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Date Posted: Fri. Nov 17, 2006 11:11 am
Author: Christopher Jones
Subject: Re: Regional #7 Land Deal
In reply to: Dan Jerram 's message, "Regional #7 Land Deal" on Fri. Nov 17, 2006 10:18 am

Dan...
Please accept a word of public comment.
I am opposed to this deal but it has nothing to do with contamination.
The Reg 7 mission is not to be used as a speculator of far future needs as this project would entail. The primary benefactor of such a purchase would not be the school but probably the Town of Barkhamsted which would effectively pick up 100 acres of open space.
The school campus is funtional and I am doubtful that future growth statistics would indicate that such an expansion of campus or plant would be required in the next 25 years.
If you have data that suggests otherwise, please let us know.
Further, New Hartford as the Region's largest customer is facing a number of infrastructure plans, debatable about the needs, but plans none the less, that will consume a significant portion of our ability to afford major borrowing in the next 10 years. Our own needs with the current campus are being met handily.
Further, should significant contamination be present, which I doubt, the remediation costs for cleanup could make the price tag so staggering as to limit in perpituity the value and use of the land.
...."I can't let my kids play soccer on a field contaminated with DDT!!!"....
I can hear the screams already.
The Board really needs to rethink this kind of project, which would consume huge ammounts of financial and political capitol just to get it to the drawing board.
My friend Mike Fox has been noticably absent in the public debate, but for my thinking if Regional thinks this a wise move you are wrong. You guys need to step back and just let the commitment expire, lick your wounds and get back to the real mission of the Region. Which is not land development.

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[> Stop spending other people money -- SRM, Fri. Nov 17, 2006 4:30 pm [1]

Mr. Jerram, get out of it now. You have no business in this business. New Hartford should not have been in the business in the first place of buying open space to protect Barkhamsted from low income cluster housing. Now its poison cancer causing contaminated land. You have spent money never budgeted and money the taxpayers never approved. You are wasting our investment in our children. The region 7 district has no focus, no plan and no supporting data to any such position in spending other people’s money. Take care of the academics. Hopefully in 5-10 years we won’t be a region any more and all can survive on each ones revenue infrastructure and educational demands.

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[> [> Re: Stop spending other people money -- Girlfriend, Fri. Nov 17, 2006 4:52 pm [1]

I can't believe that I would agree with jones about anything but he has this one nailed. Regional 7 in the land owning business is stupid and off base.
Mr. Jerram i would never ask you to take the advise of Jones, himself a land traitor, but get off this bus and do it fast. We have enough problems at Regional without a trainwreck like this.
Chalk one up for jones. Once every 10 years isn't bad

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