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West Village annexationShortly after John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods revealed their original plans for what is being called the Connector Village, members of the Tyrone City Council expressed an interest in the plan. It is my understanding that some of them may have even approached members of Wieland’s staff advising them that if they were turned down by the Peachtree City Council, that Tyrone would consider annexing that land and allow them to build their original plan of 750 homes and a white collar commercial district, complete with recreation fields, a senior component, boardwalk along the creek, and a church site. Of course, Wieland would much rather have a Peachtree City zip code so they have held off on that offer, but should this annexation request be turned down by Peachtree City; Tyrone is still a possibility. So the density may be there either way you look at it. Control by Peachtree City or control by Tyrone. Which would you prefer? As a citizen of Peachtree City and a resident in the West Village, I definitely would prefer to have development and control by Peachtree City. The shame that has been lost here was that Wieland’s original proposal offered considerable amenities to the city, that the previous makeup of the city council chose to turn down. A high class commercial district that would have brought needed revenue to the coffers of the city, jobs, and a nearby location for those residents who live in the West Village to shop besides the obvious big box stores. Due to the senseless delays by the city, the apparent at-grade crossing may be doomed. That may make some happy, but I wish to refer you to the City’s traffic consultant that stated very clearly, for future growth and expansion, two crossings would be needed. We now appear to be destined to just the one. http://www.peachtree-city.org/info/macdufftrafficstudy2005.pdf#search=%22McDuff%20traffic%20site%3Apeachtree-city.org%22 Happy reading. Without a doubt the most boring meeting I have ever attended or hope to ever attend. The Water and Sewer Authority, WASA; have stated they have the capacity to provide sewer to this unincorporated island and that should be done regardless of how this is built out. The ever elusive Lake McIntosh will draw it’s supply from Line Creek which could become tainted over years with the proximity of so many septic tanks. Once the pollution enters that water stream, it will be practically impossible to remove, so do the right thing now and require the sewer system up front. I hope that the appropriate personnel at the city and county level work together to make this happen. Likewise, should this property not be annexed, then I certainly hope the developers push for sewer over septic. The County is of course the other major reason why this annexation hasn’t proceeded before now. The City Council was in fear of a law suit, so they delayed and pontificated over what to do. So they did nothing. Now, the County states that they will object, but since the State law doesn’t support them very well on unincorporated islands, their hands are tied. To this, I certainly hope that the new members of the County Commission reverse this course. This land will be developed, accept that; but work with the City to provide the best possible solution versus throwing walls up. Use your resources to assist in finding that second crossing, for certainly there is a solution there somewhere. Just because some of us live within city limits does not make us any less of a resident in the county. All we are asking is some assistance on getting this done as painlessly and quickly as possible. Dana Kinser dkinser's blog | login to post comments
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