Open space should be the highest priority for reuse of the HRA land

To the Editor: Thank you to Hull Redevelopment Authority members Adrienne Paquin and Dan Kernan for their detailed, fact-driven, robust presentations for the future of our HRA land on March 25.

The public has spoken loud and clear – the majority of the town of Hull wants contiguous open space.

It was pointed out that the public feedback is documented on the HRA’s website, clearly showing the results to two questions, “What should be the three highest priorities of the HRA?” and “What should be the three lowest priorities for the HRA?”.

The HRA’s document states “... participants across both evenings indicated they were most interested in open space (85%), hotel/inn space (45%), and ‘other’ uses (38%).”

In both cases, housing ranked lower than “other” and lower than “parking.” Citizens’ biggest concerns were environmental impacts, followed by flooding/resilience.

When I read the summary of the February and March meetings, I noticed a common theme of preferences for contiguous open space as community space.

Both presentations are worth watching again as they said it best with clarity and a fact-based approach. Visit https://hulltv.net/?s=hra (search for the March 25 meeting).

Dan and Adrienne listened to the public input and their proposals were spot on! As Dan said, “We can do this!”

Mindy Markowitz