[Winona Online Democracy]
I would be interested in a new population count as well. The City numbers have gone up because over the last 10 years, Winona Township has been annexed and they started counting college students who stay the summer. This reflects an increase in the City count but not necessarily an increase in a population growth overall. These are people who have always lived in the area, we just shifted some numbers. The direct decline in enrollment in all the public and private schools in the district have to say something about the lack of growth in Winona. Not only is there an average of 175 houses for sale at a given time in Winona, but there are also over 150 lots for sale. Need? Where are people going to come from to justify two developments that will cost (according to the April 2004 City Council minutes) OVER 9 Million dollars. I am not sure where Keith Nelson got his figures from, perhaps him and Eric Sorenson need to talk. The City Council records are for public viewing take a look at them regarding the request for annexation a year ago. The projected cost then was 9 Million dollars. These are not my figures. When Phillips came to the City to be annexed he said he would have 180 developable acres. Currently, after his engineers looked at the land he is down to 80. When the environmental studies are done he will probably be down to 60. How does the City financially justify spending 9 Million dollars for a return on these two developments of less than 2 Million for hook up? Go back to the City Council meeting from April 2004, the projections stated have changed drastically as costs increase and developable land decreases due to the environmental issues on these two developments. I do not understand how a community can be so upset over County Commissioners spend $7,000, yet they are virtually ignoring 9 million dollars frivolously being spent by their City Council. Janice Turek _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
