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| Theresa Daily | 10/7/2013 8:14:02 AM |
| To the Zoning Board: I ask you, before this goes any further, please do your part and make the decision to order an Environmental Impact Study (EIS). | |
| Kiri Abbas | 9/29/2013 2:02:38 PM |
| I was born and raised in Eagle River and currently am raising my children in Chugiak. I am strongly against any dumping facility in our area. No matter how 'inert' materials may be- we don't need a garbage pile next to where our new generations are growing. How did this ever get any sort of approval? Haven't we seen case after case of water leaching into drinking systems and causing cancers, sickness and death? Why would we volunteer to do that now?? Absolutely unacceptable. WE are the ones drinking, washing and living with the water affected. Even if it seems 'fine' right away, what about five, ten, or even twenty years from now?? | |
| Diane Payen | 9/20/2013 9:31:44 PM |
| I have lived in the Chugiak area for most of the last 30 years and am a 32 year resident of Alaska. I strongly oppose the proposed rezoning that would allow the 30 year Monofill project in Chugiak. The Old Glenn Hwy industrial area of Chugiak needs to be cleaned up, not expanded! To allow this monofill to be developed will hamper progress toward that goal. NO TO THE PROPOSED ZONING AND THE MONOFILL PROJECT IN CHUGIAK! | |
| Bonnie Foster | 9/15/2013 10:49:45 PM |
| This mono fill dump has NO place in our community. There is an award winning dump that Ekluntna corporation will have to pass on the way to this unlined dump in order to save $28.00 a ton....This mine will poison our water and the streams in the area....These will harm us, our children and our animals. Some of the streams have a salmon run in them...Are they worth loosing? We have victims living in this area from the Chernobyl disaster. While this would not be a nuclear disaster, it would still affect our children from a health standpoint for years to come.....Please don't allow a monofill dump in this residential area....Please don;t allow the all mighty dollar sign to win against the residents of this area.....Progress is necessary, this is not progress, this is a disaster.... | |
| Betty Zaragoza | 9/15/2013 8:22:16 PM |
| My husband and I strongly oppose the proposed re-zoning of the parcel of land from rural residential. We have lived in the Eagle River/Chugiak area for 30 years. Chugiak is not an appropriate location for a construction debris landfill. The proposed monofil should not be allowed to exist next to residential areas, parks, bike path, schools and senior centers. Please do not approve this permit. | |
| JON VAN ZYLE | 9/14/2013 7:32:26 PM |
| REGARDING EKLUTNA INC PROPOSED UNLINED DUMP SITE . DO NOT GO AGAINST THE PUBLIC WISHES ON THE PROPOSAL .. ALLOWING AN UNLINED DUMP SITE THAT WILL CERTAINLY POISON ALL WATER WELLS , AND 3 KNOWN SALMON STREAMS THAT ARE ' DOWN STREAM ' FROM THIS UNLINED SITE IS COMPLETELY LUDICROUS... WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR NOT , SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO THE MIX ... COMMON SENSE ALLOWS THAT GUARANTEED POISONING OF DRINKING WATER , SALMON STREAMS , CLASS A WET LANDS ( THE HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION OF ALL WET LANDS ) IS WRONG . THE CARCINOTENS IN THE DISPOSED TRASH IN THIS SITE ARE FULLY DOCUMENTED , ( LOOK IT UP ). I FULLY REALIZE THAT THERE ARE POLITICAL AND MONETARY ASPECTS THAT WILL BE GAINED IN ALLOWING THIS PROPOSAL TO GO THROUGH , HOWEVER PLEASE CONSIDER THE ' HIGH GROUND ' , AND DO NOT ALLOW IT TO GO THROUGH ... THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPROMISES THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT. POSSIBLY CONSIDER, THE MOA GIVING DISCOUNTS TO RECYCLING COMPANIES TO CONTINUE USING THE TAX PAYED EXISTING LINED LANDFILL ...( KEY WORDS ARE ' TAXPAYER AND LINED ') ...POISONING WELLS, AND PEOPLE , AND FISH , IS NOT ONE OF THEM !! | |
| Scott Girard | 9/13/2013 7:53:40 PM |
| There are many reasons why the Eklutna/Central Recycling Services (CRS) monofill dump should not be located at its proposed site off of Kerbow Lane. Most detrimental is the risk the monofill dump presents to creeks, lakes and the area-wide water table. The water table is exposed at the bottom of the ravine that Eklutna/CRS want to fill with construction and demolition debris. This construction and demolition debris is referred to as being “inert,” however, it is well documented that this “inert” material has the potential to leach out sulfates, iron, manganese, dissolved solids, arsenic as well as other metals and organic compounds. An ADEC requirement has been for 10-foot of fill to be placed as a buffer to separate this “inert” debris from the water table. The fill would be placed on the native soil and the monofill debris pile would be formed directly on top of this fill. Precipitation and snowmelt, under the influence of gravity, will infiltrate and percolate through the debris pile and through the 10-foot of buffer material until it reaches the water table. The conservation of mass principle requires that water that enters at the top of the debris pile must equal water out of the debris pile. The processed and shredded nature of the construction and demolition debris ensures maximum surface area to the percolating water. The percolating water or leachate, will be a liquid equivalent of the so called “inert” construction and demolition waste and will feed straight into the water table. The monofill dump is essentially a highly efficient mechanism to infuse harmful leachate into the water table. Construction of the monofill has nothing to do with recycling but everything to do with CRS’s profit margin. CRS’s so called “inert” material belongs in a lined landfill designed to prevent contamination of the water table. The monofill’s leachate will find its way into Mink and Fire Creeks and into hundreds of private wells. The proposed ground water monitoring wells that Eklutna plans to install around the debris pile are pointless at protecting the groundwater. All that the monitoring wells could provide is information as to when the leachate reaches the water table. At that point it is simply too late. You can’t just remove the “inert” material and undo contamination of the water table at least not at a cost bearable to CRS or Eklutna. This is not recycling, this is environmental poisoning at its finest. | |
| Theresa Daily | 9/12/2013 1:58:42 PM |
| Just so you can get an idea of what could happen -----> Poisons found in debris landfills - Ohio ( pollutants in water from all 30 facilities) September 1, 2013 at 8:38pm "...Things changed in 2003 after federal officials declared a debris landfill in Warren Township in Trumbull County an "urgent health hazard." Water there reacted with gypsum wallboard to create toxic clouds of hydrogen sulfide gas....." for details go to this link below & Search "Poisons found in debris landfills" www dispatch (dot com) | |
| Cheryl Smith | 9/9/2013 5:08:26 PM |
| I have been a resident of Chugiak for the past 35 years. My children grew up here and attended Chugiak Elementary and now my little grand children also, go to school here. I strongly oppose to the rezoning that would allow a 30 year old Mono fill project in the center of Chugiak. Not only is this project stupid, dumb and & dumbness, I feel the MOA and Eklutna only cares about the money. Everything about this project is bad from A to Z that everyone in our community has brought to you attention. Please do not let a big corporation like Eklutna dictate to you for the livelihood of our community. | |
| Thomas Lambert | 9/9/2013 8:41:54 AM |
