Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

seperate systems

I think the infiltration of the rain water into the city sanitary system is NOT coming from the storm water system. The storm water system starts at the curbs and gutters and flows down to the retention ponds and then on to the creeks. The purpose of the ponds is to not over load the creeks during heavy rains.

The sanitary system has problems with roots and cracks in the tiles and lines leading to the sewer plant. I believe I have seen the city repairing these lines. That water is ground water and in most cases it has not entered the storm sewer system. It comes from our yards and in some cases I understand some manholes covers in the city get covered with rain water (floods) during heavy rains.

Mr. Sauer is correct in the high density housing does add more impervious surface area and causes more run off. However that run off doesn't normally make it to the sewer plant.

The other claims he made toward the issue of high density housing I do not know where he picked that up. Normally lower density areas have huge homes on one acre tracts or larger and you have a family of three using a lot more land than those in the city than in a high density condo development as an example. Most environmentalist would prefer the condo development to preserve land use. I would say when you figure in the cost to heat these larger living units and the longer drives to work I think the ''more pollution'' argument may be bogus.

Sauer = BAD CHOICE

Anyone that would provide a written response like that does not deserve a seat on council!

Think about it! It was not like a face to face or telephone interview that could have been messed up by the reporter.

Rookies

Sometimes rookie politicians want to say just too much. Although Mr. Sauer tries to view himself as a ''PRO'' and since he was part the Rep Hobson's staff you would think he would have weighted his words very carefully before responding to the questionnaire from the newspaper.

If you follow Mr. Sauer's thought process through and his concern of run off from the roof tops and driveways with high density housing what would he think about a 200,000 square foot manufacturing plant that had a huge parking lot? Clearly he and his mentor Weltlich seem to be advocates for industrial development. Wouldn't they cause the same issues with pollution and run off?

So now is he saying he will oppose light manufacturing because it presents the same problems as high density housing?

What is it with politicians

Where is this info coming from, B.S.? What storm water expert or engineer is he getting these 'theories', B.S.? Even before today's politicians are in office, they must expound upon how smart they are. Your job should be to listen to the professionals, B.S.

Let's look at the big regional issue,B.S. We all want to cooperate so much. Many of the township's drains and culverts flow to the city and we get to handle their stormwater. How about a little $$$$$ to help with this big $$$$$ problem, B.S. We REIMBURSED the township for attorney's fees for the zoning of this 3 acre COOPERATIVE agreement.

I think we all know about the big flooding areas on Diley Road and another on Busey Road. These have been this way forever and now the CITY residents will be resolving them with OUR money,B.S.

Try this shoe on, B.S. How about campaigning that you'll be working to slove the areas stormwater issues and you'll be asking the surrounding governmental agencies to participate financially. Until then, knock off the b.s., B.S.

We've already got too many of you politcos at city hall standing in the way of the professionals were paying at city hall to do their jobs for the residents.



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