One of the key provisions of the developers agreement on the development of Westfield Meadows was that NOTHING would begin till the retention pond was completed. This was to be of benefit to all the areas adjacent. "Grumps" is one of those homeowners adjacent. Click on the post for the feelings of "Grumps" on this matter.
By choosing to not require the developer to comply with their agreement, was the original agreement void? Was it not an equal bargain? Was it in hindsight misrepresentation of the facts to the homeowners such as "Grumps?"
There must be some additional information that could be brought to bear on this question. I would appreciate Mr. Connors to weigh in on this and explain for my dear readers and "Grumps." Stay tuned.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
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Isn't the city putting the cart before the horse. No, wait, they ARE! Give me a break City of Evansville Gov. Why would you issue a building permit to someone if they are not allowed to live in a completed structure. Stop, look, listen.
ReplyDeleteThat whole floating slab devlelopment is nothing more than proof that the city of evansville is a ever complying puppet and the Developers are the controling puppeteer. How bad does evansville need this subdivision? Need Vs. Want, I want alot in life, but need, I need very little to survive.
Westfield Cranberry Bog is not an ideal place for the city to build a subdivision. I Matt Gaboda spoke out publicly against this. I am on record again. Why does the City feel they are always the ones to compromise all the time. Tell the developer this is the way it is and tough luck. The people run the city, the city gov. is an extension of this arm. I heard overwhelming disapproval for this subdivision, but the Golden Cow Smart Growth said otherwise. Evansville should rename itself the City of Titanic, because it's nothing more than a Top Heavy Sinking Ship. Good Luck and Good Day.
Matt there was quite a few of us who were opposed to the citgo going in as well, we were told certain things would have to be followed in order for them to put citgo in and once they started they pretty much let them do what ever they wanted.
ReplyDeleteIs the landdividers agreement available for public viewing.
ReplyDeleteThis has been praised as a diversified project that will have many different sized homes from starter homes up to larger homes that Evansville longs to have (compared to Union). When I saw the initial proposal quite some time ago, it appeared to me to be quite heavy on the smaller lots and the large lots that would potentially lead to larger homes were few in number.
Are there a lot of homes that won't be allowed to have basements. If that is the case, I fear not only will that be a drain on the tax base, but selfishly, I question what it will due to my homes value, because I will be adjacent to the area that will most likely not have basements. Will these be a lot of small homes that will drive my value down? I can't think someone is going to put too impressive of a house on a slab. Can someone post what was the final mix of lot sizes and what are the "covenants" for these different sized lots? How many won't be allowed to have basements?
Bill C. mentioned in previous meetings that it is important for Evansville to have larger homes, because our mix is somewhat heavy on the starter homes. From what I saw previously, I don't think Westfield Meadows is going to help the "mix" of home values in Evansville.
What are the plans for Skaalen? Is it like the "condo community" that is in McFarland? How many units will there be?