HOA Meeting Tuesday About Commercial Development

Our first HOA meeting with the new board of directors happens Tuesday at River of Life Christian Church on Krycul Ave. The address and a map appear below if you're not familiar with the location.

The primary topic of discussion figures to be the planned development of the land adjacent to our community between US-301 and Dartmouth Hill Rd. As we've mentioned before, the developer has submitted an application to Hillsborough County Commissioners to waive the development rules. It wants basically a blank slate to build anything it wants there, regardless of its injurious impacts to the 268 homes in our community.

The board opposes the waiver application and the board is trying to organize a group of people to attend the application hearing January 15 in Tampa. The developer will have a group of people on its side, and a crowd opposing its application that shows up in person could carry a lot of weight with county commissioners who must decided whether to grant the waiver.

If you're on Facebook, board president David Hey created an event there where you can sign up to go.

Yes, emails and letters sent help our cause, too. But the strongest statement we can make is to appear in person. The hearing happens at 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, which makes it difficult for many people who must work, but considering the damage to our property values if a 24/7 gas station goes in right next to us, please consider making every effort to attend.

If you need a refresher on the issue, this page offers some background about what the development rules are, and why the developer wants relief from them.

And this page has more details, and a copy of the letter that I wrote in support of the current rules and against the waiver application.

River of Life Christian Center
6605 Krycul Avenue
Riverview, FL 33569


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Your Opinions Needed

As we get ready for 2013, the HOA board wants your opinion about issues facing the community. Board President David Hey has created an online survey that offers you an easy -- and anonymous -- way for you to offer feedback on some of the major questions before us.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2YK6C6P

Please take a few minutes to fill it out.