Tuesday Night and $76 million Epps Bridge Centre rezone from Lee Becker
thumbs down from NEGRDC so if you want to ask the BOC about this vote,
Tuesday is your time. Lee Becker pens a thoughtful piece encompassing
many of impacts of this mammoth decision.$76 million is a lot to spend
during these uncertain times, and we could certainly use the economic
impact, but at what cost to our way of life and traffic. The impact of
our own bridge to nowhere is a question of what we allow in this Epps
Bridge corridor. Is smart growth out of the question? I wish the BOC
would table this and listen to James Howard Kunstler 4:00 pm Oct. 21 at
UGA.
Dear Friends,
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night is scheduled
to make a crucial rezone decision regarding the proposed $76 million
Epps Bridge Centre.
The rezone comes before the BOC with a negative finding from the North
East Georgia Regional Development Center that "the development is not in
the best interest of the Region and therefore the State."
Environmental and traffic concerns topped the list of problems NEGRDC
has with the project.
Even members of the Planning Commission who supported this rezone had
some concerns. Tuesday is an opportunity for the BOC to address these.
I've listed out the issues in a new posting on my blog,
http://www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/.
If you share any of these concerns, send a note to the members of the
Board of Commissioners. You can draft a note from the comments on the
blog, or you can simply tell the commissioners to read the blog,
pointing out what concerns you.
Here are their email addresses:
Melvin Davis, (Chairman), mdavis@oconee.ga.us
Margaret Hale, margarethale@oconee.ga.us and marghale@aol.com
Chuck Horton, chorton@oconee.ga.us
Jim Luke, jluke@oconee.ga.us
Don Norris, dnorris@oconee.ga.us
If at all possible, please attend the meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at
the courthouse.
Thanks
Lee
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Lee Becker
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