Vol. 37, No. 40 3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
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VC re-vote
on hold?
Picking a winner
Valley Central cancels work
session on referendum
By TED REMSNYDER
The future of a second potential
Valley Central public bond referendum
vote later this year remains uncertain
after the Board of Education completed
a special work session on the proposal
on Wednesday without coming to a
resolution on the bond. At the end of the
Sept. 23 session, which was held prior to
the board’s regular meeting, the council
decided to hold another special meeting
on the bond proposal on Oct. 3. However,
at the end of the week the district
announced that the Oct. 3 work session
had been canceled, with no replacement
date yet scheduled in its place.
During Wednesday’s special meeting,
the board listened to a presentation from
Thomas Ritzenthaler of the CSArch
architectural firm about the latest
proposals for the potential referendum
vote that could be held in December. After
the public voted down the district’s initial
$22.7 million bond proposal by a 30-vote
margin in August, the administration
decided to focus on a second proposal
that would include multiple propositions.
The first prop would include the
refurbishment of the High School-Middle
School complex parking lot in advance of
the state Department of Transportation’s
installation of a traffic light outside of
the lot on Route 17K next year. The first
prop would also include additional safety
measures for schools throughout the
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Rev Jim Van Houten (r) helps a young contestant select her frog for the Walden Frog Jumping contest, Saturday, at the Walden Harvest
Festival. More photos on page 19.
Montgomery projects press onward
By RACHEL COLEMAN
“The main change that we made was
the removal of the entrance to Route
17K,” said engineer Larry Marshall.
Marshall’s update on the proposed
warehouse complex at the intersection
of Route 17K and Bracken Road was
welcome news to the residents crowded
into the Montgomery Planning Board
meeting last week.
The project, referred to as 915
Route 17K, LLC, originally called for
a 74,050-square-foot warehouse, a
59,640-square-foot warehouse and a
1,000-square-foot office building, with two
accesses onto Bracken Road and one onto
Route 17K. The troubled intersection
has been a concern for local residents
from day one, due to the expected surge
in traffic and its history of motor vehicle
accidents.
Lake Vue Road resident Cory Zahakos
said that while he definitely appreciated
the change, there are many questions and
concerns that are not being answered or
addressed. Those concerns ranged from
the proposed wells and their effect on
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