Hi Ashley, sorry for not having replied earlier and my best wishes to you for taking on this thankless task. Yes, I know that we will all be complaining after the fact but you have given us all enough notice to come back with our comments.
As for the issue of moderation, I have had a message to the list rejected by Rico which kinda put a damper on my participation on this forum. Apparently Rico needs to control what adults say to each other here in the interest of social capital. Not sure if this one will make it. See my responses interspersed below.... On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Ashley Delaney <ashley...@gmail.com> wrote: > > does no one want to reply to this mail??????? no one want to give me ANY > input??????? > > and i thought people of saligaonet wanted to help shh... > shame on ALL of you.... > > Ashley > > am reposting in case this is till pending ... rico.. pls take me out of > moderation. > > Hi All. > thought i could take this discussion online. where we need as much of > inputs as possible. > > 1) How would u want saligao village to be recognised? > > A - whats urs? initial inputs suggest that ALL wnat saligao to be > recognised as "a heritage village" do u agree? disagree? why? pls reply > to list with comments I fail to understand this question. Why does Saligao require recognition and from whom? Apart from the Church, I'm not sure what the Heritage designation will do for development in the village. Here in Canada, anything designated as Heritage immediately has major restrictions on development. If that is the intention for Saligao, then by all means push for it but I think it will stifle the village. I think there needs to be some sort of designation of residential and commercial areas so that commercial/small industrial activity does not impinge on residents. Future road traffic flows need to be taken in to consideration when planning ahead, I'm sure there are others who are more aware of what these will entail but hiding our heads in the sand will not reduce traffic flow through the village. > > 2) the suggested FAR for the village is 60 FAR with a ground plus 2 as > maximum. meaning of a plot of 1000sq meters. the person will be allowed > to build on 200sq meters with 2 floors on top each of 200 sq meters to > make a total of 600 sq meters total habitable. > > A - here there are major disagreements.. with almost ALL except the > builder lobby seeming to suggest that to retain the heritage structure > of the village, ONLY a ground plus one opion should be allowed. menaing > that of the same eg above.. the person will build an area of 300 sq > meters and have an additional 300 sq meters on the first floor. > > in BOTH cases it has to be noted that the peron STILL gets his 600 sq > meters habitable area.. Here I tend to agree with Dilip, keeping new buildings shorter and roofing in compliance with standard tiling finish to fit into the landscape rather than flat-topped/terraced construction. Approval for plans need to include input from neighbours so that a monstrosity is not thrust into the middle of older style buildings. I'm not sure if there are any new buildable lands in Saligao, most of the construction is taking place on plots that used to have older homes on them surrounded by existing dwellings. Approval of 'gated communities' needs to be approached with caution... keeping the approval process open and transparent to the villagers. > > one argument for the ground plus 2 is that it is cheaper to build a > ground plus two as against a ground plus one. i am personally of the > opinion that this is negligible or non existent.. > > there are even inputs to lower the FAR to 50. whats ur take? I'm not sure of the implications of reducing the FAR to 50 but feel that those ratios cannot be the same for a village as compared to an urban area with much higher population densities. Sorry I don't have much more input but hope that you continue to post your queries here for consideration. As you have done here, posing specific questions that are problematic or require clarification may elicit a better response than an open-ended plea for input to the upcoming RP. Sincerely, Kevin > > your comments are awaited.. hoping to see a discussion on this on this > group. villages, NRI'is people now residing in other villages... ur > inputs are needed. > > regards > Ashley > -- > Linux - You must break it | Windows - It breaks itself > > Devine Computers > Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez, Goa. > Ph: 2409544 / 9823118321 > Branch: Opp Municipality, Shetye resicom, Shop #3. 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