Whereas, we the citizens of the City of South Fulton, Ga. purchased or leased homes for a personal investment in our neighborhoods with the hope of living in peace without our health being impacted from diesel fumes emitting from trucks, noise from trucks, lights overnight from warehouses and additional traffic in our communities that are burdened with traffic congestion and safety issues.  Siting warehouses on prime commercial land impacts potential commercial development that the City of South Fulton could achieve.  It deprives us of basic services in our communities and negatively impacts our property values and health.  There is research that supports this.  Some of the warehouses are close to schools so it negatively impacts the health of our children. 

Hundreds of acres of warehouses close to or over one million sq. ft. are being built.  Wetlands, trees, greenspace, floodplains and wildlife are disturbed to create industrial development next to residential development and schools close to Districts 4, 3 and 5 in the City of South Fulton. The continued and widespread concentration of warehouses is a blatant environmental justice issue that no one is addressing.  There have been no improvements to accommodate increased truck traffic.  Added to the warehouses is a dump on Bishop Rd that burned for two years and is smoldering that should be a superfund site and the property next to it should be a brown field.  This has not been resolved adequately as it relates to best practices. 

We are requesting assistance from the Federal EPA to evaluate the issues and provide the relief that hundreds of us seek as it relates to the proliferation of warehouse.  As this petition is being drafted there are three warehouses being built and one is being built next to a park, across the street -from one million sq. ft. warehouse and close to residential property.