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Buck Gully Visits Result in “Some Good Discussions”
posted: October 25th, 2009 07:08 am |
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It’s too early to gauge the success of door-to-door visits aimed at convincing property owners to grant easements for a city erosion project, City Manager Dave Kiff wrote in a memo to the mayor and city council.
Kiff, Councilwoman Nancy Gardner and Public Works Director Steve Badum spent several hours last Monday visiting homeowners along Lower Buck Gully, explaining a hillside erosion project that requires the city to get easements from property owners. If property owners do not grant the easements, officials fear that homes may be in danger if a big storm causes hillside erosion. The city also would have to return about $800,000 in grant money. The entire project would cost about $2 million.
Kiff said the group made contact with about seven homeowners, who seemed to appreciate the chance to talk face-to-face.
“I’m not sure if we got the effort over the hurdles, but we’ll see,” he wrote. He also said they had some good discussions with the residents.
Read our earlier stories here and here.
