Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick USA He joined the effort led by a resident to block a novel housing development in Lower Makefield, arguing that the project is wider problems in the development of community.
An employee of Fitzpatrick and dozens of residents of Lower Makefield gathered at the meeting of the town’s zone board on Tuesday evening in opposition to zone variability for Trinity Realty Companies Development. They claimed that the land should be preserved as an open space, that development could worsen the floods, that the country house on the property was historical and that novel houses could harm existing domestic values during the deterioration of traffic.
Fitzpatrick argued these voices on Wednesday X, they were overlooked because the Lower Makefield zone council awarded variance.
“It’s not just one property,” said Fitzpatrick in the post. “It is about assuring that the future of our community is shaped by people who call it home. We have seen too often progress of development without full settlement of long -term consequences for the environment, infrastructure and quality of life. I have long been in favor of a better approach: one that prioritizes the thoughtful planning and voices of people.”
The Zone Council abandoned the number of approved units from 16 to 15 in motion, which, as one member said, “throws a bone” to interested citizens. The design must tidy a few more levels of approval before construction.
A type of local opposition to the proposed development perceptible in the lower Makefield is not occasional. It is worth noting, however, that a member of the Congress got involved in the dispute, especially considering the miniature size of the 3.5 AKRA proposals, which is a decrease in the bucket for general housing inventory in the commune of Lower Bucks.
In addition to sending a representative to the meeting of the zone board on Tuesday, Fitzpatrick met with interested neighbors, visited the site and wrote a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency, asking officials to check the problems related to the environment and road traffic.
The episode offers a window in the way the republican legislator, which represents the Purple Bucks and a piece of Montgomery, is involved in local communities in its district, even if he often avoids local media.
The Fitzpatrick office has a pattern of engaging in environmental problems in Bucks. EPA asked intervene in the review of the pipeline leak in the upper part of Makefield, He supported the efforts to fight the natural gas compressor in West Rockhill and called Closing the Rockhill quarry After discovering asbestos.
In recent months, Fitzpatrick has promoted his interventions for the lower and upper Makefield on his social media accounts, indicating this as evidence of his involvement in his voters.
And so Kyle Melander, director of the Fitzpatrick District, presented efforts in Tuesday’s meeting, criticizing the developer as soulless and disregarding the fears of residents and insisting that it was a model of the congressman.
“Whenever concern was brought … Congresmen always tells the matter,” said Melander.
But the developer’s lawyer, Jeffrey Garton, suggested that Congresmen came with hidden motifs – to get votes.
“If there were no 250 voters, would you be here tonight?” He asked Garton, referring to the petition that almost 300 inhabitants signed with applying for a delay of a zone council decision or refusal to ask the developer.
Fitzpatrick, who represents the President of the District Donald Trump, will be one of the main goals of domestic democrats in future elections.
During the interrogation in the area of the zone, the developers painted the image of the project that would fit into the neighboring community, improve rainwater treatment in this area and provide natural barriers for neighbors concerned about the closeness of development to their homes. Basically, as they argued, the fears of the neighbors should not act because the project was not carried out, and the appropriate tests will be carried out to solve the worries of many residents in the environment and floods.
Eugene Ukansky, a managing partner in Trinity Realty, said that he never met a politician involved in the project of this scale, but he said he understood why Fitzpatrick would answer the residents’ request.
“He just tries to calm voters and voting and there is no problem with it,” said Demans. “Do I think that there is a reason for involvement at this level in this project? Of course I am biased, my answer is” no “.
Despite this, the inhabitants of neighboring development were grateful to the Republican for listening to them. And they did not see his attention as political.
“It would be arduous for you to convince me that building anything at a distance of 150 feet from the place where I sleep will be good for my quality of life,” said Dennis O’Sullivan at the meeting.
And Jack Cullen, a 78-year-old Lower Makefield resident, whose house supports the proposed development, said that Congresmen met with community members last month before the visit personally and ultimately writing to EPA.
Cullen, who said that he was not very involved in politics, said that he was impressed by the inquisitiveness and care of Fitzpatrick and concern for the problem and that Fitzpatrick “must do something right to keep the place it has.”
“I wasn’t sure if we would even get a time of day from someone in this position,” said Cullen.
As the Cullen project progressed, the inhabitants were still assessing their options, and Fitzpatrick swore to remain involved.
“I will continue working with our community to protect our open space and call every selected official who values long-term management to join us, introducing these rules,” he said.
