Comments on: The Origins of the Velda Dairy Extension https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/ Online News Wed, 17 May 2023 18:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Weed https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306883 Wed, 17 May 2023 18:28:04 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306883 An update is certainly needed on this article. Which is it… a man-made pond or a Class III Recreational Water Body?

They aren’t allowed to raise the 100-year water surface profile regardless and if a Class III Recreational Water Body they are required to protect wetlands including the hydrocycle of downstream wetlands.

I assume it is in the developers best interest regarding from the profit perspective to work with it as a man-made pond. This must be correctly identified and the elected officials and developers need to adhere to the environmental laws and regulations. If elected officials ignore the environment aspects to accommodate the developers pockets it will have devastating consequences on too many levels.

]]> By: DavidB https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306872 Wed, 17 May 2023 12:25:14 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306872 This is just stupid. It will help nothing, and I’m betting the majority of drivers that use Velda Dairy now when going home will find this hugely inconvenient, and continue on up to Kerry Forest, thus increasing congestion rather than decreasing it.

]]> By: DeepSix https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306869 Wed, 17 May 2023 11:32:52 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306869 So, these idiots thought creating another major intersection a quarter mile south of Kerry Forest Pkwy would relieve congestion? Nancy Miller is a corrupted moron. Too bad her replacement isn’t any better…

]]> By: Diana S. https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306861 Wed, 17 May 2023 03:21:25 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306861 Guaranteed there will be some high density houses on that corner, even though the maps sent to us thanks to Brian Welch say otherwise. Connecting Velda Dairy and OxBottom will do NOTHING to help the growing traffic nightmare on Thomasville during rush hour. It really is sad what these commissioners are allowing the developers to do to our community. Of course the developers are making big time $$$$$; but why are commissioners, who are supposed to represent “we the people”, allowing this? You just have to wonder………. $$$$$ for them too is the only explanation.

]]> By: Max Epstein https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306854 Wed, 17 May 2023 00:06:02 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306854 It is NOT a manmade stormwater pond. It is a Class III recreational waterbody that was altered at but STILL required to to meet water quality standards.

]]> By: Barry https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306846 Tue, 16 May 2023 21:40:13 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306846 Good response Skeptic. Have experience with these issues. Govment needs funds to protect the developers.

]]> By: A Skeptic https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306839 Tue, 16 May 2023 19:10:38 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306839 A bit off topic, but I’ve always found the 100 year flood plain to be a joke. I’m sure there’s some very well intended purpose behind it, but I’ve had too many arguments with aggressive insurance salesmen that insisted I buy flood insurance (from them) because the house is near the 100 year flood plain. In one case, the house was easily above the 100 year marker but the corner of the property was not. The last 6′ of the driveway and the mailbox post were the only things on the property below the marker. Still, the salesman insist that I buy his insurance. I told him that I really wasn’t worried about the end of the driveway floating away, but that I’d buy his insurance if he’d agree, in writing, that the full value of the policy would be paid to me if the driveway or mailbox post got wet. He finally slithered away…..

]]> By: Nicholas Weed https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306835 Tue, 16 May 2023 17:22:01 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306835 I imagine they are breaking a federal law that requires that a development is not allowed to cause a rise in the hundred year floodplain.

Bundlers are able to forgo the engineering and laws when developing and after they develop the bundlers of bundle contributions have already walked away with millions and even hefty fines for their destruction and is of no consequence to them.

Let’s watch all the recipients of the bundled contributions push this through and then let’s watch the flooding that will come down the pike, then the sewage spills, and then the fines… rinse and repeat…. the Tallahassee tradition.

If the neighborhoods want to be proactive they may want to involve the NWFEMD.

]]> By: A Skeptic https://tallahasseereports.com/2023/05/16/the-origins-of-the-velda-dairy-extension/#comment-306832 Tue, 16 May 2023 15:30:24 +0000 http://tallahasseereports.com/?p=229301#comment-306832 What a waste.

Without a traffic light at the Thomasville Rd / Velda Dairy intersection, a continuation of Velda Dairy to connect to Ox Bottom will be useless during high traffic periods. And a light there seems counter productive. I would have made more sense to connect Velda Dairy and Parrish way back before the neighborhood got built up.

The corner at Ox Bottom is some valuable real estate. If my money was tied up in this I certainly wouldn’t sacrifice it for a mostly meaningless road.

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