The Partial Observer by Joseph Homburger

Manocherian Plan Is Neither Financially Sound Nor Sustainable

With 1,500 acres of largely undeveloped land in play with the proposed subdivision, there is the need to address the consequences of transforming the property as it currently exists into the plan the Manocherian family continues to pursue. The Manocherian plan is unsound from an economic perspective as well as from a sustainable environmental standpoint.

Calls for a moratorium on subdivisions of properties greater than 20 acres in size as the Town of Otsego moves forward with its comprehensive plan and the subsequent revisions to zoning maps, codes rules, and regulations that will be necessary to fully implement the vision of their revised comprehensive plan have gone unheeded by the Otsego Town Board. A moratorium continues to be relevant and desirable in light of the pending Town of Otsego process as well as “The Nine Element Watershed Management Plan” currently engaging the Towns of Middlefield, Otsego, Richfield, Springfield, and the Village of Cooperstown (with an investment of $750,000.00 in taxpayer funds).