Proposed development threatens water source
On Tuesday, the Greensboro City Council will hold a second reading on a rezoning case where facts seem to be ignored. Concern for wetlands is one of three definitive issues concerned citizens have raised.
A parcel of the property under consideration contains a 1-1/2-acre spring-fed pond that remains full at times when our city lakes are at frighteningly low points. The headwater for a creek that feeds Greensboro's water supply is slightly south and west of this property, but the stream runs through it. This creek has never dried up.
Are these wetlands? In 2002, a proposal to rezone land adjacent to the parcel with pond and creek was withdrawn on the basis of wetlands. The Corps of Engineers cannot come on the property unless invited by the landowner.
Did I mention that former Sen. Bob Shaw and wife Commissioner Linda Shaw are the landowners? I was at the zoning commission meeting in 2002, seated next to Sen. Shaw. Oh, by the way, the proposed developer of this property is County Commissioner Mike Winstead.
How fair is our local government?
Colin Kelly
Greensboro