HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #122 John Chipman - third submission
Shestak, Joe
From:John Chipman <NBinPeru@hotmail.com>
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 2:58 PM
To:Shestak, Joe
Subject:Jackson Grant Village
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Joe:
Please forward this email to Alan Potasnik. Perhaps you can answer the question I pose at the end
of my message.
John
Dear Alan,
Thank you for bringing forward most of my concerns regarding the Nature Reserve that Jackson
Grant Village proposes to include. I have spoken with Larry Moon regarding what I consider some
helpful information that could save them thousands of dollars and he referred me to his landscape
manager who has not contacted me in almost a week. By experience (difficult and costly) we
learned much from consultants from Purdue about drainage and plant issues at the LDS temple site
over the last 5 years. Apparently, they are too busy or not interested to respond back. Oh well.
I agree with your dissenting vote last week. Not because of previous historical “promises”
regarding commercial development west of Spring Mill but rather, experience in life has taught me
that there are no sure guarantees of success when moving into unchartered territory as we are now
in. I was disappointed that Richard Arnos did not grasp the opportunity to have a backup plan for
the commercial side should it prove to be more difficult to sustain over the next 2-5
years. Presenting a positive face is important but so is being practical and planning well for the
uncertain future. Too often the HOA or the city is left holding the bag because developers are in a
hurry to make their profit and leave town so to speak.
If you know who the landscape manager for Republic is (I didn’t catch the name) I would be
grateful to receive that information so I can make one last try to speak to him and his company
before the upcoming board meeting.
Thanks for your support,
John Chipman
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