Good day neighbors,

Just read the latest Inside Willo and the city streets & traffic department is again being a donkey?’s ass. They have appealed the Zoning Hearing Officer?’s decision to link the United Properties development with closure of Encanto.

The issue is more than the closing of Encanto. In my opinion it threatens the cohesion of the Willo neighborhood itself, possibly its existence. This development will add not only commercial owners but also some 625 people who may vote on issues that effect Willo and are not part of the Willo. They become a potential political force. The Willo is a single-family residence neighborhood that regards propositions differently than multi-family properties in general.

If the city approves the United Properties development with the closing of Vernon yet without closing Encanto it will funnels traffic from this development on to Encanto, Third Avenue north, Fifth Avenue south and exposes homeowners living along these streets to already unsafe volumes of traffic for a neighborhood setting. Remember these 625 residents are 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
The increase in traffic may warrant a zoning change request for households living along these arteries to ?“Commercial?” or UR. Can you envision for-sale signs popping up along these streets? Who will buy?…? possibly investors who want to construct more UR type development. Talk about setting precedence!

We must stop this development. We must close Encanto and all other east/west streets in the Willo. We must fight and encourage city officials to honor the Willo Neighborhood Conservation Plan.



By e.t. dahl

For all of you who agree...

...attend the city council hearing on this matter, rescheduled to June 21, 2000 at 6 p.m. in the Phoenix City Council Chambers. If you cannot attend, voice your opinion by calling your Councilman Cody Williams at 602-495-0587 or e-mail CWilliam@ci.phoenix.az.us

Council ignored Willo

Well, what some of us thought would happen at the Council meeting, happen! Council passed the zoning change to UR on the property at Central & Encanto without the closure of Encanto at the 1st Ave. alignment.

My hope now is the project is never built. If built, the negative impacts to the neighborhood will be significant. Remember these are neither single family residences nor expensive high-rise units with amenities. The traffic from an additional 620 or more people will be over-whelming and instead of traffic calmer at 3rd and Encanto, traffic lights may be needed. The point that the Council ignored is the impacts of 24 hours per day, 7 days per week of this project. A high-rise would not have those pressures.

We must continue the process of street abandonment for Encanto to protect the neighborhood and look for each Willo resident?’s support.




By e.t. dahl

Follow the money trail

Once again, Willo needs to follow the money trail... Where is the pressure coming from that is being applied to Phoenix Streets & Traffic to keep Encanto open??? WHAT CAN WE DO? Will letters to Cody Williams & Skip (BB Garage) Rimza help? When the City did their drawing showing the Central Ave. route with a WIDE LINE I mentioned to several people that I did not trust City Hall.