Thank you to those who were able to attend the Greater Maple Valley Unincorporated Area Council meeting last night. Nearly 100 concerned citizens were present for a standing room only meeting to address the council, representatives from King County as well as Lakeside Industries. Friends and neighbors, we have one shot to get this right. According to the King County Department of Permitting, the application for the grading permit with intent to build the asphalt plant has met most of the terms required. They are currently under a SEPA review. All of the comments that are submitted to King County DPER need to be directly related to SEPA findings. You can locate all of the documents at this link: http://kingcounty.gov/depts/permitting-environmental-review/info/SpecialInterest/Maple%20Valley%20Asphalt%20Facility.aspx Please read through those items carefully and follow that page as they will post documentation as it becomes available. This will be the ONLY way that we receive all information related to this application. Ultimately, our only hope is to have King County approve a moratorium on the zoning of this lot. The following statement has been added to the main body of the petition: ETA (11.7.17) As stated in the 2016 King County Comprehensive Plan: R-515 Existing industrial uses in the Rural Area outside of Rural Towns, the industrial area on the King County-designated historic site along State Route 169 or the designated industrial area adjacent to the Rural Neighborhood Commercial Center of Preston shall be zoned rural residential but may continue if they qualify as legal, nonconforming uses." This 2016 Comp Plan Policy expressly directs that this specific property "shall be zoned rural residential" and that only pre-existing legal, nonconforming uses are allowed to continue thereafter. "'Shall' and 'will' in a policy mean that it is mandatory for the county to carry out the policy, even if a timeline is not included. 'Shall' and 'will' are imperative and nondiscretionary – the county must make decisions based on what the policy says to do." 2016 Comp Plan, Attach A, Glossary at p. G-25. Please call, email or write letters to the King County Council and Councilman Reagan Dunn's office and ask them to sponsor this moratorium. Send your statements in response to the SEPA review to the King County Department of Permitting. Keep King County honest and held accountable for maintaining the intended zoning rules for our area! Together, we can keep the hope alive!