| please don't go ahead with this dump. it's not needed and is bad for our community | |
| Theresa Daily | 9/7/2013 12:05:44 PM |
| I ask our community and our representatives. What is more valuable, the location for industry to make money or the water we drink? | |
| Martha M (Marti) Rogers | 9/6/2013 10:01:19 PM |
| We have an award-winning land fill site in the MOA already. Part of this site is a special block for just the kind of materials that would go into this proposed mono-fill site. The existing site is lined and protected. The new site is unlined and unprotected. Why would we choose to put an unlined, un-shielded dump in an area between a park (with a playground, a pre-school and a Senior Center where users and residents of these facilities will be exposed to the toxic chemicals released into the air and water we all breath and drink. There is no recycling to be done at this site - that will take place before the materials reach the new site. What will be in the new site is the residue after recycling - which are toxic elements. Common sense says this should not happen. Do not allow this mono-fill site to be established, please. Listen to the residents of the community and answer their needs. | |
| June Price | 9/6/2013 5:25:38 PM |
| Why do the anti-monofill signs and/or banners keep disappearing? I've checked and know for a fact that they're not being taken down by that group and that they are in legal spots for that sorta thing. | |
| Theresa Daily | 8/14/2013 12:45:25 PM |
| The Question: Does construction debris landfills pose a threat to public health? ---> According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the decomposition of gypsum drywall and organic debris produce emissions which are a threat to public safety. Gypsum drywall breaks down into hydrogen sulfide when exposed to water. Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, flammable gas that smells like rotten eggs. People with preexisting respiratory conditions, immature respiratory systems, heart problems, or nervous system disorders are more sensitive to hydrogen sulfide exposure. Low level exposure to hydrogen sulfide may make respiratory conditions (like asthma) worse, and may produce symptoms such as headache, nausea, and fatigue. High level exposures to hydrogen sulfide may produce serious injury or death. The decomposition of organic debris (like wood) produces methane and other flammable gases. Surface and subsurface fires may occur at construction debris landfills as a result of these flammable gases. Construction debris landfill fires emit vaporized toxic compounds and are costly, difficult, and dangerous to fight. Please do not allow a construction debris landfill in Chugiak. | |
| Angelina Fraize | 8/13/2013 11:12:48 PM |
| This area is not appropriate for a monofill! Alaska is full of uninhabited land. Lets not be cheap and irresponsible in our backyards and parks! This proposal is plain silly. It's right in the middle if everything. Our homes, our kids education, our recreation, our life! Please consider us! | |
| Bob Engberg | 8/13/2013 10:31:09 AM |
| I'll keep the very simple: allow a dump in my neighborhood I'll be moving out immediately (regardless of property value). | |
| Judith Bittner | 8/12/2013 6:27:44 PM |
| The Iditarod National Historic Trail crosses the proposed rezoning area. I would like wording included in the rezoning action to specifically address a buffer in the area to protect and preserve this historic trail corridor. Rezoning the area without addressing the Iditarod National Historic Trail would be counter to its designation as a National Historic Trail. | |
| June Price | 8/12/2013 11:27:17 AM |
| Thirteen plus years ago I made my first summer visit to Alaska, spending an extended time in Chugiak with a friend. I fell in love with the area. Little did I know how close my friend lived to what is now targeted as a monofill dump. Without that pre-knowledge, I seriously looked for a home there but, with property values high, eventually moved to the Mat-Su Valley. That didn't end my love of Chugiak, however, and I've returned frequently to visit, shop and simply enjoy the natural wonders to be found there. Ironically, I wonder: If this monofill dump goes in, were I to look for a home in Chugiak afterward, would I find property values to have fallen? I wouldn't be surprised. No one wants to live near a potentially dangerous or even smelly dumpsite. In fact, as I've followed the discussions of this case, I even have to wonder if I'll even feel safe stopping by my usual haunts in Chugiak to just eat or shop. I'm sure I won't be the only one who would harbor such doubts. My current inclination is to think that I might find myself urging guests and even Iditarod time friends who visit NOT to visit that area, something I've never hesitated to do. Should others follow my inclination, the businesses and attractions in the area will be the biggest losers. Bottom line, the monofill dumpsite is a negative from any angle I look at it. I hate to think about a place I love being treated with such disrespect. | |
| Kim Troyer | 8/11/2013 11:34:30 AM |
| Please listen to us, the residents of the area in which you want to pollute. Please look at all the facts about this company who wants to invade our community, their bad reputation and sneaky ways should speak volumns to you. I could remind you of all the outdoor life we have in Chugiak but my fellow neighbors have done this. I want you to ask yourselves how would u feel if it was your family growing up on top of this deadly, self monitored dumb. How would you feel about your beautiful view being taken away from you. Ask yourselves is this the best place for this dumb and why is the muni not working with constructions companies to make it affordable for them to dumb where these issues can be controlled, why put the burdens and health issues on a community that did not ask for it. Construction companies complain about high cost for their dumping. Well, this is the business that they chose and why aren't they working hard with the muni to help them instead of expecting a community to allow their waste in to destroy a community and bring health issue. Shame on you Alaska for expecting a community to do this. There are other answers that would not involve human life and communities. I beg of you not to allow this zone change to take place. Please listen to all of us out here that would have to live with all the changes you would be allowing , but most of all to our water. If this mono fill dumb is allowed then I would like to put an invitation out to all of you to come to my house for dinner where I shall serve you all water to drink and food that was made from our water. Please protect human rights and human lives by saying NO to this zoning change that would allow for this toxic waste to be dumbed in our precious land. Thank you, and I pray that you all make the right decision. | |
| Johnny White | 8/11/2013 11:22:54 AM |
| Our community is STRONGLY OPPOSED to the monofill. There are many DANGERS involved in this proposal – and no tangible benefit to our neighborhood. I am very concerned about the site’s proximity to areas where our children play. Obviously property values will decrease, but more importantly there will be major long-term health risks for the local residents – our private wells could be affected along with the local streams and wetlands. This proposal has been a major topic of conversation in my neighborhood. EVERY single person I have talked to has said that they oppose the Eklutna Monofill. This is a terrible idea for our community. Please listen to the local residents and do NOT approve this! | |
