Dallas Cothrum weighs in on the potential expansion of a Conservation District in Lakewood. Conservation districts converse little but neighborhood...
A sign posted against the Lakewood Conservation District Expansion outside of a home on Tokalon Drive on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Dallas.The city of Dallas is well on its way of expanding a conservation district in Lakewood. It’s been my experience that the only thing that is conserved once these matters are finished is animosity. The process creates a confrontation district, putting the issue into a cage match: two sides enter, only one leaves.
This may prove to be a hot potato for council member Paula Blackmon and her new plan commissioner, Neal Sleeper. Staff should have sorted this out much earlier, preventing the appointed and elected officials from taking the heat. My least favorite part of these cases is the process. People are asked to sign a form determining if it’s worthy of consideration. They do so in good faith, not understanding once it gets into the hands of city staff and a few stalwarts that something is going to pop out of the hopper. That you can’t opt out after opting in is nuts. Even the Internal Revenue Service lets you amend your tax return.The only notification was on the city website.
The opposition features some heavy hitters who know local government. On Tokalon Drive, former Dallas ISD school board president Roxan Staff and Rob Richmond, who was once the plan commissioner for the district and the chairman of the board of adjustment, are both confounded by the process and their treatment by staff.“Lakewood doesn’t need saving or being placed in amber in the 1920s-30s by a few nanny-state planners,” Richmond complained.
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