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From Nancy Willing -
NCC is upset that residents are pointing out possible worst case examples after examining the proposed Ord. 19-005.
We were called out on March 1st by Meyer's Land Use Dept. GM for "misleading people" through having "inaccurately painted the draft ordinance in such a negative light." saying, "Every point in your summary is false"; "alarmist language" etc..
But the NCC Planning Board recently argued many of our EXACT same points, as led by former state Senator Karen Peterson.
And now Meyer et. al. feel perfectly comfortable dismissing Karen Peterson's concerns just as they dismissed ours.
Please ask your council member if they will also dismiss these concerns when considering to vote for this ordinance as it is currently drafted or will they study these concerns and address them?
Listen to the Planning Board discussion and vote HERE
The image above is from our collaborative community facebook site on the proposed transportation NCC Ordinance 19.005 with this post by R.J. Miles:
Will the 202 corridor look like this in 2050?
Land use protection to the west and a free for all to the east?
Is NCC laying the foundation for dramatic disparity in land use policy, honoring some constituencies concerns with specific protections in the UDC/Comp Plan, while sacraficing the concerns of others by removing current protections?
Those that stand to benefit from special protections, are not helping advocate for others who will be harmed. Basically, as long as THEY get what THEY need, everyone one else is on their own.
With the Planning Board currently being ignored by the land use department and the County Executive, we are not seeing an equitable advisory process on developing legislation, which will dramatically impact communities across NCC.
The Planning Board is a State mandated advisory body in the NCC land use process. The community needs to contact their State and County elected officials and express concern and disatisfaction with the legislative process being followed on NCC proposed ordinance 19-005.
If legislation to protect the Brandywine Scenic By Way and 19-005 are both adopted into law, I don't believe is is hyperbolic to suggest the foundation will have been laid for land use policies to result in disparate goals and outcomes on the western and eastern sides of the Concord Pike corridor.
I support the proposed protection of the Brandywine Scenic By Ways.
I believe the rest of our area is deserving of protective land use policies, which 19-005 will undermine.
19-005 is on course to appear at the NCC Council land use committee on Tueasday May 21, and to possibly be voted on the following Tuesday.
Reach out to County Executive Matt Meyer and let him know the community will not be happy if 19-005 is adopted in it's current form.
Yes we care about the Brandywine Valley.
We also care about land use policies that will impact the rest of our community.
Tell Matt the Planning Board has voted to oppose 19-005 in it's current first for good reason.
While the process may discount comments and concerns from neighbors in the community. The Planning Board must not be ignored.
If the Planning Board can be ignored on such a serious matter as 19-005, how easily might the board be ignored on future land use matters?
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