| Nick Stout | 8/9/2013 12:41:38 PM |
| I oppose the zoning change to allow this project to go forward. The community has expressed its opposition to a project that has unanswered environmental questions. The project does not fit with the neighboring properties usage and would create additional safety concerns in the area. | |
| M Colleen Pucillo-Stout | 8/9/2013 12:01:14 PM |
| NO MONOFILL in CHUGIAK! As a resident of this community, I am vehemently opposed to the development of this monofill in the heart of our community. The proposed site is surrounded by Loretta French Park, a beautiful walking/biking/running trail, Ptarmigan Valley trailhead, the Oberg community center, a preschool focused on early intervention services, businesses and neighborhoods. As a community, we are rightly concerned about many aspects of the development of this monofill such as the toxins that may negatively impact the groundwater that fuels our wells and surrounding wetlands. TAKE the TIME to read the research regarding the the toxicity that occurs when sheetrock/gypsum board is placed in areas with high moisture levels. Our Chugiak community has gathered over 800 signatures in opposition of developing a monofill in the HEART of our community. LISTEN to the the opposition of these residents and the VALID reasons for our oppositions. NO MONOFILL! | |
| Scott Girard | 8/7/2013 6:20:48 PM |
| The proposed Eklutna monofill dump must not be approved for so many reasons. The details presented in J.A. Munter Consulting Inc.'s 6/27/2013 report on the Hydrogeological Evaluation of the Proposed Central Monofill Services (CMS) site in Palmer, Alaska must be read and heeded by the P&Z Board. Since the the proposed Eklutna/CMS monofill site off of Kerbow Lane is different than the CMS site in Palmer a hydrogeological evaluation must be made for the Kerbow site. There is much to be considered and concerned about with regards to the certain leachate from the monofill waste material and the risk to wells and the water table. The P&Z Board must insist that an independent hydrogeological study be performed on the impact of Eklutna's monofill. To not do so would be irresponsible with potentially catastrophic results. The P&Z Board needs to evaluate Eklutna's rezoning request by independently evaluating the appropriate scientific evidence. There are so many things wrong with locating Eklutna's monofill dump at this location that it just boggles the mind that anyone would even consider doing it. | |
| Theresa Daily | 8/4/2013 2:25:10 AM |
| NO MONOFILL: The Birchwood monofill site is no role model, the site failed to keep other "non inert" dumping, it has more than construction debris in it, ask anyone that has been down there, it was out of control with illegal dumping. I have no faith in a new site being any different given CRS's track record in Palmer. We do have a municipal dump ready and willing to accept construction debris, cells designed just for that purpose. The municipal landfill has a liner to protect wetlands and wells. The proposed mono fill site will not. Before anyone on the zoning board makes a decision on this rezoning please take a look at the findings on gypsom board ( sheetrock is on the list as construction debris in this proposed - unlined mono landfill ) I don't want someone telling me it's too late , our fish are dying, our wells are contaminated and our vegetation is destroyed because some company wants to dump their waste in my neighborhood. A company that claims they are environmentally aware, and "green". Aside from the contamination concerns, this really is a poor choice to locate a dump site, Chugiak proper is and should remain a growing residential community where kids can safely play. The old glenn highway is not set up to handle the 12+ semi trucks a day and it shouldn't have to. Why did we put so much money into multiple use trails and parks, only to have one company diminish it value? It's time to let Chugiak enjoy life, 30+ years of gravel extraction was enough. Please listen to our community, we strongly oppose this parcel of land being zoned for a monofill. | |
| Scott Girard | 8/2/2013 8:04:59 PM |
| The monofill dump should not be approved. The issue of approving or not approving Eklutna’s monofill dump is not about recycling. The issue is about allowing construction of a monofill dump in a community that currently has in place zoning restrictions to prevent such activity. Materials will continue to be recycled whether or not the monofill dump is approved. Disapproval of the monofill dump site will not prevent recycling from occurring. The waste material will continue to be disposed of in the same manner it is presently being disposed of prior to the construction of the monofill dump site. Disapproval of the monofill dump site at this location will not stop recycling efforts. Anyone selling property within the next 30 years (the stated life of the monofill) and who lives within a mile radius of the proposed monofill dump will be affected. The “State of Alaska Residential Real Property Transfer Disclosure Statement” requires all sellers to report the location of environmental concerns such as, specifically, “a waste disposal site” (page 5, question #23). Studies on the effects of monofill dump sites on property values indicate reductions in property values of 14% to over 20%. Along with the negative attributes of a monofill dump in their community people from these studies cited the increases in traffic, traffic delays and impacts to public safety caused by the continual truck traffic bringing material to the monofill dump sites as major negative factors. Hundreds of properties will be affected by Eklutna’s proposed dump, thousands of properties if one were to consider the proposed 30 year life of the monofill dump. I mean, who would want to buy a house situated across the street from a dump? The zoning rules and regulations have been put in place to protect communities and residents from entities like Eklutna. Eklutna wants permission to change the rules to increase their ability to make money which will come at the expense of the communities and residents those rules were put in place to protect. It is not ethical or correct to give special dispensation to an entity (Eklutna) so it can increase its profits at the expense of the Chugiak community and residents. Approval of the Eklutna’s monofill dump site should not be granted. | |
| joleigh rainwater | 8/1/2013 9:20:28 PM |
| No. no no no no no! I live just North of this proposed site and the thought of being downwind from a giant pile of debris makes me sick! | |
| Svaja worthington | 7/25/2013 8:12:53 AM |
| I have lived in Chugiak on Amonson Road for nearly 40 years in this unique quiet subdivision with beautiful views of the Inlet and the mountains. We have fought other incursions before--gravel pits, snowmachine "trails" blemishing the mountains, trails which are hardly ever open for lack of sufficient snow--but this, the "Monofill"--a euphemism for a dump--is the worst. All around the proposed sight are residences, parks, the Senior Citizen Center, the Children Services Center, the Post Office, Chugiak Elelmentary School, Chugiak High School, historic buildings (the Elsie Oberg Building),the Chugiak Historical Society, cottage industries (The Forget-me-not Shop, Alice Mae's), and constant local traffic. There was a wreck involving a side-dump truck just yesterday (July 24)by Loretta French Park. The wreck was broadcast on NPR urging residents to avoid the area. The Fourth of July parade is always watched right there, at the school bus stop at Kerbow Lane where our subdivision residents gather (and when school is in session, children wait there for the school bus as they do along the entire proposed truck route). This is the center of Chugiak--the Town Center. It simply boggles the mind to think that a dump is proposed at this location. It's a beautiful virgin forestland area back there now. Why does Eklutna want to pollute it and our neighborhood? Surely they don't need to do this to us or themselves by this proposed degradation of nature and our neighborhood. | |
