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February 10, 2010 - 6 p.m. Ada County Courthouse, 200 W Front Street, Boise: Ada County Commissioners to hear Dry Creek Ranch planned community.

Although we've won the battle against 4,300 homes, the developers have come back with "only" 3,500 homes. It's time to speak out again, or AT LEAST please attend the public hearing.

It is important to show up at County meetings even if you don't wish to speak. Simply being there shows the Ada County Commissioners that the public truly does care about the foothills and development in them--and reminds them that we are VOTERS. We might not have the money of developers, but we have something...the ballot box.

If you do wish to speak, some talking points for the Dry Creek Ranch meeting are as follows:

1. Traffic - far too much with this community to be supported by current roads between Dry Creek valley and Boise/Eagle/Meridian

2. Water - we don't know the amount of water in the aquifers yet, and current residents are on private wells.

3. Loss of incredibly rich agricultural land that has been farmed for 100 years

4. Loss of wildlife habitat

5. Cost to taxpayers - the Dry Creek Ranch economic study showed that this development will NOT "pay for itself" for many years, if ever. Many "conditions" have been devised to get the developer to pay for any shortfalls...but if this "developer" sells, then what happens to the promises made. We watched many promises broken by the string of Hidden Springs developers, as early ones had financial difficulties.

6. The County Commissioners promised residents of this part of the foothills that we would have a "Central Foothills Sub-Area Plan" as part of the Ada County Comprehensive Plan. DCRNA has made repeated requests to begin working on that plan, but the Commissioners now have completely reneged on their promise. See their letter to our neighborhood association here.

 

LINKS:

Idaho Coalition for Sustainable Communities - Foothills neighborhood associations for common sense development

Voice of Eagle - blog of citizens in and around Eagle - opinions, news, comments

DCRNA Officers:

President: Leslie Nona
Vice President: Jeff Nona
Secretary: Joanne Pence
Treasurer: Annemarie Muthart

 

   


 

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