As If I needed any more evidence that our town leaders are selling out to developers.
During the plan commission meeting on January 13, 2020, the towns planning director gave an update on the UDO (unified development ordinance). Apparently the developers said the terms were to restrictive, so changes were being made to appease the developers.
Unbelieveable. This is our town but developers get to make their own rules?
During my last meeting as VP of the towns historic preservation commission in December of 2019, I was pushing for stronger protections for the Legacy core section of Whitestown and was surprised to get hard push back from council person Susan Austin and plan director Brittany Garriott. A couple months later at the first council meeting of January 8, 2020, I was unceremoniously kicked off the HPC and then this update was given during the January 13th meeting of the plan commission.
The town is updating their UDO and it is supposed to include an overlay district, with special considerations given to the Legacy Core area. I had been pushing for certain protections relating to history and heritage similar to those of other towns and cities in Indiana. I was dumbfounded when commissioner Austin and director Garriott told me that my suggestions were illegal and would get the town sued in a court of law. Well, thats strange because the suggestions I made were those already enacted in other towns in Indiana. It was my opinion that they were making excuses NOT to provide preservation protections, but rather to protect the developers with pockets full of money.....and this video would seem to support that conclusion. It's really sad that these people seem to care more about the developers than the residents who call this town home.
During the plan commission meeting on January 13, 2020, the towns planning director gave an update on the UDO (unified development ordinance). Apparently the developers said the terms were to restrictive, so changes were being made to appease the developers.
Unbelieveable. This is our town but developers get to make their own rules?
During my last meeting as VP of the towns historic preservation commission in December of 2019, I was pushing for stronger protections for the Legacy core section of Whitestown and was surprised to get hard push back from council person Susan Austin and plan director Brittany Garriott. A couple months later at the first council meeting of January 8, 2020, I was unceremoniously kicked off the HPC and then this update was given during the January 13th meeting of the plan commission.
The town is updating their UDO and it is supposed to include an overlay district, with special considerations given to the Legacy Core area. I had been pushing for certain protections relating to history and heritage similar to those of other towns and cities in Indiana. I was dumbfounded when commissioner Austin and director Garriott told me that my suggestions were illegal and would get the town sued in a court of law. Well, thats strange because the suggestions I made were those already enacted in other towns in Indiana. It was my opinion that they were making excuses NOT to provide preservation protections, but rather to protect the developers with pockets full of money.....and this video would seem to support that conclusion. It's really sad that these people seem to care more about the developers than the residents who call this town home.