Comments on: What they all but said: Christiansburg VA Planning Commission and Town Council http://www.myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/01/what-they-all-but-said-christiansburg-va-planning-commission-and-town-council/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carol Lindstrom http://www.myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/01/what-they-all-but-said-christiansburg-va-planning-commission-and-town-council/#comment-107 Carol Lindstrom Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:06:13 +0000 http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/?p=1467#comment-107 Hey! I didn't say I necessarily agreed with the assessment. I am sure that something could be done concerning those slopes but they are likely to be cost prohibitive to a developer. But hey, looking at possibilities is what those engineers get the big bucks for.....My argument throughout this is that the developer has done everything required. The determining factor is the Town Council. Will they make commitments and stick to them? If these issues are 'insurmountable problems' now...aren't they likely to remain insurmountable in the future. If there is any possibility that alternative access would be required in the future, has the Town taken steps to make sure that the developer pays a fair share in that in the future since this development would affect that decision? Will the Town taxpayers be forced to pay for any such future modifications? Or, will developers be expected to foot the bill? How will this current decision affect the as yet undeveloped properties near this? There are a lot of things to look at and consider. I haven't heard Town Council or Planning Commission really discuss any of these issues so one could assume that the Town Manager and Planning Dept. have addressed these and provided the Town Council and Planning Commission with the information needed to make informed and appropriate decisions. But no matter how well the material is researched and how the votes are cast, unless the Town is willing to follow through on those commitments, to enforce any regulations in place, it becomes a moot point. Maybe if I use the golf analogy that "follow through is crucial" it will make more sense to some of them. We'll just have to see. Hey! I didn’t say I necessarily agreed with the assessment. I am sure that something could be done concerning those slopes but they are likely to be cost prohibitive to a developer. But hey, looking at possibilities is what those engineers get the big bucks for…..My argument throughout this is that the developer has done everything required. The determining factor is the Town Council. Will they make commitments and stick to them? If these issues are ‘insurmountable problems’ now…aren’t they likely to remain insurmountable in the future. If there is any possibility that alternative access would be required in the future, has the Town taken steps to make sure that the developer pays a fair share in that in the future since this development would affect that decision? Will the Town taxpayers be forced to pay for any such future modifications? Or, will developers be expected to foot the bill? How will this current decision affect the as yet undeveloped properties near this? There are a lot of things to look at and consider. I haven’t heard Town Council or Planning Commission really discuss any of these issues so one could assume that the Town Manager and Planning Dept. have addressed these and provided the Town Council and Planning Commission with the information needed to make informed and appropriate decisions.

But no matter how well the material is researched and how the votes are cast, unless the Town is willing to follow through on those commitments, to enforce any regulations in place, it becomes a moot point. Maybe if I use the golf analogy that “follow through is crucial” it will make more sense to some of them. We’ll just have to see.

]]> By: NRJMike http://www.myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/2010/01/what-they-all-but-said-christiansburg-va-planning-commission-and-town-council/#comment-106 NRJMike Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:42:02 +0000 http://myvaresources.com/blogs/depotdazed/?p=1467#comment-106 Alternate routes not viable due to slope? That's crazy talk. Have you seen the slope on those roads? It's just a smokescreen by the developers, readily accepted by the PC so they don't have to deal with the problems. There is no interest in holding the developer to any of his promises. I think it's time for Cburg to get a dose of Bburg politics...if only some TaliBURG lived over here. Alternate routes not viable due to slope? That’s crazy talk. Have you seen the slope on those roads? It’s just a smokescreen by the developers, readily accepted by the PC so they don’t have to deal with the problems. There is no interest in holding the developer to any of his promises. I think it’s time for Cburg to get a dose of Bburg politics…if only some TaliBURG lived over here.

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