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Springfield News-Leader: August 17, 2010 Mike Penprase FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Seminole-Holland Neighborhood Association announces Saturday, June 19 for the 2010 Neighborhood Wide Garage Sale. If you have a home or business within the well-known Neighborhood boundaries: Sunshine to Sunset, and Campbell to National, the Association invites you to participate. To be included on a neighborhood map to be distributed at Seminole-Holland sales that day, simply e-mail (trish.ruiz@sbcglobal.net) or call 417-234-1988 and your address will be listed. The more names and addresses we have, the larger the appeal to the buying public. There is absolutely no cost to participate and all funds earned are yours to keep. The Association will pick up the tab for advertising your sale as well as offer coordinated pick-up of unsold goods that Saturday (and possibly Sunday) post sale. Unsold items for pick-up are likely to be divided between Association member Youth of the Ozarks Thrift Store as well as other nearby stores. If you want to be included in the advertising campaign via neighborhood map please let us know by e-mailing us (trish.ruiz@sbcglobal.net) or by calling 417-234-1988. The more residents we have participate on June 19th, the better each sale will be. Happy Selling! Garage sale Public Google MAP Link
Thanks, Trish Pearson, President Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association 925 E. Seminole Springfield MO 417-234-1988 See you at June 1st meeting at Messiah Lutheran Church Back to the top
On 21 AUG 2009 This article copied from City Connect's website http://www.springfieldmo.gov/cityconnect/getPost.jsp?entryid=1852 P&Z Sends Re-zoning For Potential Bass Pro Hotel to CouncilThe Planning & Zoning Commission met Thursday with one item on its agenda: a re-zoning request at the 1900 block of South Campbell Avenue in relation to a proposed boutique hotel to be built by the parent company of Bass Pro Shops. The land is generally located across Campbell Avenue from the main entrance to the Bass Pro retail store, and is adjacent to a residential area in the Seminole-Holland neighborhood. The Commission voted 7-1 to send the proposed re-zoning, with limitations, onto City Council. The City Council will hold a first reading and public hearing on the issue at its Sept. 21 meeting. Richard Walters, a lawyer representing Bass Pro, said a revised plan expanded the buffer zone along South Avenue to 20 feet. Principal City Planner Mike MacPherson said this would include 15 feet of landscaping to the west facing the neighborhood, a 6-foot wall or fence, and 5 feet of green space facing east toward the development on the other side of the wall or fence. Walters also said the developer is comfortable with the language stating that it is responsible for storm water issues arising on the property. Six citizens spoke to the item, most of which were residents of the neighborhood adjacent to the site. They expressed concerns over property values, traffic and safety, and what the final project would indeed look like. The Commission amended the zoning application to restrict vehicle access to Washita Street or South Avenue on the neighborhood side of the land parcel. Walters said the developer agreed to restrictions on seven types of uses for the land, but asked to leave two zoned used in the language of the proposal related to manufacture and trailer sales and RV parking. He said Bass Pro had concerns about interpretation issues if, for instance, a boat for sale at Bass Pro were on display at the hotel, or if a customer decided to stay in an RV on the lot rather than in the hotel. Commissioner Matt Edwards asked if there are plans for dedicated RV sewer or electrical hookups on the property, and Walters said there are none. Trisha Pearson, president of the Seminole-Holland Neighborhood Association, said the Association is asking that construction yards be included in the zoning restrictions. She also expressed concerns about a storm water system “at or near capacity” and requested the City update the drainage conduit running along South Avenue “as soon as possible.” Video of the full meeting is available from CityView. It runs about 90 minutes. The rezoning request is available online. Exhibit C on page 5 contains changes made to the request after the first public hearing session. For further information, visit the Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association’s Web site. Some background is available under the “press releases” link there. (If you are not able to see the video you can go here then scroll to where it says "Video of the full meeting".) posted by Mike Brothers, Public Information Back to the top
Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following articles; This article copied from; sbj.net Council considers Bass Pro development by Jeremy Elwood - Web Editor
The owners of Bass Pro Shops want to build a new development across the street from their flagship facility, but they'll have to get past a group of concerned neighbors first.
Springfield City Council held first reading Monday night of a rezoning request for 7.35 acres on South Campbell Avenue, across the street from Bass Pro's main store. The request would rezone the property to a highway commercial district, and the initial plans of the owners - Campus Rentals LLC and American Sportsman Holdings Co., both affiliates of Bass Pro Shops - are to build a five-story hotel on the site for Bass Pro visitors.
Though final plans aren't complete for the development, members of the neighboring Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association are hoping to put a stop to the plans.
Four neighborhood residents spoke in opposition to the proposal, citing privacy concerns as well as traffic, storm water and sewer issues that a new development could create.
