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<div><font style="background-color: transparent;" face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think the point really is that the property was properly zoned for residential housing, not high density commercial and apt. buildings. Changing the zoning, changed the flavor. If it were developed according to the zoning it was zoned for, I don't think it would have had the impact on the environment as it would have in its present plan. Of course, that means less money in revenue. Residential housing would have included many trees, maybe tree lined streets and trees in the landscape of the homes. Now we will have concrete instead of trees due to the change in zoning. I am not against one developing their own property, but I do wish they would follow the rules instead of changing them for their benefit with disregard for the people breathing the air around the project.</font></div>
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From: michelle burns <mishburns@yahoo.com><br>
To: towntalk <towntalk@riverdale-park.org><br>
Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 10:13 am<br>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Let's keep Route 1 Cafritz property Forested....<br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The point is that unless there is some way to buy the undeveloped land and turn it into parks (assuming the owners are willing to sell), there's no way to prevent privately owned land from being developed, so the important thing is to force them to develop it in a responsible way, preserving as many of the trees and habitat as possible. <br>
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We want parks but don't have the funds to maintain, improve and protect them, we want the animals to be free (as long as they stay out of our gardens) even if the deer population is too high, we want other people to leave their properties undeveloped for our benefit but we want to be able to do what we want on our own land and in our own yards without "government interference". That's called having one's cake and eating it too, I
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