Dear Robert Zadnik and Irene Borba,

Belvedere has different residential categories and zoning for a reason: to provide a variety of housing options.

If the planning commission and the city council approve the apartment building, then the floodgates will open for large, three story multi-family buildings to be built in all R_2 zones, including Teal Road and Barn Road.

This would essentially eliminate R-2 zoning since, if R-2=R-3, then R-2 disappears.

It is obvious that this is not the intention of the General Plan.

Therefore, you cannot approve Mallard Pointe as currently proposed with an apartment building in our R-2 zone.

Please post our letter on the City’s website under "Mallard Pointe Public Comments”.

Thank you,
Bob and Alex Leitstein
BRIG Members