Wednesday
March 31, 2004

We live at 3683 South Tongass Hwy and are responding to your requests for input on combining the two governments.

We have voted against consolidation in the past and some of our fears are:

We do not want to be part of the city which has tighter zoning laws, building codes etc. We would like to keep the rural atmosphere out here, with a bit more freedom than in the city.

There was a push on a while back to create a new zone - smaller lot sizes. We are afraid this would cause tract housing springing up in the outside areas, causing ever more traffic on the highway along with increased vandalism.

We also do not want to be forced to hook up to or pay for water, and any other service that we don't want or need, although we are willing to pay for the services used by all (such as library and recreation).

Thank you for listening,

Astrid Crocker, Floyd Crocker