| Scottt G | 7/24/2013 10:58:23 PM |
| This afternoon, 7/24/13, a serious accident involving a semi dump truck and a car occurred on the Old Glenn Highway in the vicinity of Kerbow Lane. Two people in the car were seriously injured while attempting to overtake the semi dump truck. Eklutna has stated that their proposed Kerbow Lane monofil will result in an average (over a year) of 12 semi-sized container trucks per day hauling material into the monofill. They stated that some days there would be more than 12 trucks per day. I am concerned that this level of truck traffic along the Old Glenn Highway will result in more accidents similar to what occurred today. Slower moving semi-sized monofill container trucks will slow the regular flow of traffic along the Old Glenn Highway and will induce people to try to pass them. Semi-sized monofill container trucks that turn onto the Old Glenn Highway from Kerbow Lane and from Kerbow Lane onto the Old Glenn Highway will disrupt the flow of traffic along the Old Glenn Highway and Amonson Road. The Kerbow Lane and Old Glenn Highway intersection is not physically large enough to safely accommodate the turn radius of a semi-sized monofill container truck. These monofill trucks will also be crossing over the popular bike trail that exists along the west side of the Old Glenn Highway. Approval of the monofill on Kerbow Lane will increase large semi-sized container truck traffic in the area and this will impact public safety. How many accidents are acceptable or how many kids is it acceptable to kill...think, over the proposed 30 year life of the monofill? All this truck traffic, people trying to pass the trucks, school bus routes, kids on bikes along a popular bike trail, a school crossing site, 20 mph school zones, parks, ball fields, horse trails, etc.....approval of the monofill on Kerbow Lane and the resultant semi-sized container truck traffic will impact public safety. This site is clearly not the best place for Eklutena's monofill. | |
| Carolyn Wehr | 7/24/2013 9:20:45 PM |
| Please vote against this proposal. We've had industrial related truck traffic in our neighborhood for more then 30 years and now that the resource extractions are coming to end, please don't add more industrial traffic. Our community is really becoming that: a community. People are utilizing the Loretta French Park & the new bike path extensively. Situating a new industrial use within a 1/4 mile of a park (actually, less!) just doesn't make sense, not to mention the environmental risk to our wells and streams. | |
| Theresa Daily | 7/23/2013 8:09:19 PM |
| Chugiak wants a Planned Community - The Chugiak community, as small and out numbered as we are, would like to see growth in the direction of residential homes, ball parks, bike trails and scenic highways. NOT "heavy industrial" . We would like to move away from that, we have done our time with gravel pits. Every part of having a construction dump in this location makes no sense. It is within a mile of TYPE A wet lands, it's within 2 miles mile of fish streams ( yes I have seen salmon in Fire creek and Fish & game has it documented as a spawning and rearing creek - Eklutna Inc, will have you believe different from their FACT SHEET ) it is clearly within a mile of many residential wells, 1/2 mile from Chugach state & Loretta french municipal park. New studies say gypsum board (sheetrock), can be deadly toxic when wet. Please study this before you make a decision. Sheetrock will be a large part of what this ravine (monofill dump ) will be filled with. Inert debris is not always safe for humans, our wells, our air and our salmon waters. Hydrogen sulfide gas may be produced when landfilling gypsum, particularly in a wet climate. Several conditions are required, including a moist, anaerobic environment and a low pH. Hydrogen sulfide gas is toxic at high concentrations (~1,000 parts per million) and has a foul, rotten-egg odor. Several communities in Canada do not accept drywall at landfills for this reason. Please vote no on this case for a mono fill dump in Chugiak. | |
| shaun sexton | 7/11/2013 4:59:07 PM |
| I oppose the proposed location of the construction landfill in Anchorage. The landfill would be better sited closer to anchorage where users need no travel so far. Truck traffic near the currently proposed location is already too heavy. | |
| Joe Carpenter | 7/8/2013 5:29:30 PM |
| No way this dump belongs in this community. I at 18601 old glenn. Truck traffic is already too much. I have a 300 ft well 400 us yards from site. Go ahead contaminate it , Make my day and life! Public outcry from this community is like none ive seen. Been here 33 years. You guys work for Obama? So no way , got it | |
| Laura de Mander | 7/8/2013 1:35:42 PM |
| While true that disposal of construction materials is necessary for the growth of our economy, that disposal must be done in a responsible manner. Any mono-fill site must be monitored by a neutral, preferably governmental agency, capable of monitoring for illegal dumping. Self-monitoring is simply unacceptable and proven to be unreliable. In addition, the owner of the site must be insured and bonded at sufficient levels to cover the costs of catastrophic clean up based on the location of the site. $500,000 is insufficient to cover the costs of the state or municipality having to clean up after the site owner declares bankruptcy and simply leaves the amount of its bond for clean up costs, which would push the remaining burden on the taxpayers. Catastrophic insurance must be required. I implore you to require additional conditions on this site if it is to be approved, including monitoring by the State of Alaska, a higher bond amount $2.5 million, and catastrophic loss insurance coverage for any environmental disaster. | |
| Lori Burroughs | 7/7/2013 6:09:28 PM |
| This use is not consistent with other nearby uses, including a horse park, residential neighborhoods and a baseball park/sledding park. Please do not subject the local residents to potential property value loss and a reduction in quality of life in this neighborhood. Stop the dump plans please! | |
| Sally Tilton | 7/4/2013 10:49:17 AM |
| Happy Independence Day! I encourage you to represent the people you serve by supporting their request for NO rezoning that allows for a mono fill site near the Loretta French Park system. This rezoning does not support the Master Plan for our community. Hundreds of citizens of our community and others who frequently use the Loretta French Park system have signed a petition indicating their opposition to the proposed mono fill site. In addition, at the Chugiak Community Council meeting, many testified and the vast majority VOTED AGAINST the proposed site. Our Community Council honors the voice of the people and passed a resolution opposing the proposed site for the mono fill . I am aware the Eagle River/Chugiak Chamber of Commerce supports the proposition (without public input). Let us not forgot this is a democracy, you serve the people and not private enterprise. I encourage you to support the people you serve and not private interest groups. Let it be clearly understood. The people of our community are not declaring an opposition to recycling and thoughtful disposal of refuse. We are in opposition of the proposed site that will impact our community in a negative way for many years to come. Certainly, Eklutna Corporation, the owners of the proposed site can offer a property that will meet the requirements for this type of land use without the potentially devastating effects on people. Inform yourselves, represent the people! Respectfully, Sally Tilton, a community member of 43 years | |
