I sent this as a email today to our distribution lists and am sharing it on the blogs and social media sites as well. This is a critical issue that is not receiving the attention it deserves, and it makes you wonder, “Whose interests are being served here?”
Hello everyone-
On April 18, 2011 the Board of Zoning Appeals denied the application made by the Baumanns, Bradley Road Landfill, Landsong Environmental, Inc. and Ty, Inc. for the variance to allow the strip mining of the topsoil at Bradley Road Landfill.
On April 25, 2011 the denial was to be ratified but the City of Cleveland asked that BOZA rehear now that there is a letter of intent. BOZA agreed and said that they would IF certain things happened.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CLEVELAND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS that the parties have shown good cause to rehear Calendar Nos. 10-194,
10-259 and 10-260, which the Board shall set for a rehearing upon the filing of a joint stipulation between the City and the Appellants that a
pre-rehearing conference was held by the principals of the City, the Appellants, the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation, and
the directly affected property owners to discuss the previously mentioned Letter of Intent, including a Settlement Agreement and Consent
Decree involving litigation in US Northern District Court of Ohio Case No. 1:04-CV-1757.
http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/BZAresolutionrehearCP6849.pdf
To get an idea of the seriousness of the proposed plans for this landfill and the impact for a much wider community than is included in the invitation list for Wednesday's meeting:
GO TO www.oldbrooklyn.com click on Bradley Road Road Mining http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining.htm
Be sure to read these letters to:
OH Dept of Natural Resources http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/Brady_to_ODNR_6-11.pdf
Army Corps of Engineers http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/Brady_to_ACofE_6-20.pdf
Watch for words like "yellow cake" and "radioactive." Note the number of people potentially affected, just in contiguous areas.
Tomorrow is the meeting for the "affected" land owners requested by BOZA.
Here are the details:
WHAT: Bradley Road Landfill Meeting
WHERE: Knights of Columbus Hall, 4730 Pearl Road
WHEN: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 6 pm
WHO: City of Cleveland and
WHY: Board of Zoning Appeals condition for reconsideration of Request for Variance
As you know this landfill has been problematic since its inception, and its impact is much greater than they would have you believe.
Air quality, water quality, real estate valuation effects everyone's quality of life and impacts our WHOLE community.
This will probably be the usual "sit, be quiet, and listen" kind of meeting held in the City of Cleveland with few questions and fewer answers, BUT
We should attend so that they will see by our numbers we are concerned about our community.
MAKE THEM GET MORE CHAIRS!!!
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