CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT - WHAT HOMES WILL LOOK LIKE - JavaScript must be enabled to view images. SCHOOLSOur NE Tacoma schools are near or at full capacity,1,000 or more additional K-12 students enrolled in our schools,Increase in cars and students walking to NE Tacoma schools,Students currently riding the bus may have to walk to school through the new neighborhood.Portables may be utilized to accommodate the influx of students,Boundaries will shift to accommodate the increase in students,Some schools outside NE Tacoma do not meet WASL or No Child Left Behind standards. Busing across the Port of Tacoma (43,000 trucks per week) to East Tacoma schools, Increased of teens driving to Stadium and possibly Lincoln High, Will the tax payers pay for these additional operating costs?This information is based on a report to staff members from the former Superintendent of Tacoma Schools, Dr. Charles Milligan, as well as school results published in the Tacoma News Tribune. The information was compiled by Robert Guile, retired Director of Risk Management, Tacoma School DistrictROADSA huge increase in traffic, Poorly maintained streets, No sidewalks in older neighborhoods.Are you ready for this? 10 trips per household per day times 860 homes will equate to 8600 more cars on our narrow roads. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSThe loss of hundreds of mature trees from the golf course is a tragedy, Destruction of wildlife habitat of that exists on the course, Disruption of Joe’s Creek which flows into Dumas Bay. We strongly believe that a complete Environmental Impact Study is required on the golf course property to verify that wetlands and critical areas are present. The largest pond on the course is the headwaters of the creek. The City of Tacoma’s Surface Water Management website states that: “the lowermost portion of the creek provides the largest and best quality reach of salmonids spawning and rearing habitat in the southwest portion of King County”. EMERGENCY SERVICESDecrease in Police response,Decrease in Emergency Medical response, Decrease in Fire response What are you going to do? With a large increase in population there should be an increase in emergency service personel to provide services. Our emergency service providers are already stretched thin and it will only get worse. IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUESDecrease in property values,Density of homes being proposed, Quality of homes being proposed. Will the City provide the oversight to ensure building standards are met?Article that was aired 2\20\07 on Komo 4 News regarding Soundbuilt Homes. Read more...
CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT - WHAT HOMES WILL LOOK LIKE -
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SCHOOLS
Will the tax payers pay for these additional operating costs?This information is based on a report to staff members from the former Superintendent of Tacoma Schools, Dr. Charles Milligan, as well as school results published in the Tacoma News Tribune. The information was compiled by Robert Guile, retired Director of Risk Management, Tacoma School DistrictROADS
Are you ready for this?
10 trips per household per day times 860 homes will equate to 8600 more cars on our narrow roads.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSThe loss of hundreds of mature trees from the golf course is a tragedy, Destruction of wildlife habitat of that exists on the course, Disruption of Joe’s Creek which flows into Dumas Bay. We strongly believe that a complete Environmental Impact Study is required on the golf course property to verify that wetlands and critical areas are present. The largest pond on the course is the headwaters of the creek. The City of Tacoma’s Surface Water Management website states that: “the lowermost portion of the creek provides the largest and best quality reach of salmonids spawning and rearing habitat in the southwest portion of King County”. EMERGENCY SERVICESDecrease in Police response,Decrease in Emergency Medical response, Decrease in Fire response What are you going to do? With a large increase in population there should be an increase in emergency service personel to provide services. Our emergency service providers are already stretched thin and it will only get worse. IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUESDecrease in property values,Density of homes being proposed, Quality of homes being proposed. Will the City provide the oversight to ensure building standards are met?Article that was aired 2\20\07 on Komo 4 News regarding Soundbuilt Homes. Read more...
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
We strongly believe that a complete Environmental Impact Study is required on the golf course property to verify that wetlands and critical areas are present.
The largest pond on the course is the headwaters of the creek. The City of Tacoma’s Surface Water Management website states that: “the lowermost portion of the creek provides the largest and best quality reach of salmonids spawning and rearing habitat in the southwest portion of King County”.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
What are you going to do?
With a large increase in population there should be an increase in emergency service personel to provide services. Our emergency service providers are already stretched thin and it will only get worse.
IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES
Will the City provide the oversight to ensure building standards are met?
Article that was aired 2\20\07 on Komo 4 News regarding Soundbuilt Homes. Read more...