| Sally Tilton | 7/4/2013 9:48:09 AM |
| Happy Independence Day! I oppose the proposed rezoning that will allow for the mono fill site near Loretta French Park. The rezoning does not support the existing Master Plan for our community (my community of 43 years). Nor does it support the wishes of the Chugiak community or those citizens who frequently use the park system near the proposed area for the mono fill. The people of our community who attended our Chugiak Community Council meetings regarding this issue voted against it. Several hundred concerned citizens signed a petition indicating the opposition to the site selected for the mono fill. Many of us who signed the petition think recycling and thoughtful disposal of "cast offs" are a necessary aspect of a healthy society. We believe there are other sites for these 'cast offs" that are more appropriate. Sites that will not have such immediate negative impact on the people living in the near by area of the refuse. | |
| Steve Bergh | 7/3/2013 11:07:47 AM |
| I do not understand the opposition to this mono fill facility. It is not a dump. There is no concern of contamination of the land or water. The site is out of eyes view. After all no one is complaining about the quarry site this is at that has been at this location for years. The reality is there is no additional truck traffic that will impact the community. The arguments against this proposal are fully emotional based not on facts. We need a construction site dump are like the mono fill that was located at Birchwood Airport. This will take pressure off the Hiland landfill that we want to slow the filling of. It promotes recycling that seems to be a huge issue this day and age. It will not impact anyone in a negative way in this community. I live closer to this facility than anyone else in the community and I not only have no objections but encourage this development. These types of facilities offer a great service to the community. Development seems to be discouraged for some reason and many want Alaska to be a giant park. Follow this to the end and we will all be moving south as there will be no jobs. I understand the concern for the environment but this facility has no negative impact on the environment. Instead it promotes a cleaner more efficient community. For example the Chugiak Senior Center development project that is going on right now has construction materials that need to be hauled away. Dave Sandvick at Coho construction called me to pick my brain since I live and work in the community, to see where he could dispose of concrete slabs he had to demo on the job. There is no simple place to dispose of them since the Birchwood Airport Mono Fill facility was closed. So now he has to haul it farther away to dispose of it. If the proposed facility were to be available to him he could have hauled it ¼ mile down the street and disposed of it there. So instead the materials are trucked farther creating additional cost, increased truck activity and safety concerns (an argument by the “Stop the Dump” people). This facility if it were open would reduce cost savings to the community in the end as contractors could bid the job more competitively if there was a facility to dispose of construction materials. This is a cost saving to all of us on a public job and to the individual on a privet job. Please do not let the emotional arguments of this group stop this facility from being developed as there is no good reason for this. | |
| John Daily | 7/3/2013 2:23:27 AM |
| I was one of the people that complained to DEC and EPA when this company was dumping at the Birchwood range dump site. Their ground up products caused such a horrendous odor for close to two years that it was making me and others physically sick at the airport. If any of you have been around the pulp mills in South Georgia or other places, you know the smell. The dump owners, not these people that caused it, put 5 feet of dirt over the stuff to contain the smell, but it still leaks thru at times.And it took several months of complaining and having to get the press and Feds involved to finally get that done. This company tries to blame the Birchwood dump people and say it was caused by them burning it , but I walked out on to it and it was the wet stuff that was stinking. The proposed site is right above a large swamp that empties into Mink creek, and that swamp and creek are currently full and flowing. The fill will get wet , the fluids will flow downstream into Mink Creek(a salmon stream) and the odors will go with the wind. A saving grace at the Birchwood dump was that the prevailing winds usually sent the odors out to the inlet. At this site, wind in any direction will affect someone. That odor into the Chugiak Senior Center will be devestating, not to mention all of the homes in the area. The material to be dumped is also very disturbing. They try to say that is just inert construction debris, like wood and concrete, but when pressed they admit that they will be taking all manner of debris from multiple sources and it will be up to those sources to promise that they wont bring in prohibited materials. And they say that they will be self monitoring, ie the fox guarding the hen house. They were trying to do the same thing in Palmer and told the people there that they would be also dumping asbestos laced materials along with the construction debris and their solution was to put it in plastic bags that they claim would break down in 50 yrs. That is if the bag is not compromised by the fill process and if their estimates are accurate. How many superfund dump sites are we dealing with now from the 50's, 60's, and 70's. Last, what happens if and when these people go out of business for any number of reasons. We end up with the problem and all they have to do is leave if any of the problems arise. These people will say whatever they think you want to hear to get this dump put in, knowing full well that if they are approved, there will be no oversight until the worst happens and by that time they will be gone with their money. A few hundred thousand dollar bond will not even begin to cover the damage. Liability and blame usually ends up in the lap of the people that approve this type of operation and almost always the personal and financial connections to these operations come to light, especially an operation that has been fast tracked like this one has. | |
| Jon Manwaring | 7/3/2013 12:43:52 AM |
| I am against placing a land fill in our neighborhood. My children play in the area and frequent Loretta French Park, which is in close proximity to the proposed land fill. The disruption of our beautiful view, loud noise of heavy equipment, increased traffic in the area, and foul smell that would accompany the new land fill would be very displeasing to us and our neighbors. Many of us moved to this area to avoid all the former mentioned unpleasantries with intent to raise our children here. Please allow us that opportunity. That is why I respectfully ask you to reconsider the plan to place a land fill in our neighborhood. Thank you | |
| Charity Manwaring | 7/2/2013 11:00:15 PM |
