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<br /> , VOL.94 ± DURHAM.N.C.,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 19,1987 NO.50 .• .
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<br /> E.T.Rollins Jr. • �`I
<br /> Publisher' *'t'"o- ' '•''Y
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<br /> RobertC.Roulo ,‘ : .
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<br /> Managing Editor ` Editorial Page Editor i i• , „
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<br /> • he City Council has de-• all. Public greenways are public
<br /> :, layed until Dee. 7 a vote: responsibility,meaning taxpay- . ,
<br /> •` • • on.i•controversial ordi- ers. Declaring a person's property �." -
<br /> useless would be an underhande •••t,:. i • .V."1-
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<br /> :, Hance that tniuld prohibit devel- �' t•
<br /> '.1 opment 1fl floodway fringes. way •to achieve the greenway goal. :`) U •t; 1;,
<br /> ; .Frankly,that's not enough time to e Shouldn't the City Council be• :.1'. ; '`. •,-i answer the:questions that should considering property other than: - ;;:1,.). ; ••A .
<br /> be asked.before the rush to judg the lowlands? Development on .: ' - t':; `:;:,- •
<br /> •ment on this poorly thought out land higher than the floodway
<br /> : ordinance: • fringes causes flooding,too. Yet
<br /> `i se Is heeding in the city a seri- the proposed ordinance did not •
<br /> '.� ' : oils problem?•If so, bow much has begin to address that problem
<br /> i i lt,incroa$ed'because of develoli-:• until developers pointed it out. :4h.,.
<br /> ment?•The proposed ordinance That oversight--La serious one— •:<«• .r;�•.,•r;'•:./s;a {-..'.
<br /> • glaringly fails to document the ex- demonstrates how:little thought QV^�
<br /> tent of flooding.Let's have some the ordinance's designers gave to
<br /> analysis before creating economic its broader implications. ► •
<br /> paralysis. . o Why has the proposed ordi-
<br /> •How much tax base would the nonce been handled only by a sub- • '
<br /> city lose if the ordinance prohibits committee of the City Council's
<br /> construction in the floodway Public Works Committee? Devel-
<br /> • • fringes The.city has estimated opera were invited.to comment. '. > ,
<br /> • that 14000 pieces of property only at the last minute. Normally, ; !in
<br /> might be glected.It has not,how• a,city ordinance of such signifi-• - �,•�•. '
<br /> eves;s4{ ' fed the potential eco- ` ance•- and this one will have ,'; ` v . •',''i,,-'-,,'•'" •
<br /> • noinic.t• Apac ,'Developer Adam •�� enormous impact on Durham's fu-';°• ;I read��rith will 1
<br /> ' Abram m�ade•a•'rotigh guess that a Lure—would go before the full . on the transportatk
<br /> • ; han:oii'floodway fringe develop- Public Works Committee before gie area.Several th
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<br /> . ' inent would lower property values being placed on the City Council Department of Tran
<br /> by as Much ag SW million.If that agendai et the proposed'ordi:. :leapt of iasstiiye•s1
<br /> figure held;•.the•city would lase nonce went straight from the anti. rosc 0rai's ea;east&1
<br /> •1 • I $1,.6 millions year in property tax committee to the City Council for In this area. •
<br /> revenue.• iti.Abram believes his tam disn}ayed•wIt
<br /> a public hearing and possible in contrast tdr your
<br /> estimate is~cottsergative. The pro- adoption Mondaynight. Wisely, What'this area nee(
<br /> posed,er tiiance includes no as- the council deferred a vote.; ' ,some down=thetrdad
<br /> ' • sessmeig icosts to the city. , aive.mass it pli
<br /> • _: ' • `o What!-'-'•ponsibilities does the• The issue is:supposed to go , aaon to bg' ,ri•pIanx
<br /> city have s` tigate against water back on'the City Council agenda t agFill
<br /> '; 7 for vote on Dec.7. But that's too,,.7
<br /> dam a , arodviay fringes. The The!eist f . nor.
<br /> . _ ' ordinaii*'. beuses only on devel- soon to get ansarers to the clues- ham, eiil• �;0
<br /> ;` apmettti.Y . ees not mention pule ask s the sttbrti i ed to Tin a'ark fro lie Work 5siich as culvert en-
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<br /> largentefi'or stream-clearing- .. The City Council has obligated miioua �l,� ,qkh it
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