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September 25, 6 p.m. - Kastera Shadow Valley Non-Farm
Subdivision to go before the Ada County Planning &
Zoning Commissioners - Ada County Courthouse, 200 W.
Front Street, Boise ID
October 8, 6 p.m. -
Dry Creek Ranch goes before the Ada County Commissioners
- Ada County Courthouse, 200 W. Front Street, Boise ID
The October 8th
meeting is HUGELY important for our neighborhood. Even
if you don't wish to speak, please plan to be
there to show the Ada County Commissioners that the public truly
does care about the foothills and development in them--and
remind 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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