The County Commission will consider whether or not to schedule public hearings for agreement 163 which would allow irresponsible development in Upper Lafayette, a sensitive wetland prairie ecosystem. Upper Lafayette also has one of the regions largest active sinkholes, which links directly to the floridan aquifer.
However, this is more than just an environmental issue; Agreement 163 could also obligate the County to waste significant public funds in supporting the Fallschase Development. This agreement appears to be contrary to the public interest. County Attorney Herbert Thiele had this to say about the proposed agreement (June 20):
"...the proposed Development Agreement is so significantly overreaching and unilateral in favor of the Fallschase developer, that I cannot in good conscience place this matter before the board..."
This matter is going before the Board of County Commissioners tonight, Tuesday July 12th, It is difficult to gauge how long it will take the Board to address the first 40 items on the agenda, but it is likely that they will reach Agreement 163 after the public hearings. So the issue will probably be discussed after 7:00 PM.
If you are interested in coming to the County Commission Meeting tonight please email me. If you would like to check the progress of the meeting tonight feel free to call me on my cell phone.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
County Commission to consider public hearings for Fallschase Agreement 163
Posted by Thure at 2:16 PM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 Comments:
The County agreed to hold two (2)public hearings to consider the 163 Agreement with Falls Chase.
The first of these Public Hearings will be August 30th. I hope that the LCYD will be active participants in this series of public hearings.
The developer should call Maddox, I am sure he could help get it done.
Post a Comment