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Toby Crotty Neighbor

Wednesday July 2 2025 10:06pm

Overdevelopment

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Just wondering, how many people in Saline (especially south side) are dealing with the critter invasion? We got an over abundance of rabbits, raccoons, skunks, deer, woodchucks etc. They have decimated our vegetable gardens as well as our flower gardens. This has gotten significantly worse over the last few years. This year is the absolute worst. The city does absolutely nothing towards animal control. The mayor and his administration only care about increased tax revenue. BUILD, BUILD, BUILD. No consideration as to what they are doing to natural habitats that are pushing these animals further and further into neighborhoods. This makes it extremely difficult and frustrating to even try to grow a garden or plant flowers to enhance the environment (pollinators), or beautify our properties which has a positive effect on the entire neighborhood.

This is NOT NATURE AND CERTAINLY NOT THE ANIMALS FAULT! This is our city government’s greed to continue to overdevelop with no regard to environmental impact or added stress to our already failing infrastructure!

Instead of a “lazy river” or a “gathering place” invest taxpayer dollars into ecological conservation and efforts to protect wildlife. The animals were here first, this is their home!

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Eric J Neighbor

7-03-2025 4:33pm

More rabbits than usual here on S. Ann Arbor street than years past.

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

7-03-2025 5:22pm

Woodchucks, skunk, deer, and rabbits have literally decimated our raised vegetable beds. We have plastic fencing around the entire beds but the critters are still getting in some way. We’ve tried every natural repellent out there to no avail. We are getting ready to just pull all vegetables out of the beds and call it quits. We have spent hundreds of dollars on our gardens only to be destroyed by the critters who now live in the city instead of the country. City government turns a deaf ear and does nothing but continue to build.
Neighbors also need to be aware that if they aren’t maintaining their yards and putting ground barriers up along sheds and fences they are giving these invasive creatures a new home.
Been here almost 30 years and never had any of these issues except the last 2-3 years. The city could at least be proactive enough by sending out a mailing that offers suggestions to residents as to how to keep their property critter free. Remember, what’s living in your yard most likely impacts your neighbors!

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

7-03-2025 5:24pm

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

7-03-2025 7:14pm

Neighbors PLEASE pay attention to the critters that are making your yard home. We have always had a great harvest which we share generously with neighbors. Not this year. Our garden has been destroyed by critters and the apathy of our neighbors.

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N A Neighbor

7-05-2025 7:58pm

I’m interested in this “Lazy River” you mentioned. Where do I vote yes for that?

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Sam Henry Neighbor

7-06-2025 12:56pm

I always get a kick out of people complaining about development with regard to pushing out wildlife due to their home being built. I myself and certainly everyone else live in a house that used to be an empty field. I am part of that issue, so are you! It would be comical for me to say that as soon as my house was built that no other homes could be built so that animals could keep their habitat. Instead of blasting the city you could have made this into a very nice letter to the community advising them what they can do to help deter and control these animal populations.

From what I know the developers building these homes are not related to anyone in city government. Just people trying to make money by buying land and then building homes on their land. Are you suggesting that the city government should be in control of what people do with their property?

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Toby Crotty Neighbor

7-07-2025 6:22pm

Any development has to get approval from the municipality before they can build. So the city does control how much land can be developed. This is why we have protected land that can’t be built on or rezoned. My opinion is that the city of Saline continues to approve the “OVERDEVELOPMENT” with no regard to environmental impact or added stress on our already failing infrastructure. All homeowners should be aware that it’s their responsibility to maintain their property and do their due diligence to insure their surrounding neighbors are not affected by negligence. Common sense.