I'm not necessarily against the building of Walmart stores, but does there
really need to be one every few miles in every direction?


On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 04:12:39 GMT, "Molly Fredericks" wrote:

Some people will always oppose commercial development, and then make up the
reasons/excuses to fit the scenario.
Be wary.


"gologa" wrote in message
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Doug,
Did you bother to read the information about this particular supercenter
before you began hurling accusations of hypocracy???? Think about our
quality of life here and whether you want this whole area to become like
Houston/Dallas/Atlanta.

"Sited at the corner of Slaughter and MoPac, the SuperCenter could exceed
impervious cover levels by three times the amount allowed by the Save Our
Springs Ordinance. Company principals have admitted that the water quality
controls they've proposed on the property may be inadequate to manage
pollutants. The property is surrounded by pristene hill country land and
the
property itself drains directly into the Barton Creek system, dyetraced to
less than one hour runoff time. There are NO other retail sites in this
area
and the back alley of this supercenter would literally sit next to the
backyards of about 50 homes. They will use grandfathered land, exempt from
SOS laws to build this crap on, which allows up to 65% impervious cover
(concrete/parking lot). And they will destroy/clear over 40 acres of live
oaks. Not to mention that there are rare caves on the land like those that
would be paved over if they build Tx highway 45.

The tract of land is located between Davis and Slaughter Lanes with no
traffic access from MoPac. In addition to Wal-Mart, which will be open 24
hours, and accepting 18 wheeler deliveries all night. Endeavor is
promoting
the "tremendous growth" in environmentally sensitive Southwest Austin over
the past decade as a lure to sell the pad sites. Council Member Slusher
regards promoting the Wal-Mart tract as "a conscious decision on
Endeavor's
part to profit from polluting."

The neighbors surrounding the proposed development are concerned about the
increased traffic, noise pollution, light pollution, and water pollution.
Because the only access to the development will be from Slaughter and
Davis
Lanes, all traffic destined for the shopping center will flow Through the
Neighborhoods. There is already a Wal-Mart less than 4 miles away, and
many
worry that it will close once the new store is built, leaving yet another
empty big-box retail builing.
Most of ALL, we dont Want IT, Nor do we need it, we have four
supermarkets,
one walmart, one target all within 3 miles of the site. They demographics
of
the area do not support it as well.
Peace.
gologa



"Doug McLaren" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
gologa wrote:

| No word on whether they will back off, probably not since even in CA
where
| some towns have banned the Supercenters, Wal Mart's lawyers fight it
with
| lawsuits and ballot box referendums to build anyway! in Spite of large
| opposition.

Personally, I'm looking forward to having a Super Wal-mart there.

As for building it over the aquifer, the aquifer is huge! If you
weren't aware of this --

http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/images/edwards.gif

even the `recharge zone' makes up a large part of central Texas. To
not allow Wal-Mart to build there just because of the aquifer seems a
bit silly, especially since it seems that everybody else is allowed to
build there (as long as they follow certain rules.)

And it seems that most of the people complaining have already built
there -- they built their houses there. Sounds hypocritical to me ...

Seems to me that it's just another example of NIMBY -- `not in my back
yard.' Or maybe they don't *really* mind that much, but since they
might be able to make Wal-Mart compensate them somehow, they're going
to push for that.

--
Doug McLaren,
"Just once, I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'you're
making a scene'." --Homer Simpson