Community Meeting - July 17th

Water, sewer, zoning, SmartCode

We all know growth is coming to Saucier - we see new developments starting all over our community

The SIA wants to empower the Saucier Community to choose where that growth should be concentrated, so we are planning a community meeting to discuss the issues that affect where growth and development take place

The SIA is busy organising itself and the community to ensure that our future growth is conducive to the rural community we have today. One of our major concerns is the provision of sewer to our area. We are advised that commercial and residential development will naturally concentrate where sewer is in place, so we are hoping to be able to influence where sewer goes in order to help constrain growth to acceptable locations that would create positive and benificial growth instead of 'traditional' urban and suburban sprawl.

To that end, we are planning to hold a Community meeting on July 17th at the Comminity Center where we will discuss a number of issues - water, sewer, zoning and the SmartCode - with the aim of asking the community what sort of growth you are willing to support, and thus show us the areas where sewer would be acceptable. At the end of the meeting we plan to have a good understanding of your wishes so that we can then advise the DEQ and other interested organisations of what Saucier wants.

We are very motivated to work *with* the DEQ in a positive way so that we can have the Saucier that the residents want in the future, rather than being victim to the whim of developers who would make decisions motivated only by profit.

Public notices will advertise this meeting closer to the 17th July. As always, your comments are welcomed on this Blog, so feel free to tell the SIA your views on the future of Saucier.

posted by Steve Howard @ 5:39 PM