crisis averted

Yesterday, with 2 days to go to the big meeting, one of our future neighbors decided to oppose parts of our project. They threatened to write a letter to the planning commission and have our project pulled from the Sept. 6th agenda. My understanding is this: they had issues with the possible change in the drainage pattern of rainwater off the road and the basketball hoop that has existed in the in-laws' driveway for the last 30 years.

This was distressing to say the least. Luckily, DJ, our project manager/bomb diffuser was able to meet with these neighbors yesterday afternoon. We believe he was able to make some slight changes to the tentative map to satisfy the neighbors' requests as far as the drainage is concerned. The basketball hoop... whatever. That has nothing to do with our project, and honestly, it has nothing to do with their property either - it's 120 feet from their house. Things might be different if we all lived in one of those new subdivisions where the lots are only slightly bigger than the McMansions built on them, but we're talking about a semi-rural area, where the houses are on about an acre of land each.

Personally, I just think these neighbors are bitter because their property is right next to the busy road, and last summer a house was built to the side of their property. Once our construction is done, the only part of our property near their property will be our driveway and goats. My final thought: quit your whining and let us get on with our life. Yes, I'm upset about this. It's been almost 4 years, and to have things nearly derailed with 2 days to go to such a big step forward is incredibly frustrating. All we want is a place to raise a family. Surely they should be able to understand that.