>Valley Renewal : What are the mechanics needed to reverse the H:Zone
I’d also like to know what kind of legislation is needed to enable the only govt we elect here — the VC – to have the power to override an appointed Board’s decision and revert Master Plan changes if the elected govt decides that an appointed board has adopted something which is not in the best interest of the Village as a whole.
Can that be done via a new ordinance? Or is something else needed?
The Planning Board is not elected and I think it’s impt that elected government have the ultimate power to decide what will or will not be adopted in a Master Plan or anything else which affects the entire Village.
I realize the VC has the power to not introduce something as indeed they used following the Valley hearings.
But they should also have the power to revert changes made by any appointed board to a Master Plan or anything else which affects the Village at large.
Fine to have an appointed (not elected) board study, consider and PROPOSE amendments to a master plan, but actually ADOPTING such changes should be the duty of elected – not appointed- government.
So, either let the VC have that power as our only elected government locally, or put such proposed changes to a Village wide referendum vote when they affect the Village as a whole.
WHY? When an appointed board can just adopt amendments to a Master Plan or anything similar- we are stuck with that outcome with no recourse to revert it unless that same appointed board decides to do so.
The public then has no oversight, since neither did we appoint them nor do we have the power to recall them or vote them out if we wish to.
After all, didn’t we all read somewhere it’s SUPPOSED to be government of, by and for the people?
What are the mechanics needed to get that done- anyone know?
