By Richard Smith | Surprise Independent
At first Quintus Schulzke simply did not want a densely-packed affordable housing complex with some Section 42 qualified residents down the street from his Sierra Montana home and on the other side of Waddell Road.
He attended April 27 meeting on a proposed two-part Waddell Crossing rental complex proposed by Minnesota-based Dominium Inc. with a total of 613 units. Schulzke and other residents networked and put together voiceofsurprise.com — a site for opposition to the project, where organizers met and have since gathered roughly 1,000 signatures against the project.
After getting involved because of concerns of how a densely-packed, lower-income project would effect home values and traffic in and around his neighborhood, his focus changed during the summer. He believes the quality of life for future Waddell Crossing residents would be hampered by less than two parking spots per unit, a lack of job opportunities nearby and a complex far from any links to public transportation.