| My family and I purchased a house in Chugiak 2 years ago for many reasons, one of them being that we loved the sense of community in this area. We love being able to bike down the bike paths, play at Loretta French Park, walk to the Elementary School an enjoy the beautiful, unobstructed views of Chugiak. I am Extremely concerned with the potential zoning change to allow a Monofill dump site in our backyard. Please do not vote to change the zoning to allow this in our community. We do not want this. Over 550 people have signed a petition against this. Please listen to us. DO NOT CHANGE THE ZONING. Look at the facts. Look at the reputation of this company. Look at the fines. Look at the problems Palmer is having. Listen to us. STOP THIS PROCESS PLEASE!!!!! | |
| Erin Dovichin | 7/1/2013 12:25:19 PM |
| My husband and I have lived in Chugiak now for about 15 years. Most of that time we have lived up Amonson Road. For years our neighborhood -- one of the oldest in Chugiak-- has gone through development of several gravel pits very close to Amonson as well as all the traffic created by Klondike and the various gravel extraction businesses farther south on the Old Glenn. We believe our neighborhood has seen enough of this type of development and we are as a result opposed to the development of this landfill. We also see no evidence that this landfull is truly a community need at this juncture. The vast majority of the waste that would be brought here will come from the military base and the Anchorage bowl. We do not think it is right for our neighborhood to be treated as a dumping ground for Anchorage waste. Though we support Central Recycling's efforts to recycle buildings and reduce the waste stream, we believe there are other uses for the material or other more appropriate locations for such a landfill --closer to the source of the waste. We urge the Municipality to work with Central Recycling to find better uses for this type of waste -- if it is indeed inert-- than creating a landfill where no landfill is needed. If it isn't truly inert, then it should be disposed of at the Anchorage municipal landfill which is equipped for such material. Finally we think the landfill is not consistent with the uses in the area, including residential, parks, bike path, Chugach access,schools and senior centers. Please do not approve this permit. Thank you for your attention to this matter. | |
| Scott Girard | 6/29/2013 11:15:33 AM |
| The Planning Department's recent recommendation to allow Eklutna's Kerbow Road dump/monofil is astounding. It is astounding in how all factors determining the decision were considered...and not considered. The input from the Chugiak Community did not appear to even be considered. A petition of approximately 600 signatures was submitted.....these signatures were collected during only a one week long period. If more time was available there would have been considerably more signatures. How could 600 signatures be ignored? The submitted photographs showing the view of the Amonson Road neighborhood from Kerbow Lane show one house and are designed to imply that no one in this community will be able to see the dump/monofill. The photographs were taken in summer with leafed out trees. In the fall, winter and spring seasons (the majority of the year) there are no leaves on the trees and many, many houses will have a direct view of Eklutna's dump/monofill and be affected by line-of-sight truck noise and associated activities. Another included photograph appears to show piles of trash as if to imply that the affected areas are trashy and rundown and no "nice" properties would be affected by the addition of an industrial dump/monofill. Wrong...the trash in the photo was from a recently vacated piece of property and it is biased and wrong to assume all affected properties are like the one in the photograph. The planning Department's report appears to completely ignore what the citizens of this community want and makes a mockery of the community input process in an effort to appease corporate interests. Eklutna's dump/monofill does not fit with the surrounding neighborhoods and should not be allowed to proceed. | |
| terri semmler | 6/29/2013 7:49:49 AM |
| The proposed site for this landfill is NOT zoned for a 30-year, unsupervised, potentially hazardous waste dump. Are you serious? Are you really considering giving the "go ahead" for an industrial landfill in the middle of the small community of Chugiak? Have you been here lately? This area has slowly been developing into a beautiful residential/small business community. Would you consider putting an unsupervised, potentially hazardous waste landfill in any other Anchorage neighborhood--near the Coastal Trail perhaps? Under the Hillside community? Does this make sense: at the same time MOA is looking for more places in Chugiak to access the Chugach State Park, you are considering an unsupervised waste dump in the same area? Does it make any sense at all to put a landfill across the road from the Ptarmigan Trailhead Access to the Chugach State Park? What kind of view would that give hikers as they look out over the Inlet with acres of dump in the foreground? The landfill would also be literally "next door" to a preschool, church, several small businesses, residential housing, and Loretta French Park that includes a new baseball field used by the semi-pro Chinooks, and a horse park. The proposed site for this landfill is NOT zoned for a 30-year, potential hazardous waste dump. Don't change the zoning. | |
| Megan Russell | 6/29/2013 3:31:20 AM |
| PLEASE don't ket our CLEAN and peaceful community become big business garbage can!! | |
| David DeCaprio | 6/28/2013 8:41:34 AM |
| I am opposed to this proposal being approved. While there may be a benefit to the non-resident companies submitting the application, there is absolutely no benefit to the residents of the surrounding area or to the MOA in the form of property taxes. This is not a recycling opportunity for local residents because what will be deposited in this virgin water table and "Type A "wetland will be the remnants of what is NOT recyclable. To consider placing this monofill in the near vicinity to a day-care, a senior center, an elementary school, an outdoor archery park, a collection of baseball fields, a historical community center, an equestrian(horse) park and the newly constructed bike and walking path is an affront to all citizens of the area. Dick Kerbow himself, after whom the possible street is named, who fought hard to assist in the creation and development of many of these recreational parks, would be sorely disappointed in this new use if it is permitted. Currently there is no access for Eklutna Inc. to utilize this parcel. I submit that the application for that permit be denied as well. This location is not appropriate for any type of land fill. This community has matured beyond it's acceptability. The report from MOA's Community Development Department confirms this. | |
| Kortnie Horazdovsky | 6/27/2013 10:08:45 PM |
