Just because we have real estate in the city doesnt mean it has to be developed. Just because we have land developed doesnt mean it has to be highrise. Were concentrating more on lowrise building now. The growth of our communities will certainly be dependent on the circulation of traffic, and to plan for the future we need to know the growth patterns of Burbank and Pasadena. We need to see how we can get people out of their cars and into vanpools and carpools.
Light rail seems to be the answer.
Whats fascinating about such conversations is they afford the opportunity to check back at a future point and score them for accuracy. No better time to do that than Business Lifes 10th year and the eve of the millennium the date for which so many predictions aimed. Though each mayor brought to that past conversation his personal agenda, no other person in each city was better suited to predict his communitys future. Flavin hit closest to the mark when he predicted the birth and growth of Burbanks bustling retail core and the citys burgeoning interdependence with the entertainment industry. I think he was a visionary, said Burbank Deputy City Manager Chris Foss after hearing what Flavin predicted in the early Business Life interview.