HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-1015; R Kevin WilliamsKeeling, Adrienne M
From: RKW [rkevwill@mac.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:09 PM
To: Keeling, Adrienne M
Subject: Areas around 111th and Spring Mill
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10/16/2008
Adrienne, I agree with what Ron is saying in the below email, copied and pasted. In addition, I should bring to
your attention, that over 20 years ago, Dr. Pittman attempted to get all this acreage re-zoned commercial at that
time. This was not long after we built and purchased our house. At the time, this re-zoning did not agree with the
comprehensive plan. They attempted to use the fact he received a slight variance for one parcel, to act as
precedent for re-zoning the whole section of land. I personally hired Ice Miller at that time to fight this, then was
joined by other residents. At that time, the planning commission was frankly overwhelmingly in favor of this
change. However, in my opinion, when they found out they might be in for an extended legal battle, apparently
they re-considered, and decided to shelve it. Shortly thereafter, when Dr. Pittman and Jim Nelson again tried to
force the issue, a concerned group of residents here gathered together and successfully defeated the proposal.
Dr. Pittman decided to (for a time) turn that property into a pig farm, as an attempted slap in the face to the
residents. At the time, Browning called me at my office several times, trying to get me to convince folks to settle,
because the smell was directed towards his development. However, as one of my neighbors who grew up on a
farm said... "the smell doesn't bother me, to me it smells like money!" Eventually that pig farm went away. I am
sure he will threaten something like that again.
Nothing has changed. As a matter of fact, there is MORE residential in this area that would be affected at this
time. I am sure this issue would be fought even harder this go around. There are parties that are still attempting to
surround our neighborhood with commercial development. This was not what we expected when we purchased
our houses, nor improved them over the years. I am sure this would be an extended and messy battle that would
make the annexation look like a picnic.
Respectfully,
R. Kevin Williams
11065 Spring Mill Lane
Adrienne,
Please forward these comments to Leo Dierckman.
As a resident of the Spring Mill Place subdivision, I am opposed to the creation of a special study area to study the area on
the east side of Spring Mill Road north of 111th Street to the southern border of Spring Lakes Estates. The meeting on
September 23rd was solely devoted to discussing the Land Use map. The area now being considered for special study was
discussed at length and the decision was made to leave it designated as residential. At the conclusion of that meeting the
process was to move on to subsequent sections. However, at the October 14th meeting this same ground was plowed
again by those wishing to take a second bite at the apple. This is a disservice to your process and to those who attend and
expect resolution at each meeting, rather than revisiting issues when they are not on the agenda and all people are not in
attendance. This is certainly unfair to those people who did not attend thinking these issues were finalized at the previous
meeting.
The correct process is to leave the area designated as residential, as agreed to at the September 23rd meeting. As some
Plan Commission members indicated at the October 14th meeting, a project for the land between 111th and 116th Streets
should be presented to the Plan Commission and it's merits considered at that time. Creating a special study area merely
prolongs the process and needlessly involves the residents in our subdivision in yet more meetings, a strategy merely
designed to wear down residents.
Ron