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Category List: Public Statements
On Storm Water Run-off, the Sewer, and Grading Standards
by Steven Bradley [...]
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Questions To Ask about Future Development: Statement by Cindy Whitaker, MPC Meeting, 12/09/08
by Cindy Whitaker
Statement to the Municipal Planning Commission: December 09, 2008
We’d like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to address the commission with regard to the proposed PUD ordinance and even more importantly, the remaining potential for development in the Town of Lookout Mountain, GA. We realize that the PUD ordinance is a [...]
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Lookout Mountain Under Threat
by Gail Bryan
Statement to the Lookout Mountain, Georgia, public hearing: March 16, 2009
I live in the house I grew up in. I came back home to the Mountain—after living all over the world and for a long time in Boston—because of the extraordinary beauty of the land here and the quality of community on Lookout [...]
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Sewer Odor Destroys Quality of Life, Property Values
by Barbara Howell
Statement to the Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Public Hearing: March 16, 2009
If Walker County is going to spend taxpayer money to build a sewer line up the Mountain to facilitate a new development, they need first to address the multiple and serious problems current residents have with the existing sewer.
I have odor problems at [...]
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Why was the P.U.D. Rushed?
by Gail Bryan
Statement to the City Council: February 19, 2009
There is a large and growing group of citizens that is concerned about the draft PUD ordinance that comes before the City Council tonight.
The question is: why was the Planning Commission asked to rush a decision so important to the future of the community? Why [...]
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Property Rights
by Gail Bryan
Statement to the City Council: April 16, 2009
I want to speak as a property owner—and for existing property owners. I became involved in Lookout for Smart Growth because I care deeply about Lookout Mountain. I have lived in many places all over the world and have yet to find a place as beautiful [...]
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Preserve Mountain Character in Smart Growth
by Cindy Whitaker—with Lolly Jones and Gail Bryan
Letter to the Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Municipal Planning Commission: February 1, 2009
To the Members of the Municipal Planning Commission:
I know that you all have full time jobs and I am in awe of the amount of time you have already committed to this very important ordinance.
I just finished [...]
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Do Not Support High Density Development on Lookout
Statement by John Tessmann
Town Meeting with Bebe Heiskell,Commissioner of Walker County: June 18. 2009
I have had chest-high water in the basement of my home in Fairyland caused by storm water runoff after the construction of a single house up-gradient from my property. Before any consideration is given to a PUD ordinance, the city needs an [...]
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