Comments on: City needs to plan for growth and use its assets to pay for it http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/07/14/city-needs-to-plan-for-growth-and-use-its-assets-to-pay-for-it/ Grand Junction, Colorado's community Web site, discussions, forums, message boards, wiki and more. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: johnlinko619 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/07/14/city-needs-to-plan-for-growth-and-use-its-assets-to-pay-for-it/#comment-9429 johnlinko619 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:36:49 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/07/14/city-needs-to-plan-for-growth-and-use-its-assets-to-pay-for-it/#comment-9429 Mr. Wilson might do well to ask questions at the City level regarding some of his ideas for raising funds. For example: 1. The city charter requires the the voters to approve the sale or change to city land such as parks. The sale of the "grass strip at 1st and North", AKA Lilac Park, was put to the electorate twice and disapproved. The same issues will arise with any other park area unless the charter is amended in some way, which would likely require another vote of the people. 2. In the case of Lincoln Park and the Golf Course, I believe that there are agreements in place with the Veterans' Administration and the Moyer family, who donated the land for the park, that would prevent the sale of this land for financial gain. 3. The bigger issues transcend infrastructure, and into the fundamental way the city operates in relationship to its' neighbors. Mr. Wilson is on the right track, but there are places where cost savings can be realized that benefit residents and non-residents alike. It takes asking the questions, sweating the details, and getting involved to effect substantive change in many of these areas. Mr. Wilson might do well to ask questions at the City level regarding some of his ideas for raising funds. For example:

1. The city charter requires the the voters to approve the sale or change to city land such as parks. The sale of the “grass strip at 1st and North”, AKA Lilac Park, was put to the electorate twice and disapproved. The same issues will arise with any other park area unless the charter is amended in some way, which would likely require another vote of the people.

2. In the case of Lincoln Park and the Golf Course, I believe that there are agreements in place with the Veterans’ Administration and the Moyer family, who donated the land for the park, that would prevent the sale of this land for financial gain.

3. The bigger issues transcend infrastructure, and into the fundamental way the city operates in relationship to its’ neighbors.

Mr. Wilson is on the right track, but there are places where cost savings can be realized that benefit residents and non-residents alike. It takes asking the questions, sweating the details, and getting involved to effect substantive change in many of these areas.

]]> By: american_patriot http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/07/14/city-needs-to-plan-for-growth-and-use-its-assets-to-pay-for-it/#comment-8768 american_patriot Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:56:20 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/07/14/city-needs-to-plan-for-growth-and-use-its-assets-to-pay-for-it/#comment-8768 Here's an idea that the public officials could sell me on real easy. Let's raise the money to buy the Greyhound bus depot and move it to a new location outside the city of Grand Junction, preferably right on the edge of the county line, somewhere, and make sure there is plenty of space in the new facility for outreach services and a homeless shelter. We get our parks back, and if we locate a police substation in the same facility, think of the money we could save on law enforcement and detox. Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? Here’s an idea that the public officials could sell me on real easy. Let’s raise the money to buy the Greyhound bus depot and move it to a new location outside the city of Grand Junction, preferably right on the edge of the county line, somewhere, and make sure there is plenty of space in the new facility for outreach services and a homeless shelter. We get our parks back, and if we locate a police substation in the same facility, think of the money we could save on law enforcement and detox.
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?

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