tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post1164877094581693591..comments2023-06-24T10:52:34.846-04:00Comments on EducateHilliard.com: Schonhardt (Now) Supports the Big Darby Accord (kinda)Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05960574627644930183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-83944771095622115132008-03-15T11:20:00.000-04:002008-03-15T11:20:00.000-04:00It sounds like a few people are going to get rich,...It sounds like a few people are going to get rich, while the people who pay the taxes in the Hilliard Area are going to get it in the wallet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-1007341244340259322008-03-14T18:19:00.000-04:002008-03-14T18:19:00.000-04:00Well, Sgt York (fer it or agin it)... Good to know...Well, Sgt York (fer it or agin it)... Good to know I'm not alone in my inability to select a position. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for trying to clear up an otherwise muddy situation.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742741131942481773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-66195684320649217092008-03-14T18:05:00.000-04:002008-03-14T18:05:00.000-04:00KJ:When you peel back all the conservation rhetori...KJ:<BR/><BR/>When you peel back all the conservation rhetoric associated with the Big Darby Accord, development density will be controlled by two things: a) how much water/sewer capacity Columbus is willing to install -- and where; and, b) what the developers perceive the market to be.<BR/><BR/>When I was serving on the Brown Twp Comprehensive Plan group, we went to a presentation by a guy named <A HREF="http://www.plannersweb.com/wfiles/w155.html" REL="nofollow">Randall Arendt</A> who advocates open space planning. We used many of these concepts in building the Brown Township Comprehensive Plan, and the Big Darby Accord follows a similar philosophy.<BR/><BR/>Right now the Brown Twp zoning (which is actually controlled by Franklin County) allows for one house per 5 acres. Arendt thinks this is stupid because you end up filling up the countryside with one house every 500 feet or so.<BR/><BR/>Instead he says the zoning needs to say things like: "average density of one house per acre, with 50% open space"<BR/><BR/>What this means is on a 100 acre parcel, you can put 100 houses, but they have to clustered together in 50 acres, and leaving 50 acres as open space. Then everyone gets to enjoy the 50 acres of common ground instead of having to deal with an individual one acre yard.<BR/><BR/>Clustering the houses also means less is spent on roads and utility lines.<BR/><BR/>Unsurprisingly, Mayor Schonhardt has his own way of doing the math, which I detail in this <A HREF="http://savethehilliardschools.blogspot.com/2007/09/big-darby-accord-and-hilliard.html" REL="nofollow">earlier post</A>. But my guess is that if developers want the typical 4 houses per acre, he'll try to make that happen - at least on the land just west of Alton-Darby.<BR/><BR/>You would like no more development, and neither would I. But that's unrealistic. The best we can hope for is a development scheme that preserves the rural nature of Brown Twp.<BR/><BR/>The Big Darby Accord does that, but the politicians are still doinking with it - trying to sort out some sticky things, particularly the density fee/compensation thing. The developers are a mighty influence.<BR/><BR/>From the school perspective, the BDA lowers the housing density, and therefore reduces the number of potential kids for our schools.<BR/><BR/>But via the BDA, Columbus is dropping its requirement that land must be annexed to get water. That means the parcels in the BDA zone will remain in the suburban schools rather than transfer to Columbus Public Schools.<BR/><BR/>As you can tell, I've spent a LOT of time thinking about the BDA, and I still don't know if I'm fer it or agin it. It could go either way depending on what kinds of tweaks creep in as it gets implemented.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960574627644930183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-6880634313991717162008-03-14T16:42:00.000-04:002008-03-14T16:42:00.000-04:00I still don't really understand the Big Darby Acco...I still don't really understand the Big Darby Accord. <BR/><BR/>Signing on to the Accord helps us reduce the density of housing or gives us a stornger voice against it?<BR/><BR/>Simply put.... I want NO housing or large acerage housing West of Alton Darby. Therefore, am I FOR or AGAINST the Darby Accord. I know what the original intent of the Accord, but now with so many signing on, what does that really mean? Are we at risk of absorbing more students from "Columbus" if we sign on or do not sign on.<BR/><BR/>I apologize for my dense-ness, but the Mayor confuses me.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742741131942481773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-83320518882439353902008-03-13T18:22:00.000-04:002008-03-13T18:22:00.000-04:00Paul, this is an excellent essay, very informative...Paul, this is an excellent essay, very informative. I didn't understand what the Darby Accord was all about, or grasp the political machinations at work in Hilliard. I agree you should try to get this published as an article or essay in the Northwest News, This Week or even The Dispatch. <BR/><BR/>-GS-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289345346387194350.post-43917823280917008272008-03-13T14:36:00.000-04:002008-03-13T14:36:00.000-04:00Interesting; studying Schonhardt is getting more l...Interesting; studying Schonhardt is getting more like "Kremlinology" all the time. :-)<BR/><BR/>I sure hope the school district ends its ostrich-like behavior since, as you say, it's a huge political entity. The cynical view is: more development = more jobs for teachers and administrators. <BR/><BR/>I think you should pitch this post as a potential column in the <I>Northwest News</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com