Last Monday on Nov. 10, the city facilitated a public, virtual meeting to discuss a proposed housing development at 86 Walworth St. in Roslindale.

Aiming to redevelop the existing two-and-a-half family home to a six-unit residential multifamily, the project was headed by proponent Roy Azar, project architect David Freed, and development attorney Ryan Spitz.

We are renovating the existing two-family house, explained Freed. Were doing a modest vertical addition to it and a rear addition to create a six-unit, elevator-service building with six garage parking spaces and two visitor parking spaces.

The plan is to extend the driveway a bit in the back, demolish the garage, and relocate the entrance of the house basically to the middle of the building. Well have two visitor parking spaces in the back and we will have the garage parking for six cars in the basement.

This will probably be the first, I guess you can call it a condo or apartment building, but wed like it to stay with the fabric of the street. Thats kind of why we designed it the way we designed it, said Azar.

Despite the development team noting a number of zoning violations, Spitz emphasized that The violations were going to seek relief for could be changed if we shrink down the project. And, he added, since this is the first time publicly that we are presenting these drawings, a lot of what were going to do is listen to the feedback, and everything that is said this evening will be taken into consideration by my client.

During public comments, many residents questioned the size of the building and its impact on abutting homes.

Im generally supportive of adding new housing and additions to support more housing in this area and in all the city but this strikes me as being very large. Much larger than what I was expecting to see and is a bit unnerving as a direct abutter, shared Sam Warren of 92 Walworth St.

Similarly, another resident noted that she was rather surprised like everyone else at the size and scope of this project.

Other residents also asked about parking capacity and the projects impact on traffic. Ellen Capola said, This structure is too big for this area. You can see how congested the street is already. It can take me anywhere from ten-to-15 minutes to try to get out of my driveway at 7 oclock in the morning. Were going to have to deal with construction vehicles here when this is going on.

Agreeing, Stacey Conway at 79 Walworth St. added, This end of the street already has a lot of cars as it is and there have been a few major accidents with people speeding and peoples mirrors getting ripped off all the time. I dont know how youre going to add all these other cars. Whats more, theyre also going to be closing the bridge over at the parkway next summer, I believe, so all the traffics going to be rerouted here.

With the project scale and parking being the primary causes of concern, the remaining questions focused on the specific zoning violations. Particularly, many residents were concerned about drainage and water management.

In response, Spitz clarified that A comprehensive drainage plan eventually needs to be submitted to Boston Water and Sewer. At this point, this isnt the time to have those engineer drawings because theres a potential that this project may not move forward.

Additionally, he reiterated that the proposal was in its early stages and could change.

This is the first time that we are presenting these drawings so a lot of what were going to do is listen to the feedback and everything that is said this evening will be taken into consideration by my client, emphasized Spitz.

Based on the comments and feedback were hearing from you all, we would have to go back and further discuss as a team and see if the owner is willing to make some sort of concessions.