does anyone know if Herron is running for reelection
next year? there seems to be a lot of unhappy people
in his ward.
jon kelland
bryant
--- kaforbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, a lurker comes out of the closet,
>
> With graduate school and a job I have little time to
> respond to all the
> posts but I hope you will indulge me a few brief
> moments as I blow off steam
> regarding Brian Herron and the MCDA. As I am so
> angry at how decisions are
> made about what happens in our neighborhood. I had
> this silly belief that
> Brian and the MCDA considered the neighborhood's
> wishes when making housing
> decisions, but after what happened today in
> operations committee has totally
> changed my mind. Bear with me as I vent with the
> history. I will try and
> be brief. First PRG a non-profit developer approach
> the block and want to
> build a house on our one vacant lot. They wanted
> the take advantage of a
> program they have to reduce vacant lots in the city.
> They would offer a
> subsidy to those entities who would build a house on
> one of their long
> vacant lots. So after a couple neighborhood
> meetings we decide that we like
> their plans, we even have a petition with 23
> signatures that are in support
> of the PRG house. In August PRG stated that MCDA
> had accepted their offer
> and we all had the impression that PRG building a
> house on a block was going
> to happen. Until the beginning of September when
> the block was flyered with
> a notice that a private owner wanted to build a nice
> 2story house on that
> lot. When I called PRG to inform them of this flyer
> they had no idea that
> anyone else was even interested in the lot.
> Apparently MCDA ignored the
> offer made by PRG for this private party. When we
> went to the CNIA housing
> meeting, the neighborhood supported the residents
> but MCDA didn't support
> us. The developer who wants to build the house was
> there and had no idea
> there was anyone else interested. The house they
> want to build is a"modular
> home" that comes in 4 pieces. This company makes
> trailer houses. This will
> not fit in to our block with 3 story 100 year old
> homes. We tried informing
> people on the operation committee of our concerns.
> We were told that it was
> up to the council member Herron to decide. We
> e-mailed him and as per usual
> he did not return any calls. He didn't bother to
> talk to anyone prior to
> today's meeting. Council member Cherryhomes went
> down the hall when the
> item came up on the agenda and returned to say he
> did not support the
> residents but the MCDA because of the subsidy
> involved. He never bothered
> to talk to anyone on the block and I bet he never
> even looked at the plans.
> He just voted the MCDA party line which does not
> care about neighborhood
> input. When it comes to funding projects downtown
> it the money doesn't seem
> to matter. But when it comes to housing all of a
> sudden they can't spend
> money. Also the MCDA does not seem to care how they
> treat non-profits such
> as PRG. At the meeting today PRG was told they
> would get bumped and they
> would have to find different lots. The MCDA can't
> be trusted to be up front
> in their business deals. Councilmember Herron can't
> be trusted to get input
> from his constituents or return phone calls.
>
> Thanks for allowing me to vent,
>
> Karen Forbes
> Central Neighborhood
>
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