Town Hall Meeting for the Waste Water Treatment
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May 08, 2008
Hare Krsna, Vikram,
I would like to keep everyone up to date on the progress in trying to get our site plan approved. In order to get approved we need to have all the permits required by the Town of Hillsborough. There have been some changes in how the Town of Hillsborough works through this process. The biggest hold up for us has been the Waste Water Recycle System. The system has to be completely designed first and once the design is complete we then can apply for the permit.
The designed process has taken much longer than we anticipated. Now the design work is finally coming to an end and is being reviewed by the engineers. Once the review of the plans is done we can apply for a permit from the state. The process for getting the permit can take as little as one to two months with an express review process that would also be costly or the regular review process that could take four to six months to compete.
We understand the importance of this project and the uniqueness of trying to build an environmentally friendly building. This as we are finding out is adding to the time it takes to get things designed and approved. We continue to look for your support and with Krishna mercy we will see this process through.
Daya-Vira das
ISKCON of NC
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Feb 18, 2008
Today was Lord Nityanand appearance day and I had an opportunity to meet Jadurani and her husband in the temple. I asked them about the outcome of the Feb 13th meeting. She told me that the City has asked for a Waste Water Treatment permit and they did not accept the letter of explanation obtained from State.
The issue is due to bad percolation tests of the soil from the temple site. This affects the amount of runoff that will come into retention pond and thus affecting the design of the temple. City wants a waste water treatment permit before-hand to approve anything.
Jadurani is working to get necessary paper works to get this thing done. Since City has given the next date after 3 months, there is nothing that can expedite this process.
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On Wednesday Feb 13th at 7:00PM, there will be a town hall meeting at Hillsborough to go over the plan for the water system for the new temple site. We had been asked to show our plan for the proposed water treatment system. Jadurani has a letter of explanation for the board that has been recently presented. It is important that all of the members of the community come to this meeting to show our commitment and support for Radha-Golokananda's new temple.