[Winona] septic service and the Phillips development

[jturek at hbci.com]

This is not at all what I was referring to.  My point was the City jumped in
immediately and said this development can occur but it must have City utilities
to do so, hence the whole annexation process occurred.  There was never even a
chance to look at other alternatives or to even look at if this development
should occur. The developer did not look into it, largely believed to be
because he would have to follow Township guidelines for agricultural land of
one house per 40 acres - would put quite a bite into the profit wouldn't you
agree?  The City has shown over and over again they could care less about
environmental issues.  Would septics have been better with less density on the
land (one house per 40 acres)?, hard to know since it was never looked at, but
experts certainly could make some educated assumptions on this.  What has been
addressed by many experts, is this property is not suitable for a development
as proposed, if at all.

As I stated in my posting as well, we are finding out that this particular
sensitive area should not be developed with septic systems or City sewer and
water.  This has been the position of many enviromental experts all along.  I
am sure Mr. c.e.w. that anyone of these people would spend time with you
educating you that it is far more than spotted owls or blanding turtles that is
of concern on the PHillips property. This would be some of the least of their
concerns. Afterall this discussion started out about disposing of human waste
into our lands and water.  Perhaps you want to relate this to the concern of
the Phillips property.  Many of the experts responded to this on the Phillips
last 2 EAWs.  It is available at the City Hall.  Janice Turek

Quoting "c.e.w." <lotustrail at yahoo.com>:

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