Saundra McDavid

At the bottom of this post is an e-mail sent to many of the City of Eagle staff and other selected people. In the e-mail, Eagle City Councilman Steve Guerber accuses me of inaction on growth issues that affect the City of Eagle. Mr. Guerber where have you been? I have spent the last two months campaigning for State Senate in an attempt to allow our cities more autonomy in managing the growth that affects them. It is ridiculous to call my actions in growth management a “deafening silence.”

Where has the Mayor’s Office been in representing the people of Eagle in these growth issues that affect our community. As of May 30th the City has not yet prepared a staff report to address the developments that Councilman Guerber mentions in his e-mail below. Mayor Bandy has some explaining to do regarding his campaign promises of managing the growth. Letting the market manage growth for you is not a management plan!

—–Original Message—–
From: DONNA K GUERBER <dsguerber@msn.com>
To: Sheri Horton <shorton@cityofeagle.org>; alcityplanner@aol.com; bcerda@cityofeagle.org; Barbara Burton <bburton@cityofeagle.org>; bvaughan@cityofeagle.org; Crystal Skinner <cskinner@cityofeagle.org>; hhyde@cityofeagle.org; Jeff Lowe <jlowe@cityofeagle.org>; Julie Lafferty <jlafferty@cityofeagle.org>; Kellie McCombs <kmccombs@cityofeagle.org>; Michael Echeita <mecheita@cityofeagle.org>; Michael Williams <mwilliams@cityofeagle.org>; huffakerpc6@hotmail.com; mmongelli@cityofeagle.org; nbaird@cityofeagle.org; semanko@rmci.net; pbandy@cityofeagle.org; sharon@cityofeagle.org; Susan Buxton <seb@msbtlaw.com>; Ted Vanegas <tvanegas@cityofeagle.org>; Theresa Smith <tsmith@cityofeagle.org>; tosborn@cityofeagle.org
Sent: Sat, 31 May 2008 10:14 am
Subject: RE: mail 5/29/08

I know there has been discussion in and around City gatherings about the three items on the Ada County P&Z agenda (the Hartley Lane development, the Dry Creek Ranch planned community, the Jeker Place development), but I sure don’t hear much noise about the consequences of adding several thousand residences on more than 2,000 acres adjacent to or in our area of impact. Where are the irate folks when a proposal with as great an impact on Eagle and their lifestyle as M3 or Avimor is about ready to be approved by the county P&Z (at least recommended for approval by the Ada County staff) with very little protest? My question, I guess, is whether the City of Eagle should up the noise level about the impact major development outside our control will have on appropriate planning for our city? (Al, maybe you can explain what seems to be a “deafening silence” from your friends at Voice of Eagle, the Northern Foothills association, Saundra McDavid and her followers, and others supposedly concerned about growth issues in Eagle). Anyone?

STEVE GUERBER