URGENT:NEW DEVELOPMENT THREAT
The Foxhaven development in northeast Hendrick's County finally made it through the Hendrick's County Plan Commission on Tuesday (3/16/05) evening. (See Indy Star article, Thursday, 3/17, p. W1.) The development must pass one final hurdle, the Hendrick's County Commissioners. If successful, the development would place 385 medium-price homes in an area just west of the Marion County line and just north of 86th Street (Co. Rd. 1000 in Hendrick's Co.) The plan approved at Tuesday's meeting calls for what is effectively an impact fee of $900 per house to improve Hendrick's County Roads. You can be assured that not one dime of that will go to improve or maintain the Marion County roads those homeowners will commute over.
We need to make sure the Hendrick's County Commissioners understand that they should have no expectation of 86th Street ever being widened west of I-465, EVER! Widening 86th Street is not in the current Marion County 20-year Master Road Plan. But rest assured that Foxhaven will create huge pressures on Marion County to widen 86th Street, especially if that becomes a bargaining chip for Marion County in trying to extract a regional transportation tax from Hendrick's County. To avoid that from ever happening, we need to move now to stop Foxhaven! Please be prepared to respond on this issue, possibly in the form of attending a meeting of the Hendrick's County Commissioners. Stay tuned, this one is CRITICAL to Trader's Point!!! We'll keep you informed.
We need to make sure the Hendrick's County Commissioners understand that they should have no expectation of 86th Street ever being widened west of I-465, EVER! Widening 86th Street is not in the current Marion County 20-year Master Road Plan. But rest assured that Foxhaven will create huge pressures on Marion County to widen 86th Street, especially if that becomes a bargaining chip for Marion County in trying to extract a regional transportation tax from Hendrick's County. To avoid that from ever happening, we need to move now to stop Foxhaven! Please be prepared to respond on this issue, possibly in the form of attending a meeting of the Hendrick's County Commissioners. Stay tuned, this one is CRITICAL to Trader's Point!!! We'll keep you informed.
posted by mastevens at 9:41 AM
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One of the insideous taxes on Marion County residents is the increased traffic of people "passing through". I realize we all love our friends and neighbors from Hendricks and Boone Counties but it is entirely unfair for the adjacent counties to impose their traffic upon us and our roads without being required to compensate us. Years ago a city planner from Indianapolis proposed the erection of toll booths at each major road leading into Marion County. Although that seems like a absurd concept, it is not absurd for us to show up EN MASSE at the Hendricks County hearings and protest loudly. Additionally, maybe we could be advised on our rights if any as it relates to having a voice in the next county on matters that affect our quality of life.
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