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Why We Oppose a Bridge Over
Lake Lavon
The Bridge Paths Reward Certain Influential
Developers
While Obliterating Citizens
If Collin County's mission is to
fairly serve the entire eastern shore, then logically they should
have never placed the study area so far south. It appears
logic and reason were not their motivations, so we looked for other
motivations. Observation: The routes all nicely serve land
that is owned by various Hunt corporations.
Just the placement of a line for route will manipulate land values and real estate development.
Some property will be come highly desirable while others investments
will be ruined. Home owner after home owner will be left with so
little value in their property, they will never financially recover.
The HUNT Connection:
The most Recent Hoagland to Hunt
Campaign
Donation, $5000, February 22, 2010
Address -
1601 ELM ST STE 3400, Dallas TX, is
just one of many through the years.
There is nothing legally wrong
with a
company trying to better the value of their assets. There is
nothing legally wrong with a Commissioner taking campaign donations
from such investors. There is also nothing wrong
when citizens look at
Campaign Finance Reports
and property
ownership records, to come this conclusion; concerns of
citizens do not matter nearly as much as the concerns of wealthy campaign
donating investors.
HNTB's documents submitted with their invoices to Collin County show
"project coordination meetings with various cities in the lake area.
They also show a
meeting
with "Hunt Properties."
Hunt investments are being given treatment equal to that of
a city, and the taxpayers are being "invoiced" for the meeting.
Hunt Related Lake Area Property -
TOO MANY TO MARK ON A MAP:
Here is a
spreadsheet listing all the
properties that
hold the same address as the
Hunt donation (Also includes Paul
Cheng, Hunt's Partner in Grand Heritage)
Click for a list of Hunt related companies
(Also includes Paul
Cheng, Hunt's Partner in Grand Heritage)
List of TOP 10 Property Tax Payers for Collin County (Note
Community ISD, page 13 & City of Lavon, page 23)
Hunt Related Property West Lake Area
(HHEC SPINCO):
HNTB's "optimal" preferred route shown at the May 19th public
meeting is the red route. It skirts the bottom of the HHEC
property at Hwy 1378 and Parker Road.
Recently Sold Hunt Property, Central Lake Area - Peninsula:
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HHEC land was north of all the proposed routes, but
NONE of their land was taken. In contrast, the folks just south of
the HHEC land are completely engulfed by the right of way, as the
preferred "red" route runs through home after home.
NOTE: (Feb 2010
these HHEC properties were sold AFTER HNTB and Collin County presented
the first set of routes, October 2009. The routes probably
increased the value of these properties
Hunt's involvement with bridge
location goes back to 2005:
In September, 2005, this bridge was clearly a
desirable option for Mr. Don Dillard, a Hunt Corporation - Real Estate
Division Representative :
MINUTES Lucas City Council - Special Meeting - September 29, 2005
In 2005 Hunt and Cheng were developing
Grand Heritage (and are still heavily invested in that area).
Their representatives give a clear view of their vision for the area in
this article.
A Rising
Tide on Lavon's Shores - December 30, 2005
Later, Mr. Don Dillard, while working for Mr. Hunt, served on the 2007 Transportation Committee.
In that committee $500,000 was earmarked for
the Lavon Bridge Study and the study area was discussed. Mr.
Dillard was not a lake area resident.
(Not one person from any of the areas affected by the bridge had
been appointed by our Precinct Commissioners, Mr. Jaynes, and Mr.
Hoagland. Lake area citizens had no representation on that pivotal
committee.)
By 2008 things were not looking that great for the Lavon area land
investments. This timeframe corresponds to the beginning
stages of the Lavon Lake Bridge Study.
Other Hunt
Connections: March 26,2010, at a TxDot
meeting with Mr. Hoagland, he showed a group of SLL members this bridge
route (in white), as it connects to Parker road.
(This is not a photo of the route drawn by Mr. Hoagland, but several
members who were at the meeting have verified that this is the route
location he demonstrated.)
The red route is the preferred route,
as of the May 19, 2010, presentation.
The
agenda indicates that this route is subject to change.
Even if this red route is approved now, there is no way to know
where the bridge route will be moved.
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