UPDATE: Thanks to your support, S.T. Wooten dropped their plans to build a concrete batch plant.

We understand there was a meeting on the morning of 3 October between Brian Bock and representatives from ST Wooten to discuss the feasibility of the proposed Rezoning application that was working its way through the planning committee at that time. We had requested Brian Bock share with Wooten some of the ideas that had been presented in earlier discussions. Some of those ideas were as follows;
- there is a growing community opposition,
- that the noise and current disruption to the neighborhood was already incompatible,
- that adding a concrete plant in a residential neighborhood was incompatible,
- that there were other better locations,
- that the neighbors had already formed a cohesive opposition and retained Cindy Perry in order to present opposing arguments against the Rezoning if it were to get to a public hearing before the county commissioners
- that the core committee opposing the Rezoning and Heavy Industrial expansion had developed a framework for a Win / Win solution and wanted to discuss it with ST
Wooten.
Apparently after the morning meeting (3 Oct) with Brian Bock, ST Wooten decided to withdraw their Rezoning application. Later that morning Patrick Bradshaw (Wooten attorney) called Cindy Perry to inform her that the application had been withdrawn and it would not be resubmitted.

Later that afternoon Patrick Bradshaw called Cindy Perry again to ask how another proposal would be considered by our group. ST Wooten was suggesting that 5 acres be split from the 17 acre site and Rezoned Heavy Industrial for the specific use of grinding asphalt shingles for
use in their asphalt operation. ( this activity was already occurring on the adjacent asphalt plant site)

Our group reiterated to Cindy that we are opposed to any Heavy Industrial use in a residential
community.

Our goal is to block any Heavy Industrial expansion on Sugar Lake Road.

Our goals include;
- to mobilize community support to encourage the relocation of the existing Asphalt plant to a more appropriate location.
- to work with Wooten to make this relocation a profitable decision
- to work with county officials to encourage and facilitate a relocation
- to clean up the existing contaminated asphalt site. Working with private investors, county, state and federal authorities to stop the spread of the contaminants and remediate the
property
- to incorporate the 3 properties ( asphalt plant, 17 acres and old quarry ) into a clean and viable location for further smart compatible development.

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