| Reno growth advocates meet with City officials |
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June 4, 2008 08:10 AM
Reno growth advocates meet with City officials A diverse panel of Reno city leaders and sustainable growth advocates discussed the future of development in northern Nevada. Bob Fulkerson, the director of The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, has helped gather more than half of the 23 thousand signatures required for two sustainable growth measures to qualify on the November ballot. Channel 4 KRNV.com; PLAN director Bob Fulkerson represented sensible growth advocates at a meeting with city officials to discuss northern Nevada development and the initiative petitions to limit leap frog growth and the overuse of water resources.
A diverse panel of Reno city leaders and sustainable growth advocates discussed the future of development in northern Nevada. Bob Fulkerson, the director of The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, has helped gather more than half of the 23 thousand signatures required for two sustainable growth measures to qualify on the November ballot. He says, "We're a little over half way there, it's coming down to the wire, I'm a little nervous, but I think we're going to do it." Many here are pushing for two measures - one aimed at stopping projects like Winnemucca Ranch, which critics call leap frog sprawl, and the other focuses on not growing further than local water resources allow. Reno City Councilmember, Dave Aiazzi, says the city is very careful about which development projects get approved. He says, "Every development out there now has to have this standard ....I think it's a little unfair that we're getting slammed for approving these projects when we haven't approved anything yet." The Winnemucca Ranch project appears to be on hold for now. At a recent meeting the City did not grant developers the zoning change they were seeking. The issue may come up again at a hearing in August. According to the Regional Planning Governing Board, the population in the Truckee Meadows is expected to increase by more than 170 thousand people by the year 2030. |