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Emails highlight CSO uncertainty Issues remain before approval By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – A series of emails are making the rounds in Milton that paint a complicated picture of Milton’s efforts to enact a Conservation Subdivision Ordinance. The emails came to light at the Oct. 28 Planning Commission meeting, where members said they found them anony-
mously mailed to them. One member of the community, a prominent horse owner, said she also received the packet of emails, which she turned over to the Planning Commission. The Milton Herald also received the emails. Many of the emails simply pertain to Don Broussard, the consultant hired by the city to work on the CSO, and city officials, as well as other interested parties in the city and county. The emails discuss hammering out details of what should be included in the CSO.
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Public opinion is sharply divided on the issue, which has spent the better part of two years in development. Some see it as the only way to preserve some of Milton’s remaining rural or low-density areas. Others see it as a land grab, infringing on the property rights of landowners. While members of the City Council all seem to agree that something needs to be done, the question remains on how. “We are all serving in the best interests of the city, but we all haven’t agreed on the
path to get there,” said Councilmember Bill Lusk at a Nov. 9 work session. As with so many things, the devil is in the details. “When we created this city, we fought hard for no sewer and AG-1, one-acre housing,” said Mayor Joe Lockwood at the same meeting. “We are such a desirable place where everybody wants to move, it pushes people to sell land and build one-acre home sites. And people are concerned about that.” Residents seeing a building
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boom after the recession voiced concerns when dozens of new, one-acre subdivisions popped up throughout the city, clearcutting hundreds of acres of woodland and farmland in the city. The CSO conversations began in response to that con-
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