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There are many reasons that generator must go

Re: Location, location, location, Sept. 8.

The Bayshore generator is not in the front yard of Monte Carlo. Rather, it is in the front yard of this city - on Bayshore - the city's signature and historic roadway. Moreover, the residents of Monte Carlo and the residents of Grovewood should not accept the generator in our back yard either, as it would be an unfortunate effort to shift the city's mistake and a community problem to one group of residents.

The generator is a community matter and, therefore, should be located in an area that serves the community but does not inordinately burden a few residents. It should be sited in a commercial/industrial area and not in our back yard (or under the bedroom window of one resident on Grovewood).

If a private developer or even TECO attempted to site an 8-foot-tall generator in a similar location, development review and the City Council would most surely deny the request as inconsistent and incompatible with the character of the neighborhood. It is therefore disingenuous to let the city do something that it would not permit any other private party to do. The generator is inconsistent with and incompatible with the character of this residential neighborhood.

Moreover, it belongs in a higher flood zone so that it functions as it is was designed to. I am certain that FDEP would find the city's actions in placing an emergency generator in Flood Zone A or B not in compliance with the consent decree for the emergency generator.

Lastly, the city's easement is for drainage purposes. It has two drainage structures currently located on it.

To locate an impervious structure on a pervious area serving as drainage may otherwise cause flooding problems for those on Grovewood or the Monte Carlo garage, which is below grade.

Let's not compound one problem with another. Move it to an appropriate commercial or industrial locale.

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There are many reasons that generator must go