HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEWOOD HILLS RESIDENCES (4TH FILING) - PDP - 33-10 - MEDIA - CORRESPONDENCE (4)l LETTERS
TO THE E(P-17OR
Snow snouldn't,
additional research is.neea-)
coffers so thatahe work can
jam city every time.'
ed, isn't there a university
be completed concurrent
in town? •
with the development's com-
iy
The,city of Fort,Collins -
Ann Malone,.
pletion. If neither,option is
passed a new sales tax in
Fort Collins
acceptable, neither -is the
ts
November. I thus expected
• .
development.
advance preparation for the
Development must
John W.:Thomas,
well=predicted snow/deep
address concerns
FortrtCollins
freeze, at least so folks
would still be inclined to.1get
As a resident of
If you want your
out and generate tail rev-'
enue.
',Ridgewood Hills; I am not
share, work for .it,
opposed to the proposed
But preparation for snow
` units being built, but signifi-
In'readingAhe letters of
did not happen, so none :of
cant concerns must be
those who think it is terrible
the snow melted on contact
addressed.
that the rich received tax
with roads and ran' off into.
The city and Thompson ,
cuts on the recent.compro-
the sewer system. All the,
.School District taxpayers . '
mise, if you wereinformed,
snow piled up and got
shouldn't have to shoulder
you may have understood . - .
ve
packed down. Now traffic is
'the.development burden;
that ,there were no tax cuts. .
tied up on Stuart as the
the development itself
The taxesthat were in place
snow/ice is scraped with
should pay for added infra-
were simply extended for'
heavy machinery, and,
structure needs. Those '
two years.
loaded into big dump trucks.
would include a stoplight at
Secondly, I have had a
t
It just looks silly. -
College Avenue and
bellyful of the crying that
1
Why is snow, that doesn't
Triangle Road to accommo-
the rich don't need their
melt in two days a surprise
date additional traffic,
money and you should have
every time? The city cur-
widening and resurfacing
some of it. My opinion is,if
rently has an opening fora
Trilby Road west of College,
a person has the energy,
sales tax manager, monthly
especially aright turn lane
desire and gumption, they
salary range $4,826-$6,733.
onto south -bound College
are entitled to every dime. If
Perhaps he will manage to
from eastbound Trilby, ade-'
you want your share, get an
funnel money into maintain-
quate plans for drainage,
education •... don't drop. out
ing mobility for the sake of
plans to steer traffic away
of -school.
C
commerce.
from Avondale, as that will
Be willing to take a
If salting roads is too
be the shortcut the apart-
chance, maybe even •go
stressful in this semi -arid
ment residents will take to
broke in trying, but keep on.
id
environment, perhaps con-'
; get to Trilby. Not doing so
trying just as those who are
sider hydronic snowmeltirig:
.would introduce large vol-
'rich" did.
bury pex tubing in the road
umes of traffic into an area
,'There are many of.us
j
surfaces, at least around the
where there are already
who, on a modest income,
sewer drainage grates, that .
, •large numbers of neighbor-
'
accomplished,a lot. We sent
freeze over causing ice'back-
hood children. '
our children to college,
up, then run a hot water/
Another must would be to
bought our home,and set .
glycol mix through the pex
put a plan be in place to
aside money for a rainy day: •
tubing.
accommodate the additional
We did what we needed to,
Hydronic snowmelt sys-
elementary school students
do to accomplish our goals. .
tems are not new, and con-
with the Thompson School
Class envy is a disease
,0
trol systems have advanced.
District before the develop-
that is tearing this wonder-.
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Pre -heating the water with
ment commences. If the city
fill country apart and
the sun and giving our:
does not insist the develop-
destroying incentive to
municipal electric utility
ment shoulderthese infra-
excel. If you want your
some winter load to help
structure costs to be com-
share, do what is necessary
balance out the summer
pleted concurrently, infra-
to achieve it.
er
pub
peak load (air,conditioning)
structure monetary support
Grover Kelly,
could make some sense. If
must be budgeted from city
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