Planning Board agenda 060519 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

D R A F T Patrick Mallett: There isn’t a downside, but his point is they would be forced to possibly condemn some wells. Also I 713 think the message here is that there is already a mechanism to get wells inspected to address this issue even before 714 the project is developed, if approved. If wells are already impaired, they are impaired prior to this project being 715 approved. I do not think we can compel a developer to pay for well testing where property owners have already 716 admitted there are problems. Why should they pay for such an evaluation if the issues are already known? 717 718 Kim Piracci: So people would dig deeper at their cost. In my opinion, that’s better than drinking bad water. 719 720 Adam Beeman: If you condemn my well, and I had to drill another $3,000 well, I’m going to be mad. 721 722 Kim Piracci: But you’d rather drink water with GenX in it?723 724 Adam Beeman: If that’s what was in my water then I would redrill because the water was contaminated. If they came 725 out and said that there was a reason my well would need to be condemned, and I need to spend 3 to $4,000 to drill a 726 new one, I’m going to be mad. If you increase your one inch for 24 hours to two inches, you’re rippling everything 727 and now everybody else has to abide by this which could put a huge financial burden on any number of land owners 728 in this place and that all of a sudden, their well is no good. 729 730 David Blankfard: They are already saying that these new wells are not going to impact the aquifers of their 731 neighbors. 732 733 Adam Beeman: The restrictions that Orange County has in putting a well and septic in are so high that as the 734 likelihood of putting the straw in the same aquifer isn’t going to happen. By forcing a developer to put money up front 735 and say, if I cause any problems to you guys, they’re not going to develop. They’re just going to go on to the next 736 county. You have to realize that the $300,000 to $700,000 home range is what it costs to buy the land, to develop it,737 and everything else because they have to put separate septic systems and separate wells. There are all those costs 738 associated so if you make it more and more difficult the developer is going walk away and this county is going to die. 739 No one is going to want to pay that money. 740 741 David Blankfard: If you look that record, Mr. Valero did not believe development of this project would impact water 742 pressure or the water capacity of the surrounding wells. 743 744 Kim Piracci: For me personally, the wells are not by biggest concern, but I agree with Zelda.745 746 Patrick Mallett: I want to clarify. Either way, good water quality is what everyone wants. I’m just pointing out what 747 was said that last meeting for the benefit of those who were not here and the implications. 748 749 Randy Marshall: The other comment that I will make based on some of the things that you suggested is that all of 750 these issues come up after the fact. If these are issues that we’re concerned about, we need to be proactive. Get 751 them into an ordinance or get them into a state law or federal law so they are considered before developments come 752 in.753 754 Kim Piracci: It starts pretty easy by introducing a resolution to your county. However, there is a such a thing that 755 developers developing above lowest minimum standards, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with developers 756 doing that. 757 758 Randy Marshall: But there’s a cost to doing that. That’s going to raise the cost of the houses even further. 759 760 Patricia Roberts: Didn’t we have this discussion about the burden of proof. I think they’ve met the burden of proof. 761 762 Jessica Aguilar: My concern is that the current residents are going to have to have to deal with any fallout there may 763 be. Not to mention they are going to be surrounded by this project that brings gentrification into their lives. That’s a 764 big deal for a person who has been in their home for 15-20 years. 765 766 David Blankfard: This project allowed in this zoning district.767 18