| My husband and I bought land on Amonson Road in March of 2012. Since then, we've been building our home, which has a view that overlooks Mt. McKinley, Mt. Susitna, the Inlet, Kerbow Lane, and the proposed site of the re-zone and monofill. The proposed monofill site is 1,500 feet from our doorstep. When deciding on this piece of land (and we looked at many, many lots and houses in all areas of Anchorage and into the Mat-Su Valley), we liked this neighborhood the most. Chugiak is not like most of Anchorage. Chugiak is not high-density housing, with houses on postage-stamp-sized lots. We have a decent-sized yard, and can't see into our neighbors' windows (and vice versa) from our home. Our selection of this neighborhood included the knowledge that our future children would ride their bikes on the trail along the Old Glenn Highway, sled and play at Loretta French Park, and grow up in a safe, quiet community. Since moving into our home, we’ve enjoyed the proximity of trails for use on foot, bike and with paws, the Loretta French park, the Chugach State Park trailhead, and the presence of small, local businesses like the Shopper’s Cache and the antique store. These are what I think of when I think of a small, quiet, safe community (along with neighbors who wave on the street even if they don’t know you, and who look out for each other, which I’ve found they do). The application for the Master Plan of this site includes photos of the area’s “industrial” neighbors, which includes the GoldenWheel amusements lot, which is located directly below our home. According to online Municipal records, the lots on which GoldenWheel Amusements sit are all zoned B3SL, not Industrial. They do not operate a landfill, gravel mine or otherwise loud, disruptive operation. As far as I can tell, they store and maintain their equipment there. Characterizing this as similar to industrial use proposed at the construction of a landfill, and the hauling and dumping of material is absurd. Another photo shows “waste” off the Old Glenn Highway, which is located on a residential lot. Also in the application is a map showing the 1-mile radius line around the proposed site. The land uses the map depicts are primarily park lands (Chugach State Park, Loretta French ballpark, equestrian park and archery range, and Peters Creek Community Park), single-family residential areas, or vacant Eklutna-owned land. To classify the area as “industrial” does a disservice to the neighborhood and its growth in the last 20 years. According to Muni records, the only Industrial-zoned lots in their radius on the Old Glenn side of the highway are the Klondike Concrete plant and the Granite gravel pit (which will reach the end of its usable life this year, much to the joy of the neighborhood). City officials pointed out in their review (DHHS, Page 137) that landfills generally create more noise and disturbance than other PLI lands, but that statement is mitigated by the next sentence, which mentions the existing noise from ongoing operations. The Granite gravel pit, one of those existing operations, will be mined out at the end of this construction season. Putting a landfill operation in the middle of an established, growing residential area just does not make sense. I ask the Planning and Zoning Commission to listen closely to the residents of this area. It’s easy for a business-owner with industry ties and business relationships to write a letter of support for a colleague’s project, but those big corporations don’t live here, raise their families here, or go for their evening walks under the midnight sun here (during possible “extended” summer hours of the monofill’s operation). I’m not anti-development or anti-recycling, but this project does not fit in our neighborhood. | |
| Kim Girard | 6/6/2013 10:32:51 PM |
| I have lived on Amonson Road for almost 20 years. In that time, Chugiak has grown from an area that looked more like an industrial zone where a few people happen to have houses into a community where families ride and walk on the bike trail, where people convene at Loretta French Park for playdates, watch ball games and exercise. There is a landfill under part of Loretta French Park. That was the Chugiak of yesteryear. With an eye on the Chugiak of tomorrow, with a thriving vibrant community, we clearly see that this re-zoning request and monofill must be denied. The site for this proposed monifill location is incompatible with the surrounding park, schools, senior center and neighborhoods. This monofill has the potential to contaminate water sources, especially precious since we are all on wells. There is a lack of traffic controls in the area, and many more people are using the bike trail that all the semi traffic would have to cross. This monofill will negatively impact the property values of all property within a mile radius. No new community-enhancing small business will want to establish themselves in the vicinity. There will be no third party oversight to insure that only inert materials are used. This company already has citations in the valley, even while they are trying to open another monofill in our neighborhood; thus, they have an established pattern of recklessness and disregard for regulations. This decades-long project can only negatively impact a community that is just now beginning to move beyond its industrial-based past; it is a detriment to community-building. The area was zoned the way it is for a reason, with an eye on growth for the future. I absolutely oppose re-zoning and the establishment of this monofill. | |
| James Tilton | 6/5/2013 10:10:43 AM |
| As a 30 year resident of Eagle River/Chugiak and 57 year resident of Alaska, I strongly oppose the proposed rezoning that would allow the 30 year Monofill project in Chugiak. Chugiak has a rapidly growing residential component that really wants to see the industrial corridor along the Old Glenn Hwy. cleaned up. To allow this monofill to be developed will hamper progress toward that goal. NO TO THE PROPOSED ZONING AND THE MONOFILL PROJECT IN CHUGIAK! | |
| David & Diane Martinez | 5/24/2013 9:28:59 PM |
| We have resided in Chugiak for over 19 years and enjoy the serene beauty and quietness of this community. We fully oppose the permit request for a landfill in this community, especially one that is located so close to our neighborhood and to Loretta French Park. It would have a huge negative impact on this community, such as increased traffic especially in the school zone, foul smells, increased trash on and along roadway, decreased property values, increased health concerns, detrimental to water quality, increased danger to our children going to the park, etc. Please deny this request. | |
| Ralph Rentz | 5/17/2013 4:26:16 PM |
| I do not support the rezoning of this site to Industrial, and I do not support granting a conditional use permit to allow a landfill at this location. As a twenty-year resident of Amonson Road, I feel placing a monofill (a dump!) adjacent to Loretta French Park is incompatible with the surrounding land uses that include residential, daycare facilities, recreational and educational facilities. Placing a monofill at this site provides several long established neighborhoods no tangible benefits and, in fact, will most likely decrease our property values by a sizable amount. There are concerns with contamination of surrounding wells; concerns with trucking and the proposed haul routes next to an elementary school and a senior center; and concerns with the smell, unsightly appearance and windblown particles associated with the debris that will placed in the monofill. There appears to be a lack of analysis, a lack of honest information, and a lack of independent monitoring oversight. | |
| robert worthington | 5/16/2013 5:01:22 PM |
| The proposed dump would be in the "downtown" center of Chugiak, which is a mostly residential area. A dump is a smelly, noisy, ugly place. While dumps are necessary, they need to be hidden well away from town centers, and residential neighborhoods. I uncatagorically am opposed to this dump. | |
| Svaja Worthington | 5/16/2013 4:44:49 PM |
