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9-16-98 Bayshore Sun Article (You m* want to Subscribe) • Farrington Plan. The Article and Mr. Herrera sound credible on the surface... but let's take a deeper Stop' At Ave. ff Look at the FACTS. The six La Porte City Council Sounds like the plan to put a highway through our neighborhoods was actually changed (because members who were present for an estimated 60 to 100 people against the highway attended the council meeting. Eight spoke Monday night's regular council ses- before Council against the highway, and 400 + signed the "Stop the Highway through our Sion heard from eight different resi Neighborhood" petition.) These actions did make significant gains in stopping the highway, but.. dents, all urging the city to not carry FACTS: The City's official "Comprehensive Plan" to put a Highway through our neighborhoods out plans in the newly adopted budget is still in effect; the City's Director of Planning, Doug Kneupper, used the word "Highway" to for the extension of Farrington describe this violation of our Zoning ordinance; and the last time I talked with Mr. Kneupper Boulevard from just north of Spencer 'a Oust before the council meeting), planned to build the highway. Lomax's Planning �t days g)' he still p g y' Highway to connection with Avenue H. and Zoning representative, Melton Wolters, and Lomax's City Councilman, Guy Sutherland, Those residents included Bill Scott, are still very much in favor of building phase 1 of the highway in direct opposition to the Paul Neuman, Kevin James, Larry directions and needs of 400+ petition signers. The City Council ignored our actions and approved Allen, Jack 'Howard, James Adams, funds to start Phase I of the Highway. WE CAN CHANGE THE "COMPREHENSIVE PLAN" IF Mike McInnis and Donna Marlar. ENOUGH CONCERNED VOTERS SHOW UP AT THE OCT. 27, 1998 7:00 PM During the Monday meeting, City SYLVAN BEACH CITY WIDE MEETING TO REVIEW THE PLAN... AND WE CAN STILL Manager Bob Herrera told council STOP PHASE I OF THE HIGHWAY IF WE CONTACT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. that it would be at least 30-45 days before any further consideration of Sounds like Mr. Herrera is giving plenty of time for input. the Farrington plans would be made, FACTS: He leaves himself a range of 30 to 45 days before "further consideration" rather than so council will have plenty of time to giving a deadline. If he chooses the minimum 30 days; it will occur well before the Oct. 27,1998 consider the matter. On Tuesday, Herrera told The Sylvan Beach public meeting to review and change the "Comprehensive Plan" and the 45 day Bayshore Sun that is has been limit will occur just 2 days after the Oct. 27 public review meeting and months BEFORE input rumored that Farrington would run all from the neighborhood meetings.( See the Mayors letter). We are lead to believe by the Mayor the way to Highway 225 with four and some Council members that the Oct. 27 meeting and the neighborhood meetings that follow lanes of divided roadway. are the "proper forum" to eliminate the highway, yet in fact Mr. Herrera plans "Consideration" Herrera noted that while the city's of Phase I of the highway well before voter input from the meetings. Comprehensive Plan that was formu- lated in 1984 calls for more north- Mr. Herrera attempts to downplay the Highway as just a "rumor". south routes in the city, and lists FACTS: It's not a rumor, it's a fact. It's in the Comprehensive Plan. See above FACTS.( In our Farrington as one of the possible con- first letter we warned that these bureaucrats would try to downplay this important Phase I of the nections, "now that Highway 146 is highway and that they would say what they think we want to hear while they secretly work getting extensive renovation, and toward their goals. Underwood Road now connects Fairmont Parkway with 225, and are underway to connect Bay You are wrong again Mr. Herrera. Sounds like the $321,000 connecting road between Farrington plans Area Boulevard to 225 via Sens Blvd. and Lomax School Road will be just an innocent inter neighborhood road..... WRONG Road, I can see no reason for FACTS: This Road is the Official, Planned First Phase of a Planned Highway through our Farrington to be connected to 225. neighborhoods. Anyone who looks at a City map or drives these roads knows that this planned " We plan this two-lane extension to Phase I road connects Fairmont Parkway to "P" street which is only app. a 1/4 mile from Highway Avenue H to expand residential traf- 225 and that this Phase I road will greatly increase traffic all the way from Fairmont Parkway to frc between the Lomax area and "P" street. Apparently Mr. Herrera has not looked at a map of the area or has not driven the area. Spencer Highway, and to give us bet- The Fire Chief that is pushing for Phase I of the highway has an entire set of plans for the vote) ter access from Fire Station No. 2 on that includes not only ruining our neighborhoods, but getting us to borrow money through a Spencer, to the Lomax area." $500,000 bond issue to build him a new fire station in Lomax. We'll have more details about this at our Sept. 22, 1998 6-8:00 PM Public meeting to be held at the Farrington Blvd. Community Center located near the water tower in Fairmont Park. Please plan to attend. This article and mayor malone's one man circus that passes for a Council meeting are starting to prove to a lot of voters what some of us have experienced for several years..... The current City Administration's credibility belongs in a crapper.... and WE the voters can change that if we'll work to do it.