Comments on: Community Councils…Get Inviolved http://valleymarket.com/2008/11/14/community-councilsget-inviolved/ Wasilla and Palmer Alaska real estate listings, statistics, market trends and real estate tips. Foreclosures, motivated sellers, and deals of the week. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:35:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marty Van Diest http://valleymarket.com/2008/11/14/community-councilsget-inviolved/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Marty Van Diest Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:54:13 +0000 http://www.valleymarket.com/2008/11/14/community-councilsget-inviolved/#comment-367 Thanks for the comment Rick. The borough eventually plans to give the community councils a menu of zoning choices. The community council will then choose from that menu the different restrictions that they want to place on the different parts of the property in their area. That way, each community council won't be reinventing the wheel and the special use district, (SPUD), in Chickaloon will look similar to the SPUD in Trapper Creek. Of course, the next step will be enforcement. That will require more borough staff. Thanks for the comment Rick.

The borough eventually plans to give the community councils a menu of zoning choices. The community council will then choose from that menu the different restrictions that they want to place on the different parts of the property in their area.

That way, each community council won’t be reinventing the wheel and the special use district, (SPUD), in Chickaloon will look similar to the SPUD in Trapper Creek.

Of course, the next step will be enforcement. That will require more borough staff.

]]> By: Rick W http://valleymarket.com/2008/11/14/community-councilsget-inviolved/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Rick W Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:22:08 +0000 http://www.valleymarket.com/2008/11/14/community-councilsget-inviolved/#comment-368 These comments are right on. The local meetings just don't have the excitement of state or national politics so they are often overlooked by residents. In the area where I live, the regular meetings have a handful of people attend. Though these "regular" monthly meeting contain plenty of interesting items, the ones with a high profile topic usually have people coming out of the woodwork. Overall, I think it is just the human nature of the comfortable times in which we live. We tend to take no action until our own little backyard is affected and only then do we consider action. We strike out for change but usually after it is too late. These comments are right on. The local meetings just don’t have the excitement of state or national politics so they are often overlooked by residents. In the area where I live, the regular meetings have a handful of people attend. Though these “regular” monthly meeting contain plenty of interesting items, the ones with a high profile topic usually have people coming out of the woodwork.
Overall, I think it is just the human nature of the comfortable times in which we live. We tend to take no action until our own little backyard is affected and only then do we consider action. We strike out for change but usually after it is too late.

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