Re: SG-W:/ Sylvan Township

["Christina Lirones" <goldenspiderfarm@hotmail.com>]

Hooray David! That's wonderful news! Tina

>From: David Brooks <dhbrooks@umich.edu>
>To: smartgrowth-washtenaw@great-lakes.net
>Subject: SG-W:/ Sylvan Township
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:17:23 -0400
>
>
>I turned my petitions in to be a candidate for Sylvan Township
>supervisor yesterday. I'm running as a non-partisan candidate which
>will be tough but I couldn't bring myself to even pretend to a
>republican. Since last September, I've been following this e-mail
>group, going to classes, buying books and reading every thing I can
>find on land-use-planning. The frustrating part is that I haven't
>found anything that has ever worked. I've read the personal files of
>a friend of mine that tried to save some of Canton Township in the
>early 80s. Nothing worked and he moved up north.
>
>The fundamental question is how to stop population density increases
>and yet be fair to existing landowners.
>
>These are the techniques that I see as having potential in Sylvan Township:
>
>1.    Large lot zoning (2, 5, 10, 20, 40 acres per house).
>2.    Buying vacant land for parks.
>3.    Buying Property Development Rights (PDRs).
>4.    Zoning with Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs).
>5.    Encouraging the donation of Land to Parks, PDRs, Conservation
>Easements, etc.
>
>If you know of others let me know. I'm always looking for ways to
>keep Sylvan Township sylvan.
>
>Having heard about a technique is one thing, getting it implemented
>is quite another. At the moment I'm looking for potential
>consultants. So far, everyone that I've been exposed to just spouts
>the party line, collects their fee, and watches sprawl march on. The
>current township board and planning commission think I'm crazy so the
>chances of getting anything done before the elections are slim.
>
>Dave

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