2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:18:23 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Tallevast, Florida Lan Ordinance
 
Controversial Tallevast Rd/U.S. 301 Land Ordinance Passes 3-2 At Tuesday's BCC Land Use Meeting

by Doug Miles
Bradenton Times (FL)
October 13, 2010

MANATEE - A controversial ordinance involving a parcel of land on Tallevast Rd. and U.S. 301 narrowly passed at Tuesday's BCC land use meeting. The ordinance, known as PDC-04-16 (Z) (P) Covered Bridge Holdings II, LLC/The Forum involves a 3.05 acre parcel requested to be rezoned as Planned Development Commercial (PDC).

Several Tallevast area residents addressed their opposition to the ordinance before the commission on Tuesday, citing their concerns over traffic problems, noise, compatibility and potential water contamination.

The site at the northwest corner of Tallevast Rd. and U.S. 301 is close to a known ground water contamination area from the American Beryllium Company, which once occupied 1600 Tallevast Rd. According to the county's natural resources director Ron Brown, the water wells on this particular parcel are not effected by that contamination and none has been detected since a study in April of 2009.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thebradentontimes.com/news/2010/10/13/manatee_county/controversial_tallevast_rd_u.s._301_land_ordinance_passes_3_2_at_tuesday_s_bcc_land_use_meeting/?print=y


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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