Federation seeks to keep Lake Caroline master plan as is

October 30, 2008

Federation seeks to keep Lake Caroline master plan as is

By Lucy Weber
lweber@mcherald.com

The Federation of Madison County Homeowners Association is supporting keeping the master plan for Lake Caroline as it now stands.

Requested by the Lake Caroline Owners Association, the resolution approved by the federation this week calls for the Board of Supervisors to uphold the 1998 master plan "as the only legal" plan for the development of the neighborhood.

The supervisors have scheduled a Dec. 1 public hearing to determine a master plan for Lake Caroline. A majority of the supervisors have said that no plan legally exists since an earlier board never ratified the first 1989 plan and the 1998 plan was based on that.

Lake Caroline residents oppose a new master plan because of their concern about how the supervisors will designate the 151-acres in the former golf course. Residents oppose property owner Craig Foshee's plan to build houses on what was the 18-hole course that he closed last year.

The resolution also asks the federation encourage its other 21 member associations to contact their supervisors in support of Lake Caroline.