The Feedback Form is NOW OPEN to tell City Council how you feel about this Rezoning Petition 2020-049 for their September 21st meeting. It is CRUCIAL that they hear from as many of us as possible.
Note: The form is listed as a 'speaker sign-up' but YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEAK by signing the form. The more people we have signed up the LOUDER OUR VOICE!
There are bullets below that you can copy and paste into the form as to why you personally are opposed. We recommend only putting about 3 or 4.
Thanks for continuing to help with this cause!!
Missy Eppes, Janaris Washington and Christa Ashrafi
Ideas for what to put on the form to say you OPPOSE 2020-049.
1) This project is MASSIVE, with 2400 Commercial truck trips per day. There is insufficient surrounding infrastructure to support this project, even after the proposed revisions.
2) This project would represent a dramatic and devastating superposition of Industrial directly against the rural and residential neighborhoods that surround it.
3) This property proposed is 156 acres, ½ of which is listed as Critical for water quality, but this region currently has some of the lowest equity scores in Mecklenburg for Environmental Justice. Industrial hurts the environment, and health of residents (See NYT article - How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering).
4) The rezoning would result in a lost opportunity for smart mixed-commercial-residential development near the light-rail station at Sam Wilson Road. This area currently has some of the lowest equity scores in Mecklenburg for Access to Amenities. It should be a thriving community location, NOT a 1 million acre warehouse.
1) There are types of more creative Developments than industrial that could bring more jobs and opportunity – while also preserving the rural heritage, housing prices, quality of life - of this part of Far-West Mecklenburg for all of Mecklenburg residents.
2) While it may not look like it from satellite pictures, on the ground there are natural boundaries around this region that make existing Industrial virtually invisible except along Performance Rd. The proposed rezoning would be a ‘tipping point’ to open the floodgates to an area that so far has survived as a rural/residential area. We invite you to drive around and see the area for yourself.
3) Moores Chapel is an extremely popular biking route for residents from THROUGHOUT Mecklenburg County. Adding 2400 Trucks a day would effectively eliminate Moores Chapel as a Bike-Route
4) The current community Land Use Plan for this part of Charlotte proposes that this entire region remain Single Family. It is not fair to property owners who trust these plans in making home purchase and living decisions to go against that.
5) There is insufficient infrastructure to support this MASSIVE proposed industrial site. Moores Chapel and Sam Wilson are small 2-lane roads NOT ready for heavy trucks.
6) The Heavy and Medium Truck traffic that is anticipated from an Industrial site would produce significant noise and nuisance on the small 2-lane roads. This traffic would impact my property value AND my quality of life in this otherwise quiet community. Truck traffic would be much more impactful than traffic from residential or other type of Development.
7) The loss of residential property value would result in a terrible loss of lifetime wealth for all nearby residents, especially for the many lower-income homeowners of these neighborhoods. Almost 80% of this area is owner-occupied.
8) Industrial development would negatively impact the environment of the two adjacent streams that are on the property and flow directly into the Catawba River, as well as the residential drinking water wells that are in this area.
9) The proposed area is designated as a “critical area” to the health of Lake Wylie. The environmental mitigation plan that is proposed is commendable, but does not change the fact that even the best-intentioned industrial sites inevitably cause irreparable environmental harm.