New Berlin Citizens for Responsible Government

Note:
NBCRG initially asked for a Public Hearing because of the drastic changes since the PUD was approved many years ago.


At the Monday, September 10, 2007 Plan Commission meeting Attorney Jim Gatzke requested yet another extension of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the hotel on the southeast corner of Greenfield Avenue and Moorland Road that will expire on January 8, 2008. This would once again bypass the requirement in the City Code to hold a Public Hearing and identify the expansions.

This passed the Planning Commission with only one Commissioner (Dave Ament) voting no. This will come in front of the Common Council on Tuesday, September 25, 2007.

In the past the Aldermen (except Alderman Ament) did not have to give their opinions or vote on the Hotel because the Plan Commission and Mayor bypassed the Common Council. Some Alderman used that as an excuse not to give their opinion.

You need to voice your opinion and demand that your voice is heard. That can only happen if the Council denies the extension. If the PUD extension is denied, the City and developer will be required to hold a Public Hearing before construction can begin.

This PUD should have come in front of the Common Council when all the changes were made earlier this year. These changes included almost doubling the height of the structure and the addition of a water park.

The Council should now let the PUD expire and let the Developer bring the plan back and allow the process to work as it should have earlier this year.

I am not only apposed to this project, but even more troubled as to how the changes have been slammed through the Planning Commission without any elected officials other than the Mayor and Alderman Ament having any say about it.

Please contact your Aldermen and let them know you want your voice heard and to deny the extension of the PUD.

Dave Ament
7th District Alderman, New Berlin
262-544-4534
dament@newberlin.org