23
August
2008
Dear, Mayor Hobgood, Councilman Jack Goodwin, Councilwoman Pat Tanner and Councilwoman Amelia Rose,
The citizens of Canton and Cherokee County are very grateful for the courage you displayed, under the heavy pressure from the developer and interested parties to stand tall and cast your vote for the best interests of the citizens and the future of the City of Canton.
The Citizens of Canton are very fortunate to have your dedicated, honorable, responsible, and ethical commitment of service to the community.
Your integrity is unquestionable. You all truly displayed your commitment to the oath you took to serve the people.
CANTON IS FORTUNATE FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU!!
Ryan 
Canton West 
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18
August
2008
PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF JAMES CREEK, BY PEC DEVELOPMENT IN FORSYTH COUNTY - A SIMILAR COMMUNITY TO THE PROPOSED CANTON WEST PROJECT WITH SIMILAR TOPOGRAPHY. A CANTON RESIDENT TURNED THESE PICTURES INTO A VIDEO AND POSTED IT TO YOU TUBE.
CLICK ON THIS LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIlIPxps-Yc
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE CONNECTING WITH THE LINK PROVIDED - VISIT YOU TUBE AND ENTER NO CANTON WEST IN THE SEARCH BOX AT THE TOP.
* NOTE THIS VIDEO WILL SHOW THE LEAST DENSE FUTURE OF CANTON WEST. THESE PHOTOS ARE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. CANTON WEST WILL ALSO HAVE TOWN HOMES, APARTMENTS, CONDOS, LOFTS, STACKED FLATS.
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18
August
2008
AFTER PEC MOWS THE MOUNTAINS DOWN :
Canton West Plan:
300 - Condomimium units
70 - 50 foot lots
28 - front loaded townhomes
200 - units - senior living
69 - 40 foot lots - single family detached (how do you fit a detached home on
a fourty foot lot?)
270 - rear loaded Townhome
112 - stacked flats (sounds like a fancy word for apartment)
125 - Lofts over retail (doesn’t that sound appealing)
233 - 60 foot lots single family detached
397 - 70 foot lots single family detached
155 - 90 foot lots single family detached
And the winner is :
298 - 100 foot lots single family detached
+ 1,344 MORE HOMES IN THE COUNTY
They buy this land dirt cheap and then they want to mow it down and squeeze almost 3,500 homes and they are surprised that the majority of the people are opposed to this. Did they expect that we would turn our wallets inside out to give them every last cent so that they can turn this deal of the century into their profit machine at our expense? I guess they thought we would all be a gullible as Council Woman Jo Ellen Wilson.
March 11, 2005– Warranty Deed between Bowater Incorporated and Little Creek Road Partners, LP – Purchased 1711.927 acres for $10,614,000.00. This equates to a purchase price of $6,200.00 per acre. (Information from County Clerk staff – Transfer Tax is 1% of the purchase price of the transaction.)
March 15, 2005 – Little Creek Road Partners, LP – Deed to secure debt with Southern National Bank, Marietta, Georgia. Promissory Note - $9,163,700.00 with a final maturity date occurring on or before February 15, 2008.
May 17, 2007 – Warranty Deed between Old Shoal Creek, LLC, grantor, and Little Creek Road Partners, LP, Grantee. Purchased 682.517 acres for $7,850,300.00. This equates to a purchase price of $11,501.50 per acre.
May 17, 2007 - Little Creek Road Partners, LP – Deed to secure debt with Georgian Bank, Alpharetta, Georgia. Note - $21,100,000.00 with a financial maturity date occurring on or before May 10, 2008. (Available records do not show this security deed cancelled)
JUST SAY NO TO CANTON WEST!!!
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17
August
2008
CANTON CURRENT HOUSING:
SINGLE FAMILY - EXISTING UNITS 3,584
MULTI FAMILY - EXISTING UNITS 2,516
TOTAL EXISTING HOUSING UNITS 6,100
SINGLE FAMILY - COMPLETED LOTS, NOT YET BUILT 1,318
SINGLE FAMILY - APPROVED LOTS, NOT YET BUILT 6,248
MULTI-FAMILY - APPROVED LOTS, NOT YET BUILT 1,362
TOTAL APPROVED HOUSING UNITS NOT YET BUILT 8,928
BASED ON BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN 2006,2007,2008 - CANTON CURRENTLY HAS A 17 YEAR SUPPLY OF APPROVED HOUSING UNIT, NOT YET BUILT.
8,928 APPROVED HOUSING UNIT VS 6,100 EXISTING HOUSING UNITS = 1.46% ADDITIONAL HOMES. THIS MEANS THAT CANTON’S POPULATION WILL ALMOST TRIPLE WHEN THE APPROVED HOUSING UNITS ARE BUILT.
WHY DOES CANTON NEED TO APPROVE 2,132 MORE HOMES?
HOW WILL CANTON PAY FOR THE NEEDS OF THE HOUSING UNITS ALREADY APPROVED - THE CITY HAS A BOND/LOAN DEBT OF $60 MILLION DOLLARS.
WHO WILL PAY FOR THE NEEDS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IF THIS LAND IS ANNEXED?
WHO WILL PAY FOR THE 4 NEW SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT TO ACCOMIDATE THE CHILDREN OF CANTON WEST?
WHO WILL PAY FOR THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL 27,000 CAR TRIPS PER DAY
WATER QUALITY : AFTER PEC BULL DOZES EVERY LAST TREE DOWN AND MOWS THE MOUNTAINS DOWN - WHO WILL PAY TO REMOVE ALL OF THE SILT FROM THE ETOWAH RIVER AND LAKE ALLATOONA?
WATER QUANTITY: DOES CANTON HAVE THE WATER SUPPLY TO SERVICE THESE ADDITIONAL HOMES?
AIR QUALITY: CANTON WEST DOES NOT PASS THE ARC’S AIR QUALITY BENCHMARK. DOES CANTON HAS A SECRET FOR CLEANING THE AIR FROM THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT CURRENT RESIDENTS WILL NOT SUFFER?
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17
August
2008
CANTON WEST THE PROPOSED MIXED USE COMMUNITY
CITY OF CANTON - CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008 AT 6:00 P.M.
WHERE: CANTON CITY HALL, 115 ELIZABETH STREET,
CANTON, GA 30114
1. Annexation of 901.8 acres
2. Re-zoning from AG to PUD - 2,132 Homes
* THE DEVELOPER WILL ALSO SEEK RE-ZONING IN CHEROKEE COUNTY FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY 1,400 ACRES - THIS COMMUNITY, “CANTON WEST” PROPOSES A TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES OF 3,467
CANTON WEST HOMES: APARTMENTS, CONDOS, TOWNHOMES AND SINGLE FAMILY.
CONTACT CITY COUNCIL & MAYOR HOBGOOD:
Jo Ellen Wilson - 770-479-8631, jew@reinhardt.edu
Gene Hobgood - 678-880-2903, geneh@canton-georgia.com
Lester Cantrell - 770-479-4625
Wally Fowler - 770-479-2863
Pat Tanner - 770-479-8676, patanner@canton-georgia.com
Jack Goodwin - 770-479-1082, jackgoodwinjr@gmail.com
Amelia Rose - 770-479-4914
06-12-085-dri-report.pdf < Click link to read ARC Report
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