Husch Blackwell Sanders attorney Richard Walters, representing the developers, said his clients have been attempting to work with neighbors by expanding buffer areas and setting the hotel far enough away from homes to alleviate privacy questions. He added that the owners have spent several years acquiring the property needed for the development.
"The location would be used to handle the millions of people who visit the store," Walters told council. "This is not a recent decision; my clients have been looking forward to long-term development there."
But Trish Pearson, president of the neighborhood association, said the development would exacerbate water runoff issues in an area that already needs major improvements to its aging infrastructure.
She also questioned the need for another hotel.
"There is a hotel across the street - it's the Days Inn on Sunshine," she said.
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Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following articles; Copied from News-Leader Concerns table Bass Pro hotel proposalGroup wants more work done to gauge effects on neighbors.Kathleen O'Dell • News-Leader • August 7, 2009 Residents of the Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association raised enough concerns in a public hearing about a proposed rezoning and commercial development that the Springfield Planning and Zoning Commission tabled the issue until Aug. 20. The commissioners nudged association president Trisha Pearson to speak past her five-minute limit because her presentation was so strong. Affiliate companies of Bass Pro Shops want to rezone a site they own at Cherokee Street and Campbell Avenue for possible construction of a five-story "destination" hotel. The site across Campbell from Bass Pro Shops would go from light manufacturing and single-family residential along South Avenue to highway commercial. Campus Rentals LLC and American Sportsman Holdings Co. own the industrial site and three homes on South Avenue, in the Seminole/Holland neighborhood. The applicants had already made changes to the proposal after hearing residents' concerns several weeks ago and working with city planning staff. Changes included ensuring that all stormwater runoff would be directed off the neighborhood streets as much as possible or into a new drainage facility. The area suffers severe water runoff and sewage flooding during heavy rains, residents said. But their additional pleas Thursday led the commission to suggest more changes before another public hearing Aug. 20. The commission would then refer the matter for a hearing and vote by the City Council in September. The applicants' attorney, Richard Walters, said the intent is to build a hotel on the site, and he would discuss specifics with residents when he did the site plan. But Pearson and others said they wanted more assurances that the developer would not build some of the things otherwise permitted in highway commercial zoning. Even commissioner Jay McClelland chimed in later, saying "If it ain't writ, it ain't." He was in favor of limiting what could go there. Not all requests may be added, but Walters said he would work with residents as much as possible.
Pearson, on behalf of the association, also asked the applicants to consider putting buffer plants closest to residences on South Avenue, with a fence behind that to preserve the neighborhood feel. Neighbors also want the applicants to write into the proposal that there would be no vehicular access from the development to South or Washita avenues. Pearson also said the traffic count prepared for the project was taken when the nearby Wonders of Wildlife museum was closed for renovations. She asked the city to update the traffic count to include anticipated uptick in traffic when the museum reopens. And she asked for more intense study of the sanitary sewer system in the area to relieve the area's system "... and take us out of the poo zone." Pat McManus added later, "When it rains heavy, manhole covers float up and raw sewage flows down our street." Mike Pettiford, whose daughter lives in the neighborhood, said the rezoning would forever change the character of the neighborhood and devalue the homes there. Kathleen Clore, who lives directly across South Avenue from the proposed project, added, "Put yourself in our place. How would you feel if they were ready to do this in your backyard?" The proposal drew endorsements from others, like Linda Hunt, who said she trusts the project would be done to Bass Pro Shops standards and would boost the economy. Commissioner King Coltrin told the attendees that the rezoning would be an improvement from its current light manufacturing and that the project calls for resolving some of the area's flooding issues. The neighborhood association represents about 3,300 residents in the area bordered by Sunshine and Sunset streets and Campbell and National avenues. About 80 residents are members of the group. The city planning and development staff had already recommended approval of the proposed zoning, with some conditions. The screening, fencing, bufferyard and lighting requirements of the zoning ordinance were adopted to mitigate potential impacts between properties with different uses. The proposal restricts the stormwater impact to the adjacent street and neighborhood.
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Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following articles; Copied from KSPR website Neighbors Discuss Concerns of Bass Pro Hotel PossibilityBy KSPR NewsStory Created: Jul 13, 2009 at 9:10 PM CDT Story Updated: Jul 13, 2009 at 10:42 PM CDTTo rezone or not to rezone, it’s a question Springfield's Planning and Zoning Commission will consider in August. Neighbors who live near the site of a possible Bass Pro hotel were eager to ask questions of their own on Monday.
Dozens of Bass Pro Shops' neighbors filled the company's basement, eager to ask about the future. Sketches reveal a 147-room hotel could be built across the street from the large Springfield landmark in a vacant lot. Glancing over the sketches, many homeowners worried about how it will affect their homes. "Especially our home prices and traffic is a major concern," says Rachel Hudson, who lives on Roanoke.
