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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 9:40:31 GMT -6
negotiate the power line issue out of the price that macom wants. but sounds like district is simply not interested:
Please feel free to partake in boxed wine while perusing my short and wholly inadequate tribute to Larry:
macom: Buy my land! I'm practically giving it to you!
HC: Kiss my a$$. I must win my valiant BB battle at all costs. I have face to save!
JC: stop speculating! stop speculating! I'm getting confused!
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Post by d204taxpayer on Jan 11, 2007 9:41:42 GMT -6
There will need to be SOME tweaking to the boundaries. Now Howies subdivision of Longwood (North end next to Brookdale) would have to go back to WVHS Ah ha. now we know the 'ulterior motive' spoken about earlier. HC shouldn't care if his 'hood goes to WV. It is a perfectly fine school. Sheesh - not this again! If this is his motive for not considering or negotiating a macom deal then is there some way we can boot him without a pension??? The SB has admitted that boundaries are fluid and can change at any time as our student population changes as well. Three board seats are up for election this year; four others will be up again in 2009. Who knows what tweaks will be necessary due to population fluctuations; who knows how new or old political agendas will come into play with the boundaries in the future. That being said, I do not give much weight to the present boundaries made on land we don't yet have no matter where it is located. |
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Post by Avenging Eagle on Jan 11, 2007 9:44:09 GMT -6
Was macom involved in the development of WE? I seem to remember that it was. If so, they were the ones to dis WV to begin with. And also, if so, it seems to have turned around and bit them in the a$$. Macom did White Eagle, but those were different times...1987+, during the boom of real estate. In this market, I believe most builders would try to pull the same tricks as Macom concerning their property in this situation. Also, his statement about the 600K/acre was right on cue when considering that builders, developers, and realtors will tote and hype real estate values for their own personal gain. |
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 9:44:40 GMT -6
dittos to d204taxpayer
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Post by bob on Jan 11, 2007 9:45:59 GMT -6
Wait. If the powerlines have to be moved that means he doesn't own the land the power lines are on. Kinda like that big space that separates Tallgrass in two. Would we have to buy that land and from whom?
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 9:48:08 GMT -6
Wait. If the powerlines have to be moved that means he doesn't own the land the power lines are on. Kinda like that big space that separates Tallgrass in two. Would we have to buy that land and from whom? do we eve know for sure if these lines are located on the property? If they are, then could the be near the edge of the property? |
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Post by bob on Jan 11, 2007 9:52:07 GMT -6
Look at yahoo maps. They are smack dab in the middle of the field.
I think this land is south of Wolf Crossing,east of Normantown,west of 248th and north of 103rd. It is the only piece over there with powerlines running through it.
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 9:53:14 GMT -6
k, I'll google earth it
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 10:00:12 GMT -6
checked it out. Yes the lines are held up by 3 'towers' on the property. Not sure they would have to be moved, though. Build school on one side of the towers (seems to be a bit more room south of the towers) and the playing fields, etc. on the other side.
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 10:01:21 GMT -6
threre appears to be a small neighborhood jutting up into the southern most part of the propery. Not sure if that southernmost portion is included in the offer. Also a farm? and a house jutting in from the east.
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Post by Avenging Eagle on Jan 11, 2007 10:02:00 GMT -6
bob and CRH, when coming up with the plans, don't forget to allocate space for the helicopter pad, so that students can fly from Ashwood Park High to the disconnected postage-stamp-of-land "Desolation Campus" that we own on BB. Seriously, what will happen to this land under plan "AshHole". |
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Post by 204parent on Jan 11, 2007 10:02:36 GMT -6
Arch is right...if Lehman is serious about selling this land, he should have feasibility studies conducted. In fact, he should have done it a long time ago.
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Post by wvhsparent on Jan 11, 2007 10:03:10 GMT -6
Wait. If the powerlines have to be moved that means he doesn't own the land the power lines are on. Kinda like that big space that separates Tallgrass in two. Would we have to buy that land and from whom? Powerline property most likely belongs to ComEd or at least they would have easment rights |
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Post by wvhsparent on Jan 11, 2007 10:05:08 GMT -6
also remember per the comdemnation docs on the 25 acres... they would have to sell them back to BB for the price paid minus atty fees if they don't build on it
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Post by cantretirehere on Jan 11, 2007 10:05:32 GMT -6
looking at the map it doesn't seem as if anything would have to built under the lines or that they would have to be moved.
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