HomeMy WebLinkAboutEndter letter via email March 2, 2015
Town of Westlake,Town Council
Members of Town Council,
My wife and I reside at , in the Glenwyck Farms subdivision. We purchased this
home September 13, 2008, and for several years we occupied this home on a temporary basis. We
moved here full time in May of 2011. We were drawn to this home and the Town of Westlake because
of the rural setting;yet still close to all of the conveniences of the city just minutes away.
We happened upon this home completely by chance. We were not in the market for a home at the time,
but after seeing the property, and researching the area (and more specifically the Town of Westlake),
we fell in love with the area and the natural beauty, as well as the high quality neighborhoods. I
remember one of the statements or mottos that the Town had on their web site "An oasis with rolling
hills,grazing longhorns, and soaring red-tailed hawks, located in the heart of the Fort Worth Dallas
metropolitan area". Because of this, the Town of Westlake provided an opportunity for us to escape the
congestion of Southern California,which was quite refreshing. During our fifty plus years in Southern
California,we saw firsthand what happens when business and development take priority over
preserving natural beauty and open space.Today where beautiful orange and citrus groves once stood,
you will only find tightly condensed housing tracts and commercial properties built with little or no
concern with respect to preserving any landscaping or buffers.
After deciding that we were interested enough to place an offer on the home that we now occupy, both
my wife and I did extensive research with respect to the area around and specifically behind our
property.The research that we performed confirmed the information that had been included and
printed in the sales brochure of the property.The information that I am referring to is a aerial View of
our property, and on this Aerial photo taken in 2007 in bold print are the words
"backs to a 500 foot building restricted greenbelt with walking trails maintained by the Town of
Westlake,accessible from a back yard gate". We liked this, but we did not take this information as
gospel. We consulted with our realtor and asked that he do additional research to confirm that nothing
could be built within this 500 foot greenbelt,which he did and confirmed. We did additional research
with the Town of Westlake direct;we discovered the 2004 land use plan which also confirmed in print
that this land was dedicated "open space". With all of our research we were satisfied that this was
"protected greenbelt space" and would never become a concern adversely affecting the value of our
property. Based on all of our research we were confident and we proceeded in placing an offer and
purchasing the home we now occupy.
After spending an extended amount of time (five months) in California the end this past year we were
both shocked to return home to learn of the Town of Westlake—proposed Thoroughfare Plan with a
proposed "cut through" right behind our home. Our immediate thoughts were that the "protected open
space" is being sacrificed with little or no concern of the residents. We do not understand how the
Town Council could barter or trade this dedicated open space in exchange for a roadway. We have
experienced too many times in our lifetime how the greed of business can drive the outcome and
destroy so much of what makes an area so desirable to live in.The proposed Dove to Solana cut through
will, in our opinion,just encourage an increase of vehicle traffic through the residential areas of
Westlake. Rather than a solution to traffic congestion during the peak traffic time,this cut through will
simply multiply the number of vehicles by providing an alternate and possibly more scenic route home
or through the area.
We ask the Town council to listen to the residents of Westlake and specifically to those residents of
Glenwyck who chose their homes in this community within the Town of Westlake based on the
assurance that we would always have a "restricted greenbelt" behind our properties. We ask that the
Town council remove the "Dove to Solana cut through" and keep Dove Road a "Pastoral Collector Road".
Sincerely,
Jon and Cheryl Endter
Westlake
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