Monday, neighbors concerns weren't calmed. Husch Blackwell Sanders attorney Richard Walters hired by Bass Pro told the crowd it's unclear what will be built on the opposite side of Campbell. Walters says the company wants the city to rezone the area from light industrial to highway commercial. The unknown is just as unsettling for some. "They can’t answer any questions because it's just a conceptual idea right now,” Neighbor Mark Clore says. “I don't think Johnny Morris is just thinking about something.”
Neighbors who looked over the sketches say two homes not owned by Bass Pro could fall inside the possible hotel site boundary. Walters wouldn't comment on camera but says the company only wants to rezone property it already owns.
"We need more communication," Hudson says. "I feel they evaded a lot of questions. I just wished they'd be more straight forward." Walters says the company will be more straight forward when its plans are more concrete. Neighbors say they plan to rally together to keep a close eye on every option. "It’s a quite neighborhood," Hudson says. "I don't want it to change in a dramatic way."
Members of the Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association have not taken an official stand on the issue. Walters says the company will not continue to send out letters to neighbors through the mail. The planning and zoning commission will hold a public hearing on August 6th to discuss the issue.
According to Walters, the highway commercial district guarantees a manufacturing company will not move into the location. There are more than 25 uses for a highway commercial district. The city’s website has a pdf with more information.
Copied from News-Leader Residents press for details of Bass Pro's development plansPotential noise, traffic from Bass Pro project worries neighbors.Kathleen O'Dell • News-Leader • July 14, 2009 Residents of the Seminole/ Holland Neighborhood Association who attended a meeting Monday about a possible hotel across from Bass Pro Shops learned other things could materialize there, instead, if the property is rezoned. Each time residents pressed Springfield attorney Richard Walters about details of the project -- five stories, 147 rooms, a "landmark hotel" as outlined in his meeting invitation -- Walters repeatedly cautioned them: "What we ultimately do is in the conceptual stage." The developers he represents want to rezone the site and will decide what goes there later, he said. A hotel is only one of many permitted uses on property zoned as a highway commercial district," he emphasized. But whatever is done there will be less intrusive and more consistent with what exists there than its current zoning as light manufacturing, Walters added. That still raised concerns among residents about increased traffic in their neighborhood, noise and lights from a development, and stormwater runoff in an area plagued with periodic flooding. The proposed site at Cherokee Street and Campbell Avenue is owned by Campus Rentals LLC and American Sportsman Holdings Co., part of the Bass Pro family. The site includes several tracts zoned both light industrial and single-family residential. The developer owns three homes on South Street, in the Seminole/Holland Neighborhood. The neighbors association represents about 4,500 residents in the area bordered by Sunshine and Sunset streets and Campbell and National avenues. The meeting with residents was required as part of the rezoning application process. Residents on South Street directly across from the proposed site, like Mark and Kathleen Clore, said they worried what the development would do to their privacy and property values. Jim Mishler, who lives nearby, worries about property values and pedestrians -- "The streets are narrow, there are curbs but no sidewalks." Walters responded to their concerns: - Zoning -- The developer is not seeking to rezone anything but that tract.
- Privacy and noise -- If a hotel is built there, the developers will build in buffers and privacy features. - Stormwater runoff -- The city will require a detailed stormwater management plan. "That issue is already on the table," Walters said. - Traffic and safety -- The city requires the developers to hire a third-party engineer to study the impact of rezoning on traffic in that area. "The city is already looking at the impact," Walters said. - Property values, especially on the facing South Street homes -- "Obviously that's a concern we expect to hear. There is no easy answer," Walters said. "I believe a highway commercial district zoning is better for your property than light industrial." - Rumors -- To his knowledge, there's no IMAX theater or pedestrian overpass in the works. "Johnny Morris is known for changing his mind," said South Street resident Mark Clore. "Once it's zoned, wouldn't it give you permission to put anything there you want to?" Walters said that while rezoning permits a variety of uses, the developers would only put in there what's permitted. He referred residents to consult a city ordinance for a complete list of permitted uses but did not read the list aloud. However, the Springfield Zoning Ordinance shows a highway commercial district permits nearly 70 uses or kinds of business operations including hotels, restaurants and convention centers, but also everything from art galleries, fitness centers and cemeteries to boat and marine sales and service, hardware and home improvement stores, and recording studios. When several residents raised concerns about the possibility of nightclubs or adult businesses going there, Walters assured them, "They'll be very prudent about that issue. (New construction) would be consistent with the theme of Bass Pro Shops. They would want to keep that up." Melinda Mullins said she bought her house in the neighborhood three months ago and loves the quiet. She's concerned about how a large development there would affect that peace, but she likes the idea of cleaning up the old buildings and boat parking lots there now. "I think possibly this, if done right and classy, can upgrade the status of the area," Mullins said. The issue will undergo a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission Aug. 6 in City Hall. If approved, it will have a public hearing before City Council Aug. 24 and be voted on Sept. 8. Back to the top
Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following article; Reported by: Brian Richardson
This was copied from KY3 Springfield MO website Friday, Jul 10, 2009 @09:42pm CST Bass Pro's parent company is moving closer to a project that's been in the rumor mill for about a decade. Nothing's official as of right now. But over the weekend people living in and around Bass Pro will have something to chew on, whether they want a massive hotel built within just feet of their homes.
