2/3/13
On 1/18, Council approved engineering work and public meetings to consider road improvements on Valleywood Lane and Valleywood Circle.. Also proposed was extending City water to the properties.
The estimate for water extension results in a proposed assessment for each property of over $11,000. Will Council go ahead with water? It's not clear. One thing for sure, this is not an affluent neighborhood and $11,000 of cost is likely to come at a time when it's just not affordable.
Last time road improvements were done in this area, residents came out strongly against putting in water and Council voted against the water portion of the project.
What will Council do under Mayor Zerby's leadership? He's been in favor of water extension.
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The Insider
I suggest 'insider readers' leave it to the affected residents to decide. The current policy is to survey them, not the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteNow if the council over-rides them, or changes the policy - then let the fur fly. ;-)
I suggest, smiley-face anonymous, that the city won't tell them how much it will cost to actually hook up the line up to their homes. Or how much they will pay each month, and the special charges that will be involved. And they probably won't tell them how much cheaper it is to put in a new well if they need better water. And they won't say that the levels of arsenic are well within tolerable range, but they will leave the question hanging.
ReplyDeleteDevelopers need city water in order to put in high-density housing.
The neighborhood in question is, once again, smiley-face hater, fully completely developed.
DeletePlease name names. Who is the developer willing to buy up all of that developed property and re-develop it? On a dead-end street, in the middle of nowhere, zoned low-density?
We will all want to be best friends with anyone who has that kind of foolish money to spend. Or are you the fool for so much self-terrorization?
Fully developed as single family homes, maybe. But watch for the council to take "visionary" steps to rezone for higher density. Already we are seeing so-called "seniors" wanting to stay in Shorewood but in condominium units. And the faulty argument that Shorewood needs to have its fair share of high density housing has been out there for years.
DeleteBut you are avoiding the fact that there is NO reason for anyone with a well to changeover to city water. None. Unless they want to subdivide or put in high-density units.
Developers always lay in the weeds, letting others, like real estate people, "visionary" city council people, or angst-ridden seniors, pave the way for them.
Thanks for calling me a fool, a hater, and a terrorist.
Touched a nerve, eh?
The Feb 6 writer must have skipped their medication on that day.
ReplyDeleteHow does allowing current policy to proceed; cause one to be a "hater".
How does allowing a mini-democratic-vote; cause "self-terrorization"?
Bizzare.