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Save our Furrow Creek neighborhoods!

Save our Furrow Creek neighborhoods!

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Started by Anonymous 16 years, 11 months ago
We, the undersigned residents and neighbors of the area known as "Furrow Creek", described as the large lot area between Huffman and O'Malley, from Elmore Road westward, Anchorage, Alaska, are unanimous in our desire to keep and maintain our current R-6 large lot, single family home residential zoning, and are in absolute opposition to any plans by any party of rezoning to higher densities, including the incursion of AWWU water and/or sewer and the schemes advocated by the Planning Department in the Hillside District Plan. We believe we are being forced into the position of "sacrificial lamb" in order to fulfill desires of certain municipal employees for the extension of higher densities, and are horrified to realize that these plans are being pushed forward despite overwhelming and unanimous testimony and submitted public comments against this drastic change. Achievement of high density in our established neighborhoods will destroy the rural character of our community, greatly increase our property taxes, harm our fragile infrastructure, disrupt our abundant wildlife, add to the effluent waste going into the Cook Inlet, create less permeable surfaces to regenerate our existing water table, disrupt natural drainage, harm our rural roads and our valuable green spaces and destroy our small, home based businesses. It is, in effect, a taking of our private properties, as we have deliberately chosen to live in a mature, established area assured by zoning regulations to remain large lots with on site services. In addition, the immense financial burden imposed by AWWU (minimum $150K per R-6 lot) will cause undue harm to all of our residents, in many cases making their homes no longer financially feasible. If public services are available, the properties cannot be sold or refinanced without being forced to hook up to these services. Should an existing well or septic system fail, the property owners will be forced onto the public services. This is also, in effect, a taking of our private properties and forcing us onto city chlorinated water instead of our pure, sweet, odorless water. The property tax increases alone will greatly harm our most vulnerable residents, as property becomes far more valuable when public services are available and high density a development option. Furthermore, if successful, this will set a precedent that will allow further expansion of high density development both uphill and into the BLM lots, both already identified for future high density rezoning. We thank you for your attention to this matter and trust you will protect our neighborhoods from this nightmare.

Updates

December 16, 2009

The Planning Department finally sees that we are not going to roll over for their reckless schemes. This momentum proves that they cannot just label our homes as sacrificial lambs and expect us to stay silent while they destroy our community.

6 Comments

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Dave Haddad
16 years ago Featured

Keep our neighborhood rural. We moved here specifically for the large lots and the quiet. Not interested in being a city suburb.

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Brenda Wallace
16 years ago Featured

Seriously leave our lots how they are. Why fix what isnt broken. So angry about this.

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Sarah Turner
16 years ago Featured

We have moose and bears out here all the time. High density will just ruin the wildlife and the drainage. Very sad.

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Mike Tran
16 years ago Featured

Not okay. We chose this spot for the space and infrastructure limitations. Adding sewer lines and higher density is just a cash grab.

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Robert Harris
16 years ago Featured

Total incompetence from the planning dept. Leave furrow creek alone!!!!

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Linda Sinclair
16 years ago Featured

My property taxes are already high enough. Stop trying to turn our area into something it isnt. Listen to the people who LIVE here.