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While we have no $ to repair the storm system for flood
victims who suffer from the over-development – the development
plans seem to have no shortage of funds ……..
A new multiuse facility is being proposed for
Crestmont Park-- to be built(
hold your breath) on open space
(you know the stuff that we didn't have enough of to absorb
water. so we've been
spending your money to buy.....
Another library 1 mile away
from the premier one we have : having spent
tens of thousands of dollars (or possibly a hundred thousnad or
more ) on the failed attempt at
taking a property by eminent domain, the Township was still
harboring a hankering to build another branch-just 1 mile from
our state-of-the-art facility. We even recall threats of
limited hours due to a shortage of funds but then they found
funds not to limit hours. But they did AGAIN spend funds trying
to completely scope out inorder to buy a bank building across
the street from the eminent domain. I'll be the developers
and final purchasers of the bank were quite thankful for the
intense reports all neatly finished by the township assessing
the value of these properties. It's a shame we didn't have
enough personnel for
storm sewer work and the engineering dept was so short-handed.
We apparently had plenty of manpower for other things.
Purchase & restoration
of the now “Historic” Grove property
- Well over a
million for all the bits and pieces hidden here and there - with serious
question about many of the processes along the way .It was
NOT historic while the owner was being booted out in
a manner undescribable - Now it is
being suggested that the EAC might have offices there or
other
BUSINESSES -non-profits are businesses too folks. Residents will
likely still be denied the free use to meet there to discuss,
for instance, how their monies are used. If you have lots of excess cash,
then by all means purchase and renovate. Lovely. But if you're
short on funds to keep your infrastructure sound....... They put new 100 amp and went over
the plumbing - I’m not sure on what budget line that was
accomplished . ...Oh - I don't think it had one .......We're on
the spend as you like , when you like plan --- and don't
worry about flooding and little annoyances...
A now finished renovation of the Little Meetinghouse
– and we just won an award for it. Perhaps pictures
of the flood victims homes should have been side by side
with these pictures Many grants were used- ALSO our tax money (Federal
State & County - mixed with local funds as well as township
resources & personnel . So it's all at our expense
A new plan for Pembryn Park - without any specific
funding - the commissioners approved a plan to move
around some fiels on behalf of the soccer club that just get a
$400,000 clubhouse . Though funding for moving the fields
was not allocated, now that the
plan is approved it will be very likely possible for little
pieces of
the plan to be done here and there outside of budgetary scrutiny ---
accomplishing yet another development project while putting flood victims costs out to bond.
A study & new plan for trails, benches etc at Rubicam
Park
A study & new plan for Jackson Park - 600,000 to
buy it
-
the cost of the study itself _____???? & township personnel
etc etc etc Manor
Woods A property that sold in the 700,000's
- a developer obtained a rezoning but made mo improvements and
it had no prospects for sewer since there was a moratorium, and
they resold it to the Township for 2 million - an outrageous per
acre price for such a property . The Township then spent
substantial further funds trying to fill the greenspace
with parking lot and make a stadium there - and then
further spent money on "studies" -----all while others
were told there were no funds for the infrastructure
repairs to alleviate flooding.
COMMENTS :
All of these and the many other “amenities” being built in this
“award winning community” is being built on the backs of those
who are being told their flooding cannot yet be funded ---
not to mention that we have streets unpaved and a perennial
shortage of code enforcement . While professing to have no
money for proper flood mitigation, and saying openly that
we are short the engineering staff we need for these issues, all of these projects
OTHER projects are
adding up to a huge “empire” with on-going costs and
maintenance on an enormous scale year after year. These
buildings will all need upgrades, repairs and then, course,
there will be the wish list items for each. Briar Bush for
instance has been expanding into play areas & a museum – and at
the meeting declared that fees, now proposed for non-resident
museum visits, won’t solve their “buget woes” --- Each & every
one of these wonderful amenities will have on-going budget
woes. There seems to be no limit to the Commissioners desire
to expand, despite having no increase in residents over the
last 30 years. They are planning 2 crucial things that will
affect us all – ONE: rezoning to increase the number of
residents (in Multi Use Zones) and TWO : attracting out of
town residents to use all these amenities Neither of these
appeals to me – and both mean increased traffic, crime etc.
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