File #: 16697    Version: 0 Name: opposition to LaFarge North America Mining Co.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/25/2008 In control: Health and Environment Committee
On agenda: 8/25/2008 Final action: 9/2/2008
Title: A RESOLUTION expressing the opposition of the Legislature to the proposed rezoning requested by the LaFarge North America Mining Company of a tract in the City of Sugar Creek, MO, from residential to industrial classification to facilitate a mining project on the land.
Sponsors: Dennis Waits
Indexes: REZONING, SUGAR CREEK
Attachments: 1. 16697 adopted

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

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A RESOLUTION expressing the opposition of the Legislature to the proposed rezoning requested by the LaFarge North America Mining Company of a tract in the City of Sugar Creek, MO, from residential to industrial classification to facilitate a mining project on the land.

 

 

Intro

RESOLUTION #16697, August 25, 2008

 

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator

 

 

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WHEREAS, Lafarge North America filed an application with the City of Sugar Creek to rezone Cedar Crest Dairy, and filed for a special use permit to mine the property; and,

 

WHEREAS, this is the fourth time since 2001 that attempts have been made to mine this property, and each time the request has been denied due to the property's location in the middle of a neighborhood surrounded by 1,400 homes, three churches, an elementary school, and a mental health facility; and,

 

WHEREAS, mining operations carry potential hazards ranging from dust emissions to blasting which may cause structural stress on buildings and homes as well as health-related issues, affecting residents of nearby unincorporated Jackson County; and, 

 

WHEREAS, the proposed mining operations could have an adverse effect on the health and safety of Jackson County residents; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature opposes the proposed rezoning of land owned by LaFarge North America Mining Company for the purpose of facilitating its mining operations and urges the Sugar Creek Planning Commission and Board of Aldermen to disapprove the rezoning.

 

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

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Chief Deputy County Counselor                                                                     County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #16697 of August 25, 2008, was duly passed on September 2, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

                     Yeas _______8__________                                          Nays ______0_______

 

                     Abstaining ______0_______                                          Absent _____1_______

 

 

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Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature