INC NEWS - Fwd: Letter to Herald Sun--Growth & Drought--Sound Familiar?

[Melissa Rooney]

I couldn't agree more -- but everyone knows that :)

Please write our gov't officials, particularly members
of the JCCPC, and plead for/insist on changes to the
UDO that will enforce environmentally sustainable
development practices, particularly in the rural and
suburban tier:

ereckhow at durhamcountync.gov,
lcheek at durhamcountync.gov, mpage at durhamcountync.gov,
prcousin at earthlink.net, steve.medlin at durhamnc.gov,
beckymheron at nc.rr.com, council at ci.durham.nc.us,
gabrine013 at msn.com

The email I sent them is pasted below. I've heard from
one council member who says that this issue will be
discussed at the Dec JCCPC meeting -- hope concerned
people can make it (touch wood).

Thanks!
Melissa Rooney

___________________

Dear esteemed city council and county commission
members,

Please see the following letter to the Durham Herald
Sun in Today's paper. If current water restrictions
aren't enough to call for a moratorium on development,
the recent rain is no excuse not to act for more
environmentally responsible development. Durham city
and county must alter the rural and suburban sections
of the UDO to require development that will be
environmentally sustainable in the long run. Please
put some restrictions on clear-cutting and
mass-grading.

--Melissa Rooney


--- Emily Weinstein <weinsteinart at verizon.net> wrote:

> There needs to be a moratorium on new building, and
> clear-cutting  
> needs to be simply illegal if
> Durham is not to become hideous. There are enough
> run-down, deserted  
> areas that could benefit
> wonderfully by being revamped and would keep the
> construction  
> industry plenty employed without
> destroying more forest and ignoring the water
> situation. But this  
> idea does take some ingenuity,
> resourcefulness, and a love of the area. Em
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Melissa Rooney wrote:
> 
> > Please see the following letter to the Durham
> Herald
> > Sun in Today's paper:
> >
> > ______________________
> >
> > Let's conserve resources by managing our growth
> >
> > Gov. Mike Easley requested a 50 percent water use
> > reduction. On the same day Easley made the
> request,
> > Durham County Commissioners approved rezoning some
> > wetland areas north of Treyburn for the
> construction
> > of 175 new homes.
> >
> > If we are truly strapped for water, why are we
> > allowing growth? After the 2002 drought, I
> suggested
> > in a letter to the editor that new building should
> be
> > allowed only when a sustainable source of water
> has
> > been identified to supply that growth. It is
> unfair,
> > in my opinion, to continue constricting the water
> > supply of existing residents while adding more
> homes
> > and businesses that will further strain our water
> > supplies. Why should we be asked to limit our
> showers,
> > etc, when our governments show no restraint in
> > approving growth that will only make this resource
> > even more scarce?
> > These droughts are cyclical and will continue to
> > occur. Ignoring that fact, and not planning for
> > sustainable growth will only turn this area into a
> > nightmare for those who live here. I wish that
> your
> > paper would address this problem instead of
> telling us
> > it is our patriotic duty to conserve every last
> drop
> > of water. Maybe running completely out of water
> will
> > wake our officials to the reality that
> outstripping
> > our water supply is an irresponsible way to manage
> > growth. When our governments walk the walk, then
> I'll
> > listen to them talk.
> >
> > Jennifer Fortney
> > Durham
> > October 29, 2007
> >
> > Note: forwarded message attached.
> >
> >
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> > From: Reeves Young <rcyoung4 at verizon.net>
> > Date: October 29, 2007 10:26:19 PM EDT
> > To: pullmans at aol.com, Melissa Rooney
> <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Letter to Herald Sun--Growth &
> Drought--Sound Familiar?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Let's conserve resources by managing our growth
> > Gov. Mike Easley requested a 50 percent water use
> reduction. On the  
> > same day Easley made the request, Durham County
> Commissioners  
> > approved rezoning some wetland areas north of
> Treyburn for the  
> > construction of 175 new homes.
> > If we are truly strapped for water, why are we
> allowing growth?  
> > After the 2002 drought, I suggested in a letter to
> the editor that  
> > new building should be allowed only when a
> sustainable source of  
> > water has been identified to supply that growth.
> It is unfair, in  
> > my opinion, to continue constricting the water
> supply of existing  
> > residents while adding more homes and businesses
> that will further  
> > strain our water supplies. Why should we be asked
> to limit our  
> > showers, etc, when our governments show no
> restraint in approving  
> > growth that will only make this resource even more
> scarce?
> > These droughts are cyclical and will continue to
> occur. Ignoring  
> > that fact, and not planning for sustainable growth
> will only turn  
> > this area into a nightmare for those who live
> here. I wish that  
> > your paper would address this problem instead of
> telling us it is  
> > our patriotic duty to conserve every last drop of
> water. Maybe  
> > running completely out of water will wake our
> officials to the  
> > reality that outstripping our water supply is an
> irresponsible way  
> > to manage growth. When our governments walk the
> walk, then I'll  
> > listen to them talk.
> > Jennifer Fortney
> > Durham
> > October 29, 2007
> > _______________________________________________
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> > http://lists.deltaforce.net/mailman/listinfo/inc-list
> 
> 


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