Greenlight spokesman just doesn’t get it

Regarding “Greenlight challenges proposed changes,” Daily Pilot,

Wednesday, it is disappointing that after a number of e-mail

exchanges, slow-growth Greenlight leader Phil Arst refuses to

understand the process.

The general plan has to balance a number of conflicting demands.

In addition to the desire of residents to minimize traffic impacts

and preserve open space, there is a requirement that the city meet

its share of regional housing needs.

To achieve this balance, the General Plan Advisory Committee has

come up with a number of options -- not proposals -- for different

areas of the city.

Traffic studies will be done on these options -- not proposals --

so that the committee can evaluate their impacts and see which of the

options -- not proposals -- are viable. Only at this point will any

option become a proposal that will be presented to the Planning

Commission, the City Council and to the residents for their

evaluation -- and a proposal could be to make no changes to a

particular area.

* NANCY GARDNER and PHILLIP LUGAR are co-chairpersons of the

General Plan Advisory Committee.