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Chris Johnson
From:wayne & janet <wgearhard1038@q.com>
Sent:Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:39 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Timber Creek Recycling
TO: Mayor DeWeerd, Meridian City Council
FROM: Wayne and Janet Gearhard wgearhard1038@q.com
RE: H-2018-0042, Timber Creek Recycling
We express our opposition to Timber Creek Recycling. Over the past two plus years this
operation has
grown from a pile of wood debris to mountains of debris. As stated in the proposal the
mountains are
25 feet high the equivalent of a two story building. They are long and massive, and
unsightly. The amount
of truck traffic has increased significantly. We listen as they grind down to a stop and
accelerate around
the corner, gear up again, slow down and turn into the facility. Then they pull out again.
The amendment states
that fifty six trucks a day will be delivering to the property per day, carrying 10 or more
yards or material.
There is no mention of the semis coming to the facility to pick up the compost. At 10
minutes a truck that
amounts to more than 9 hours of non stop trucks just delivering every day. No limits on
any other vehicle entering
and leaving the property. The dust is measurably more this summer than even last
year. The trucks cause billows
as they pull in, the dust is pluming above the piles that are being loaded. The noise has
drastically increased.
The fact that mufflers are being considered for the two industrial size grinders is an
admission that they are too loud.
In addition is all the other equipment involved in the operation, and the 65 hours a week
we are subjected to that
level of noise.
Yes, the facility has grown. It has become a monster and if the city accepts it, there will
be no limits to what and
how big it will become. The proposal is open ended.
Our quality of life and our property values are all being affected. We are at the mercy of
Mike Murguitio.
Wayne and Janet Gearhard
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