Greetings To All,
Regarding the hearing scheduled for June 1, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the commission chambers -- this may be the most important planning meeting to ever be scheduled affecting Ogden Valley.
It is likely that the commissioners will be handing out and approving additional free entitlements for Powder Mountain over and above what the entitlements were when the developers purchased the land. It is likely that this will be presented as a compromise, as compared to what the developers ask for, and therefore justified. It is further likely, that these entitlements, along with other development agreement proposals, will result in, a quid pro quo, the de-facto release of the hostage homeowners from the proposed petitioned town, as the developers will withdraw their petition.
Nothing will be more important than showing the commissioners how powerful our community involvement is in local government decision making. In other words, WE MUST HAVE 200 or 300 PEOPLE AT THE HEARING TO ENSURE OUR COMMISSIONERS KNOW WE ARE WATCHING THEM AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DECISION MAKING. THEIR DECISIONS AFFECT US ALL. WE ALL NEED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS. THE COMMISSIONERS WILL UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE, AND RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE MORE LOUDLY, CLEARLY, AND VISUALLY IF THEY LOOK OUT INTO THE AUDIENCE AND SEE CONCERNED EYES RATHER THAN EMPTY SEATS. EMPTY SEATS WILL COMMUNICATE APATHY AND WILL LET THEM OFF THE HOOK. OUR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF SHOULD WORK FOR US -- THE CITIZENS -- NOT FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO APPLY PRESSURE THROUGH SPECIAL ACCESS, MONEY, INSIDER INFLUENCE, AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS DEAL MAKING.
Please rally support -- communicate neighbor-to-neighbor to ensure that we get a huge turn out. Regardless of the position we each have personally, we need to participate in local government -- especially on this specific issue. It is very important for those of us invested here financially, for those of us who are invested in this communities past history and culture, for those of us who are planning to be here into the future, and for those of us who are planning to be here for the long run. We are the ones who will have to live with the impacts of this commissions decisions for the rest of our lives.
Please -- don't be absent -- be heard.
Thank you so much.
Respectfully,
Kirk Langford
