The good news of this meeting is that the residents of Lansdale and Bushnell Rds. are developing a good friendship and a strong sense of Community.
Now the bad news: Waterway will, supposedly, bring annually $58,000 in tax revenues that's a lot, right? According to our Mayor and some Council members it is. It is more than all of the residents of Lansdale and Bushnell Rds, can bring in, if they still live there that is.
The problem is that with all the noise, the traffic, the gas emissions, and the sense of being unsafe,the residents of these streets will have to leave. It will not be worth it to stay there.
Now we ask you: who is going to buy our headaches? Nobody will.
The only action we can take will be to rent out our properites to anyone that will want to rent it, we cannot afford to be choosy at this point. Would you?
The property values of the houses on those blocks will sink, because it won't be our priority to cut the grass, keep up with the breaking fixtures, the sinking garages, the curb appeal, the chipping paint on the outside. The property value of our houses will sink even further at this point. And if our houses' values sink, what will happen to YOUR HOUSE?
What will happen to University Heights? The value of the houses around Bushnell and Lansdale Rds. will start to sink, and then it will be the turn of Silsby, Washington, Traymore, Glendon, Loyola, Lalemant, Miramar, and this will have a ripple effect on all of the other streets in University Heights up to JCU ... and over. Of course, you can sleep well tonight, it is not going to happen tomorrow...but it will only be a matter of time.
We love University Heights, and we would not be happy if we have to go, but do we really have any other choice?
Is this what we want for University Heights, we ask you?
If you care about YOUR PROPERTY VALUE, and your home, the same way we do for ours, then contact us, you have our e-mail addresses and phone numbers, and we will tell you how you can help.
Write to the Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilmen, and Councilwomen, remind them that this is their chance of being worthy of your vote, present and future. Tell them that this is a matter that does not concern only Lansdale and Bushnell Rds., but it is a decision that will affect University Heights in its entirety.
Remind the Mayor that this is her last term, and that she can be remembered as the most effective Mayor University Heights ever had, or as "Rothschild, she who sank University Heights".
Please, write to them.
We are collecting petitions, we need the signature of all the registered voting residents of University Heights to be considered.
Thank you
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At today's workgroup meeting it became exceedingly clear that if our voices of opposition are to be heard by the City Council of University Heights, it will have to be the collective voices of the majority of University Heights residents. Apparently, it is not enough to be a concerned, frustrated, and fearful resident of Lansdale or Bushnell roads. No, our views on our street by itself does not matter. I bet our votes are going to matter when the time comes. It is now more important than ever that we work together whether we live on these streets or not. This proposed monstrosity of a car wash will affect all our lives, all our property values and it will have adverse implications for all our safety, quality of life and sense of pride in our community. We should all be concerned about what this infiltration in our neighborhood will mean for the quality of life and the perception of our city, property values and community life 5, 10, 15, 20 years from now. Our opposition against this carwash, gas station structure is as much about our quality of life today as it is about our future. We are not a first ring suburb, not yet, but if this structure goes up, we will be well on the way to having to contend with a host of issues that come with having rental properties and negligent property owners. None of which this city will be able to deal with effectively. Please inform your neighbor, tell a friend, tell your colleague at work who lives in UH. You will be surprised how many UH residents still do not know about these plans! Send out emails, post your comments on this blog. Let the city council know that you matter, that we matter. Tell them that the taxes the city will get per year from this structure will not compensate for the short and long term losses they will suffer financially. Two weeks ago, this city council most likely believed approving the gasstation plans were a slam dunk! Our neighborhood activism and outrage made them think otherwise. After all, we vote in this city. We pay taxes in this city. We raise families in this city. We care about this city. We have a say in what happens in this city!Maghboeba
January 24, 2008 6:26 PM
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