Nature's Valley - Letters to the editor No: 1
No1 - 380 and 381 - Responses
LETTERS FROM:
We have received the following letters from readers in response to an article
that appeared in the
N.V.R.A newsletter erven 380 and 381
(click on the link and read the article on "Vacant land")
Letter from:- Mornay du Plessis
Nature’s Valley News
Letter to the editor
Re: Article in your latest Newsletter – Erven 380/381
The two erven referred to above has been lying dormant for the last 30 years,
and has been used by builders and other property owners to dump their rubble.
The two properties, belong, de-facto, to Bitou Municipality, as well as certain
other properties in Nature’s Valley.
By sub-dividing and selling these properties, the Municipality will, inter alia,
open them up for a cleaner, more environmental friendly purpose, generating
funds to be used for capital expenditure and utilize a dormant area for a better
purpose.
The selling of these properties will, as mentioned above, generate additional
income, (both capital and operational) that might alleviate the property owner’s
tax/tariff burden.
The disposing of unused and non-income producing properties by the Municipality
can only be beneficial to the rate payers of Nature’s Valley.
I strongly approve of the Municipality selling their “non-core” properties,
combined with the necessary building restrictions, to eventually benefit the
Valley.
The fact that the relevant erven are in the Forest Drive area, will prevent
houses being build as those in St Michaels
and St Andrews ( Gauteng Suburban
houses), and will in all probability fit in with the “image” that we treasure in
the Valley.
We have the Phyl Martin Park and the “Fynbos Reserve” as open areas, coupled
with the totality of The VASELOT Nature’s Reserve, around us- do we need more?
Mornay du Plessis
244 Forest Drive (permanent resident and tax payer)
Letter from: Frans Wagener
More about Erfen 380 and 381You will have read the article about these two adjoining Open Spaces in the centre of Nature’s Valley in the September NVRA News Letter.
The same text has been sent to the municipal Director of Public Works by Maaike Murphy, under cover of the accompanying letter.
Maaike is a permanent resident and member of the Open Spaces Sub-committee of the NVRA.
The Director’s response is awaited.
In the interim, Daan Muller has prepared the accompanying list of 37 indigenous trees and seven alien invasive plants which he has identified on these erfen. Daan is a permanent resident and retired .
He emphasises that, despite its length, the list is the result of a cursory inspection only and should not be regarded as comprehensive
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