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THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW GENERAL PLAN FOR LAND USE IS NOT THE TYPE OF ISSUE TO GET A
PASSIONATE COMMUNITY RESPONSE BUT IT IS GET AGO GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE IT
WILL CHANGE HOW THE BACK COUNTY IS DEVELOPED. OUR SENIOR REPORTER IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT
IT. GOOD EVENING ALICAN, I HAVE TO AND YOU WHAT IS THE GENERAL PLAN? IT A SIGNIFICANT
PLAN, IF YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE AND YOU KNEW THAT YOUR FAMILY WOULD GROW BY 40% IN THE
FEAR NEAR FUTURE, THIS IS THE COUNTY SAYING WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 200,000
PEOPLE LIVEING IN THE UNINCORPORATEED AREAS, THAT'S THE AREAS NOT THE CITY, AND ONLY 500,000
PEOPLE LIVEING THERE NOW, SO ANOTHER WHO HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE GOING TO BE LIVE WILLING IN THE
NEXT -- GOING TO BE LIVEING IN IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS. IT'S A REDESIGN ABOUT HOW TO GROW
WHAT SORT --WHAT SORT OF OPINIONS WERE GOING ON THERE
THE PEOPLE EFFECTED ARE THE PEOPLE EAST OF THE LINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP. THE GRAY
AREAS ARE THE INCORPORATEED AREAS, AND THEN ALL THE PURPLE AREAS ARE THE UNINCORPORATEED
AREAS, SO THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAME WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAY THAT IT
WOULD EFFECT THEIR PROPERTY. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAME WHO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
IT WOULD EFFECT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE P THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD MOVED TO THE BACK COUNTRY
FOR PEACE AND QUIET AND THE WAY THAT THE PLAN WAS EFFECTING GROWTH WAS GOING EFFECT THEIR
LIVES. AND IF UPLOOK AT THE MAP YOU -- AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THE BIG DIFFERENCE
IS WATER. WATER IS GETTING SHORTER AND LESS, SO THE RED LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE IS THE COUNTY
WATER AUTHORITY LINE AND THE PLAN MOVES A LOT OF THE FUTURE GROWTH AWAY FROM THE THE
RURAL EASTERN AREAS AND WEST OF THE COUNTY LINE. 80% OF THE GROWTH WILL BE WEST OF THE
RED LINE AND 20% WILL BE EAST AND THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM THE EXISTING PLAN. THAT WILL
EFFECT FIRE SERVICES, BESIDES THE WATER, THAT HAS TO EFFECT A FEW THINGS AND TECHNICALLY
FIRE PICKLY PICK PARTICULARLY THE FIRE, MANY FIRES START IN THE BACK COUNTRY AND THERE
ARE NOT ENOUGH FIRE STATIONS OUT THERE TO PROVIDE A NETWORK. AND THAT IS WHY THEY WANT
TO SEE GROWTH HAPPEN CLOSEER TO INFROM STRUCTURE. - -INFRASTRUCTURE P. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE AGAINST IT BOUGHT THERE ARE THOSE THAT FEEL LIKE THAT THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
ON THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE PLAN. I MET A MAN OUT IN CAMPO THAT
LIVES ON BIG SPRINGS RANCH AND HE SAID THE NEW PLAN UPDATE MIGHT REDUCE THE VALUE OF
HIS PROPERTY BY AS MUCH AS 50%.
AFTER 13 YEARS AND $15 MILLION THE COUNTY HAS COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT IS BASICALLY
THE SAME TIRED OLD DOWN ZONING SCHEME THAT HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE THE VOTEERS TWICE IN 1998
AND 2004 IN PROPS B AND PROPS A AND IT WAS BEAT BOTH TIMES, THE VOTERS RECOGNIZED THAT
THIS MINIMUM LOT SIZE VIOLATE REPORT RIGHTS PROPERTY RIGHTS AND BOARDERS ON GOVERNMENT
SEIZEER
OF PROPERTY.
WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS SUPERVISORS WERE GETTING?
MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE OPPOSED TO THE PLAN. THERE WERE TWO REASONS WHY THEY
WERE AGAINST IT, ONE THEY FELT THE PROPERTY VALUES WOULD GO DOWN AND THE OTHER GROUP WAS
THE PEOPLE THAT FELT LIKE THEY MOVED THERE TO LIVE IN A QUIET REQUIREMENT AND THE PLAN
WAS TOI NG TO TO GOING TO PUT MORE PEOPLE IN THEIR AREAS. WHERE GROWTH WILL BE MORE
THAN THEY HAD EXPECTED SO BOTH SIDES OF THE THE ISSUE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS PLAN.
WILL THE SUPERVISORS MAKE A DECISION THIS WEEK?
NO. THERE'S ANOTHER HEARING IN NOVEMBER AND NO TELLING HOW LONG IT WILL BE UNTIL THEY
TACKLE THIS.
SO THERE'S TIME LEFT FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR OPINIONS OUT THERE.
NOVEMBER 10th.
RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GOODBYE.