The following was a reply posted on roundthemound message board.
I would like to clear up some misunderstandings about the Stop Morriss 6.
1. Stop Morriss 6 is NOT against road construction or expansion of roads in Flower Mound.
2. Stop Morriss 6 does NOT want Morriss to go from 4 to 6 lanes from 407 to 2499.
3. Stop Morriss 6 is Not against funding fr0m Denton County and the 121 Toll revenue funds.
4. Stop Morriss 6 DID NOT ask our Town Council to refuse funds. We DID ask that they delay their decision on the acceptance of funds until after the Transportation Commission Public Hearing on May 26th.
5. Stop Morriss 6 is FOR the Town Council to make public and let the residents be apart of all aspects of design, funding, and have public input with the Morriss Road expansion. As we all should be when any road is being built, expanded, or improved.
6. Stop Morriss 6 is FOR road improvements (Morriss Road ideas- longer turn lanes at intersections & other viable options rather than tearing out the whole median down Morriss, waiting until proper studies are done when other construction affecting that road are done and so on.)
7. Stop Morriss 6 is FOR having traffic, safety, and funding studies done to improve roads when they are done accurately.
8 Stop Morriss 6 is FOR waiting until other road projects are done before starting a new one. (Examples FM2499, FM1171 and FM407). Having all road construction going on at the same time is not productive for any resident living in Flower Mound or next to Flower Mound.
9. Stop Morriss 6 is FOR having the Town Council obtain money for individual projects, not grouping many roads into one funding agreement so that the residents have to have all or none. (Another example would be Riverwalk. Everyone is for a hospital in our town, but to have the hospital, we were told we had to have 1200 apt/condos and retail development to go with it or we could not have the hospital. This same development is Smartgrowth exempt. Why is that?)
10. Stop Morriss 6 IS NOT just a "single issue" group, we are a group who has finally had enough with being told that it is all or nothing and there are no other choices or options.
11. Stop Morriss 6 IS a group who want to understand how the Council works and why they do the things they do the way they do them.
12. Stop Morriss 6 HAS written to their Council and asked them to educate them on these issues and have been told by the Council that they do not have the time to answer such in-depth questions. If they can’t answer them, then who will?
13. Stop Morriss 6 IS a group of residents who do care and do love the town they live in. These are good people who DO respect the Town Council and what it does for the town. They are also a group of people trying to help out their Council and do what is best for the town.
14. Stop Morriss 6 IS a group of people who are asking for their Council to listen to the residents and respect their ideas and TOGETHER do what is right for the town WE ALL CARE AND LOVE!
Renee
Resident who loves Flower Mound and the people who live here!!!!!
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As for some of the comments on RTM chat room, Please watch the town council meeting feed again. Not one of the eleven people who spoke ever uttered the words "refuse the funds". We asked for the item to be tabled for future meetings and for them not to act on the acceptance of funds at this time. Not once or ever on this blog has any candidate been "vilified". Each candidate has been invited to post their views unedited. Only a few accepted this invitation. Please read back through this blog and you will see we haven't changed any tune.
ReplyDeleteRenee that was perfect. This blog has always been very clear on its objectives and obviously never stated otherwise. I have not seen anywhere posted to take this subject as sole priority on election day. All posts have been courteous and fair. The blog was created to keep citizens informed on a subject that has a direct incidence on their day to day lives and has never pretended to be anything else. RTM, like many blogs, is a discussion forum on divers subjects and just like Topix some poeple like to give objective information
ReplyDeleteand enjoy a constructive dialogue and others get pleasure fueling a false polemic hiding behind a pseudo. The latter has never been the case here and will never be simply because these are sincere, concerned citizens working for a better Town for all.
Isabel Feldman