| We have lived in the Chugiak area in the same house on Amonson Road for nearly 40 years. We are very much OPPOSED to the proposed dum to be located across for Amonson Road next to the Children's Services site. Not only can we see the site from out subdivision road--and it would be an unsightly mess--but we are concerned about the toxicity of materials dumped there leaking into the groundwater table. People at the bottom of the road have shallow wells. DO NOT PUT A DUMP HERE in the middle of a community. Find a more remote site, one which will not be an eyesore. Thank you. | |
| Shawn Roberts | 5/16/2013 2:36:29 PM |
| I am against the establishment of the proposed monofill site. I have commented on case number 2013-068 as to why I am not in favor of rezoning the area and favor rejection of the master plan permit. Thank you, Shawn Roberts Chugiak | |
| Chris Yelverton | 5/15/2013 10:27:10 PM |
| To whom it may concern I am a 39 year resident of Chugiak and property owner in the SkyView subdivision. I have concerns about the proposed 17 acre landfill and oppose its construction. Chugiak is a wonderful community for families, recreation, etc. I cant imagine how a landfill would add value to our community with increased traffic, litter problems, effected groundwater, additional equipment noise and the negative effect on local property values. I am aware of the former landfill in the Loretta French Park. Even though it was much smaller than the proposed new operation and was in existence for a relatively short period of time I feel that during its operation it had a negative effect on the community. So, please, not in my back yard! Please do not grant the permitting for the new landfill. Thank you for your consideration, Chris Yelverton. | |
| Kim Vitt | 5/15/2013 1:28:05 PM |
| Our family has lived on Amonson Rd. for 22 years and has enjoyed the beautiful View, Quiet, Clean neighborhood and many outdoor activities right out our front door. We were happy to have the nearby Loretta French park area and multi-use recreational trail completed. We frequent this and surrounding areas daily. Needless to say we were dumbfounded when this Dump site was brought to our attention. We strongly oppose this Dump Site. It will have nothing but negative effects on our neighborhood and the whole surrounding area. It will create Health and Safety hazards with Large truck traffic, Heavy Equipment operation, contamination of water sources, Noise and Pollution problems. It will create a decline in property values. It will discourage the start up of small business in the area. Its hard to understand how this is even being considered a viable spot for such an operation. We Vote "NO" on this Dump Site and encourage the Municipality will Reject this Landfill and Not approve the Rezoning of this property. Kim and Rod Vitt | |
| Charlie (C.A.) Johanson-Adams | 5/15/2013 9:41:59 AM |
| My name is Charlie Johanson-Adams, I live at 18149 Bending Birch Drive, Chugiak , AK. I have lived on the “hill” (Amonson & Bending Birch Drives) for thirty (30) years; I call the hill my HOME. I have a strong message regarding the proposal case numbers 2013-068 and 2013-069 for rezoning for a landfill, which would (if approved) become my next door neighbor. I STONGLY OPPOSE this recommendation and OPPOSE the rezoning for such a short sighted plan. This plan lacks the INTEGRITY of who we are as a small but intertwined neighborhood. While the need for a “landfill/dump” may be an immediate, reactionary goal; what VALUE (long-term) will this have on our lives? What VISION of our neighborhood does this align to? Have these questions even been asked? Where does this fit within our CHUGIAK community’s master plan and vision? IF and only IF this was to be a RECYCLING CENTER (as the inappropriately-titled name of the corporation says) then where are the plans for recycling- an infrastructure created to enhance our lives not take away from it? To me the plans sound just like they imply…we will have a toxic dump next door; as our neighbor, where our children, our friends, our pets alike live, learn, play and treasure the beauty of our extraordinary land. We honor this land as precious to our current and future lives. Where do you stand on this? Because of these proposals for rezoning by the MOA for the purposes of destroying our neighborhood, I have to wonder…Who’s goals are represented by these actions? These recommendations look like very questionable goals which are externally prompted by reasons for financial gain. Goals such as these are expensive and generally not necessary. The expense to us (those who live here) will be long-term deterioration (a literal black-eye) on our neighborhood’s spirit, value and integrity. Can we REALLY afford this type of land abuse? We have NOT thought this through to arrive at a WIN-LEARN situation. I suggest we go back to the drawing board on this one, so that we can generate RECYCLING goals which CREATE a wholesome life for us all. Thank you for your consideration, Sincerely, Charlie. | |
| Mark Grenier | 5/14/2013 9:30:47 PM |
| I live at 19626 Crabtree St. and I am opposed to any type of landfill in this area. Vote No due to the proximity to the water shed area for the local private wells, childrens playgrounds, athletic fields,sporting areas such as Archery Range,Horseback Riding area,sledding hills and Chugiak Childrens Services. The truck route goes right through an elementary school's crosswalk. Do you want to injure children? Vote No before you destroy lives. | |
| Thomas Lambert | 5/14/2013 9:48:52 AM |
| I strongly oppose this proposed landfill. It's bad for our community, It does not comply with the 2006 Chugiak-Eagle River Master Plan and goes against it's basic principles. There's a preschool right next to the proposed site. It's not needed and is bad policy. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the Chugiak Community Council Meeting on May 16. Consider this my NO vote. thank you Thomas Lambert 18408 Amonson Rd Chugiak, | |
| Scott Girard | 5/4/2013 4:04:29 PM |
| My wife and I are opposed to the establishment of the mono-fill dump site which is the subject of cases #2013-068 and 2013-069. We live on Amonson Road add will be directly affected by the establishment of the mono-fill dump site. We urge the Planning and Zoning Committee to not approve the requested zone changes due to the adverse affects it will have on the surrounding neighborhoods and community. Creation of this mono-fill dump will bring irreparable negative changes to the neighborhood and surrounding area. These affects are listed below. - The proposed land uses are not compatible with the surrounding neighborhoods, park, community center and preschool. - The proposed land use does not comply with the 2006 Chugiak-Eagle River master plan. - The mono-fill would be located on one of the headwaters for Fire Creek; - The mono-fill would be located next to a wetlands area identified for future wetlands banking and mitigation; - Lack of third party on-site monitoring to ensure only permitted inert mono-fill materials are dumped at the site; - Lack of a mitigation plan for unforeseen potential pollution; - Potential impact to local drinking water wells; - Dust from the facility could be hazardous to nearby residents if managed improperly; - No identified specific use for the retired dump site; - Potential impact to property values; - Lack of a traffic impact analysis; - Old Glenn Highway haul route is also a school zone, children crossing zone (without a crossing light) and school bus pick-up route; - Traffic safety concerns at the Old Glenn Highway with the Old Glenn Highway bike trail; - Incompatible use with park users and residents; - Locating a Dump/Mono-fill in a residential area goes against the underlying principles of a planned community. Please do not approve the requested zone changes. Scott Girard | |