscaped circulation spine with lighting and landscaping designed to improve the site's scale and pedestrian experience.
Board members pressed the applicant on energy upgrades for the retained building, how the Paseo would be used and whether the new open space would connect directly to the Elmer's Two Mile Creek path. The applicant said some energy efficiency upgrades are planned for the older building and that the Paseo connects to a private courtyard and the new sidewalk — but not directly to the creek path.
After questions from several members, the Chair stated that no Planning Board member requested the application be "called up" for a board hearing; the item therefore remains a staff-level site review and will proceed without a Planning Board public hearing.
What happens next: The application will continue under staff review with the information and clarifications requested by the board; neighbors and interested parties should monitor staff notices and the city's public records for the formal site-review decision.
