Studies -vs- Available Funds…
Okay, so one of my pet peeves is that everything has be “studied” by an outside entity before our city fathers will take any action. I’m trying to understand why. I’m not naive enough to think that many things have to have “studies” performed to cover all the bases for environmental impact, legality and cost effectiveness. But I have a problem with “studies” that are being commissioned when there is little or no chance, given our economic climate, that the results of the study can be implemented with available monies.
As I purused the first agenda that I will be participating on as member of the city council, consent item 5c caught my attention with a request to fund a study on “best use” of our soccer complex and 50+ acres of designated open space that has not been designated for the type of open space the city will develop.
I’m new to the ways things happen on the council, so I made a few calls to other members and shared my concerns about funding something that we don’t have money to go forward with in the near future. It was brought to my attention that items on the “consent” calendar are items which have already been discussed by the council. This item has NOT.
There are a lot of questions I want answered before voting to approve this item. Some have sent me emails, others have posted ot the Residents group, and everyone seems to have questions as to why this item is there.
If you have questions or comments, please email them to me or post them here for me to consider before Wednesday’s meeting.