The one thing Karl Satterfield and his dog Bella enjoy about their neighborhood in south Springfield is peace and quiet. "We know all the neighbors; we talk and visit whenever we want. Otherwise, we keep to ourselves. It's an old-time neighborhood." explains Satterfield.
But Satterfield's old community may be getting an upgrade. In a letter to neighbors and the Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association, Bass Pro's parent company released details of a monster development. A five-story, 150-room hotel, with room for expansion.
"If Bass Pro's going to build it, it's going to be first class," explains Tracy Kimberlin President of the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The proposed hotel is across the street from the Bass Pro's main store on Campbell and it will swallow about a city block. Plans call for the demolition of several buildings and four homes to create much-needed room.
"When you have four million people coming and half of them are from more than a 100-mile radius, I would say there is a demand there," explains Kimberlin.
But that demand won't be built without opposition. Mark Clore says the hotel will bring unwanted attention. "It's not looking at it as much as the hotel looking at me. You now have half of 250 rooms that can look at our neighborhood. People are nosy and they're going to be oh look at the people down there," explains Clore. And it could force neighbors like Satterfield and Bella to find peace elsewhere.'
Bass Pro wouldn't comment about the plans today. But an attorney for the neighbors plans to hold a meeting Monday to review the proposal and take questions. Attorneys have also filed paperwork with the city Springfield to have this land re-zoned.
Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following article; Morris plans hotel across from Bass Pro
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When out-of-town visitors come to check out Bass Pro Shops or the Wonders of Wildlife museum, they may soon have a new place to stay very near the outdoor retailer's flagship location.
American Sportsman Holdings Co. - the parent company of the Johnny Morris-owned Bass Pro - is filing for rezoning at the 1900 block of South Campbell Avenue, across the street from the store.
According to a letter sent to members of the adjacent Seminole/Holland Neighborhood Association, the site plan calls for a five-story, 147-room "landmark" hotel fronting Campbell, with the possibility for commercial space at Campbell and Cherokee Street.
"We have carefully planned this proposed hotel with a commitment to superior design reflective of the character and history of this region, to be a significant cultural landmark for the city of Springfield and Missouri," Husch Blackwell Sanders attorney Richard Walters said in the letter.
City Redevelopment Director Mike MacPherson said a rezoning request has been filed for the property and a hearing will be held at the Planning and Zoning Commission's Aug. 6 meeting. He declined to comment further, saying city staff members are still in the process of putting together a staff report and recommendation for the commission.
The developers plan to meet with neighborhood homeowners July 13. Walters did not return calls seeking comment about the proposal. |
This article copied from; sbj.net Here is a blog you can post your concerns
Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association mentioned in the following article;Here is part of what was said, click on the link below to read the whole article. Volunteers clean trash from South CreekMike Penprase- News-Leader • April 20, 2009 ..."Other volunteers were people involved with the fledgling Seminole-Holland Neighborhood Association. Neighborhood association member Vivian Rye said many residents consider the creek section that includes part of the South Creek Greenway Trail a neighborhood asset. "They enjoy having it available," she said."... Back to the top
Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association to meetSpringfield News-Leader: February 2, 2009Springfield Police Officer Jason Rust will be a guest at the Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association general meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, a notice from the association said.
Due to the primary election, this month’s meeting will be held at the Southminster Presbyterian Church, 2245 S. Holland Ave.
Rust will talk about details and guidelines for starting a Neighborhood Watch program, and offer tips for residential and neighborhood safety.
The group also will discuss the Holland Elementary School walking routes. All neighbors, especially parents of children attending Holland School, are encouraged to attend.
City officials to address neighborhood group on proposed tax hikeSpringfield News-Leader: January 5, 2009 The Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association is holding a general meeting at 6:30 pm. Tuesday at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 925 E. Seminole Street.
Deputy City Manager Evelyn Honea and Assistant Fire Chief David Hall will present details of the city’s proposed tax increase designed to fund the police and fire pension plan. A question and answer period will immediately follow.
The proposed tax increase will appear on the Feb. 3 ballot.
All city residents are welcome. Coffee and light refreshments will be offered. You do not have to be a member of the Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association to attend, however membership is encouraged.
If you have any questions regarding the association, you may call Trish Pearson at 877-8238. | |
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