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ROSA Petition Input to Ramapo Strategic and Comprehensive Planning Processes
ROSA 4 Rockland has drafted a petition requesting that the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo and the committees formed to advise on strategic and comprehensive planning thoroughly consider and enact a thorough Comprehensive Plan designed to preserve the environment and community character of our Town.
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Patrick Farm DEC Permit Applications are In
On October 17th the NYS DEC posted the notice that the Patrick Farm applications were “complete” on the Environmental Notice Bulletin site: http://www.dec.ny.gov/enb/20121017_reg3.html ROSA foiled the NYS DEC for copies of the application and received 3 scans: 2012-03-30 LJA to DEC Permit Applications Supporting Documents 2012-03-30 LJA to DEC Stream Disturbance Permit Application 2012-03-30 LJA…
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Inappropriate Overdevelopment
The developer of the Patrick Farm property has proposed building 87 single family homes and 410 multi-family units proposed for just 208 acres.
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Polluting our water supply
New roadways and rooftops become channels for surface runoff, full of contaminants that can pollute the sole source aquifer feeding our private wells and public water supply.
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Future View on Route 202/306
Imagine 5,000+ people living on one-third of a square mile in town homes that will have up to six (6) bedrooms each. The population density could end being higher than Newark, NJ.
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Taxes Go Higher / Home Values Lower
Demand on municipal resources, such as garbage removal, roadway repair, and rescue services, go up exponentially, while the bucolic nature of our home properties suffer irreversible harm.