From: AnneMclntosh

Sen* Wednesday,August26, 20094:56pM

To: JohnKeho;Terrislimmer;Johnchase;AdrianGallo;Laurieyetton
Cc: BrendanRome
Subject:FW:summaryof ourmeetingtoday

Pleasetakea lookat the emailI senito BenSoleimani.

Here'sthedeal...The Soleimani's ownfl_lglof propertyon Melrose.Theyhaveinvesteda lot of capitalintotheir

developments and retailsstoresANDintendto investrirorecapitalon thisstreet.Theyaretryingto'helpuJ
realizethevisionfor Melrosethatwe haveouilinedin our Genbralplan.

I visitedtheirbuildings
and proposeddevelopment sitesan Melrosetoday.We needto havea newstrategy
ab?-uthowwe approachthese They are withincode,theyare overparkedand theydo not navei[rL
froleqts.
trafficimpactswe are readingaboutin the studiesthatarecoming'back,

The businessesthatare busyon Melroseare UrthCafeand Le PainQuotodien- the onesthatwe bootstrapped

in usinggrandfathering
becausetheyarefunkyandcoolandwe likethem.

I am goingto ask Brendanto schedulea timefor us to meeton this. I am willingto takeanybowsandanows

flung_our
w3Yby the neighbors,PC or Council. But,we are overprocessingthise prqectsand needto figureout
howto workbetterwith this propertyowner.

Thanksall- keepbeingcreative.
-Anne

From: AnneMclntosh
Sent: Wednesday,
August7z6,2AOg 4:30 pM
To:'bensoleimani@yahoo.com'
Cc: BrendanRome
Subject sumrnaryof our meefingtoday

Hi Ben,
lhank youfor givingme a sitetourof yourproperties
on Melroseandfor updatingme on thestatusof your
developmentapplications.

To summarize:

!!$4-Melrese(@Westmount): you agleedto moveaheadto PlanningCommission

publichearingon October15,
2009. Youwilldo fwo thingsto helpwiththis.

1) send me an email indicating

thatyouwouldliketo invitethe PlanningCommissionersto yoursiteto takea
tourlikeyougaveme today.
_Ourprocedureis thatwe invitethemandtheycallyou to arrange,but I canhelpwith
that to makesurathey makethe s?tevisit.

2) yguwill engagea parking.consultant to give youa parkingdemandstudy. Clearlyyoudon,tneedthecode

requiredP.frkinp- it's sittinghalf empty. The studyshouldshowthat. I will'checkwitd feni to see howwe can
providea listof possibleconsultants to you,

3) Adrianwill get you the info aboutpostingthe sitewith the hearingnotice.

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