This welcome bit of news comes from Dwayne Dietrich, a board member for the Estates of Shady Hollow and the primary driver against the MUD’s proposal for the cell tower near the fire station on Brodie. For background on this issue, read about ESHHOA’s initial reaction and its recent plea to the MUD board.
It’s worth noting the consideration and responsiveness of the Shady Hollow MUD Board of Directors; they were cool-headed and open to neighbors’ concerns throughout the process. Why the Shady Hollow HOA Board of Directors couldn’t manage to handle its own cell tower issue with the same kind of speed, transparency, and aplomb is rather puzzling indeed.
Here’s the letter announcing the news from Dwayne:
Shady Hollow MUD has decided NOT to move forward on the cell tower proposal as of 10/7. We are very pleased of this and thanks so much for your support. We could not have done this without the help of the blog, signs, and neighbors like you who care about the Shady Hollow quality of life and it’s future. I would especially like to thank Seth Lewis for allowing me to post on the blog and Carol Vance for the “No Cell Tower” signs. There are many others that offered words of encouragement, e-mails, and more and on behalf of the Estates of Shady Hollow Board, and I really appreciate that.
We will be sending a letter to the Shady Hollow MUD Board thanking them for listening to us and our willingness to work productively in the future. We appreciate they actually listened to the neighborhoods concerns and decided in a timely manner. Big kudos to them for the sense of urgency on making a decision and of course their intent to not allow a cell tower to be constructed.
We appreciate Gerald Daugherty for his support as well. This was my first attempt at getting an elected official involved, and I am very appreciative he picked up the phone and called me back to discuss this and understand the issues. He supported this cause and helped further communicate this to the Shady Hollow MUD Board.
The next step the Estates of Shady Hollow would like to do is to try to get the future land-use amended on the MUD property behind Edwards Hollow Run. That way, we don’t have to fight in the future on a commercial development or land-use not in congruence with a MUD’s purpose. We requested this as part of our no cell tower request to the MUD. We hope they will work with the surrounding neighborhoods to draft an agreement on this in the future.
We very much applaud the Shady Hollow MUD’s intention to build a new 24 hour Fire Station there as originally intended. We will take the land-use amendment up with the Shady Hollow MUD Board in the future and ask for their consideration. For now, we can breathe a bit easier that the cell tower issue is now behind us and we can move on.
Shady Hollow continues to be a place we call home and we have made many great memories and friends here. Thanks again for helping us.
Best,
Dwayne Dietrich
October 9, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Wonderful news!!!! I applaud the MUD for their openness to hearing the concerns of our neighbors!
Frankly, I was initially apprehensive because the residents of our adjoining Shady Hollow communities do not have formal relationships with the MUD. I was concerned that the MUD might not feel any obligation to hear their voices. Clearly my concerns were unfounded – the SH MUD Board appears to have stepped up to the plate and listened to the many — even though they had the authority to continue regardless of the community concerns. I agree completely, Seth, with your last paragraph.
Congratulations to the Estates and our other Shady Hollow community neighbors!