Central Samish Valley Neighbors Our goal is to protect our community’s safety, environment and quality of life from potential negative impacts of Concrete Nor’West’s proposed Grip Road Gravel Mine
Concrete Nor’West’s Properties in perspective: 700 acres; 1.1 square miles
More than twice the size of La Conner, approximately the same size as Concrete and more than one-quarter the size of Sedro-Woolley 0.4 square miles 3.8 square miles 1.2 square miles
Mineral Resource Overlay The Mineral Resource Overlay, adopted in 2007 as part of the County’s Comprehensive Plan, designated these areas as available to mining but subject to special use permits.
Th The sit ite wil ill be str tripped of f all ll ti timber, topsoil and vegetation
Excavation 50 to 90 feet deep -- -- to ju just 10 feet from groundwater
Announced excavation volume: 4.2 million cubic yards Potential excavation volume: 8x this amount – 30-35 million cubic yards
3.5 million cubic yards if filled to the roof
Potential excavation volume: 10 times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Standard Truck & Pup Combo 24 cubic yards of gravel, up to 105,500-lb maximum • 356,666 truck trips over 25 Well- established ‘rule of years to excavate 4,280,000 thumb’: One 80,000-lb truck&trailer combo causes cubic yards the equivalent damage of • Mine truck traffic = equivalent 9,600 standard passenger of 200,000 cars per day vehicles (AASHO Road Test)
46 Truck -Trailer combo’s per day for 25 years LINDA->
Some of our concerns Large volume of truck traffic on narrow winding roads – Safety for: Other vehicles C hildren Pedestrians Bicyclists
Prairie Road and Grip Road are identified as established routes on the Skagit County Bike Route Map
Concerns…… Noise Dust Vibration from both: On-site mining operations & Off-site trucking
HOURS OF OPERATION - ORIGINALLY STATED AS UNLIMITED…. RECENTLY - HOURS MAY BE LIM IMITED TO MONDAY-FRIDAY -- -- 7AM TO 5 PM Th This is does s not t address : - Hours of f dark rkness when kids ids catch th the bus - Blin Blindin ing headli lights fr from lar large tr trucks on steep curves - Lim Limit ited visib visibil ilit ity for r all ll driv rivers MB
Concerns about groundwater supply and the effect of min inin ing on resid identia ial wells lls have not been addressed. . MB->
Concerns…… Impacts to wildlife, the Samish River, and water quality
Two mil ile-long pri rivate haul road Concerns…… – environmental im impacts not t addressed in in proposal
Concerns…… Expansion of the mine in future, and/or On-site processing of gravel…..
Gravel Min ine Expansion & & Scope changes : Lak Lakesi side In Industrie ies. Anac acortes -- -- Belf lfast Gr Gravel l Com ompany, Butle tler Hill ill Day Creek Sa Da Sand & Gr Gravel, l, S. S. Sk Skag agit Hwy wy Con oncrete Nor’West , Burlin rlington Con oncrete Nor’West , Kelle lleher Rd Rd
SEPA ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST “The checklist questions apply to all ll parts of your pro roposal, even if if you pla lan to do them over a period of tim ime or r on dif ifferent parcels of land.” ( Actual instructions as listed on checklist ) We exp xpect th the appli licant wil ill l provid vide accurate in inform rmatio ion in in th the applic licatio ion documents. It It is is very ry im import rtant for r resid sidents to know if if CN CNW pla lans to exp xpand th this is mine ine, , and if if th they in intend to do any type of process ssin ing on-si site in in the future. JED->
Property Value Impact The negative impacts of new mine development on local property values are clear and irrefutable. According to a well-documented study in Ohio: • Properties within 0.31 Miles of the mine dropped in value by 25% or more. • The decline .625 miles away was between 15% and 20%. • The decline 1 mile away was just under 15%. • The decline 1.25 – 2 miles away was just over 10%. • The decline 2.5 – 3.1 miles away was between 5% and 7%.
Central Samish Valley Neighbors Within 1 mile: 100 households and 245 residents Within 2 miles: 374 households and 955 residents Within 3 miles: 752 households and 1983 residents
Central Samish Valley Neighbors Given a median residential property value of $250,000-$300,000, we can calculate the following impact on our property values: • Within 1 mile: 100 homes worth a cumulative $25-$30 million will lose at least 15% in value = $3.75-$4.5 million • Within 1-2 miles: 274 homes worth a cumulative $68.5-$8.22 million will lose at least 10% in value = $6.85-$8.22 million • Within 2-3 miles: 378 homes worth a cumulative $94.5-113.4 million will lose at least 5% in value = $4.725-$5.67 million $15.325-$18.39 million in property equity lost
Central Samish Valley Neighbors These property value impacts are lowball estimates: they do not take into account the prospect of project sprawl to the other parcels currently owned by CNW, which would substantially increase the impacted geography. The $15.325-$18.39 million in property equity lost would result in a loss in county property tax revenue of $150,000-184,000 annually. Over a 25- year period, the projected exploitation period of the mine, the cumulative loss would reach $3.75-$4.6 million for the county budget. BRIAN ->
Permit Process – Past, , Present, Future • Mar arch 2016 – Not otic ice of of Appl pplic icatio ion, SEP EPA Che hecklis ist t ac accepted • May 2016 – County’s SEPA Threshold Determination – Miti tigated Determ ermin inatio ion of of Non on-Sig ignific icance (M (MDNS) – Cou ounty ty de decla lares tha that t the there ar are e no no si signi nificant barr barrie iers to o the mine’s development – Communit ity mem embers who are re aware of f proje roject beg egin to sen send in comments • November r 2016 – Not otic ice of of Public ublic Hea eari ring for or Spe pecial Use se Perm ermit it
Permit Process – Past, , Present, Future • De December 20 2016 16 – Sp Special l Use se Permit Public lic Hear arin ing convened, then cancelled (“continued”) due to in inad adequate not otic ice to o ad adja jacent lan landowners; Public lic Comment Peri riod ext xtended – Com ommunity mem embe bers al alert erted to o con oncern rns / / man any com omments su subm bmit itted • Jan January ry 20 2017 17 – Com ommunit ity Meetin ing held ld at t Hoogdal Com ommunit ity Center – mor ore tha than n 70 70 peo people le at attend; ; Cen entra ral l Sam Samis ish Val alle ley Neig eighbors orga organize fur further; r; at attorney ret retain ined; Pub ublic lic Rec ecord rds Requ equest mad ade by y at attorney
Permit Process – Past, , Present, Future • Feb ebruary 2017 – In Inten ensiv ive revi view of of docu ocuments revea eal many er errors and dis iscr crep epancie ies in in applic lication mater erials ls • Early ly March 2017 – Neighbors’ Attorney sends letter to County re. e. proc ocedural err errors, la lack ck of of prop oper public lic notic otice, etc • Mid id-March 2017 – Cou County res esponds by revoking MDN DNS and req equiring g applic licant to o provide additi itional l in info. o. And , , Cou County im implie ies in in le letter th that t cert certain res estrictions will ill be e put t on on th the e permit it (h (hou ours of of op operation; lim limit its on on tru truck trip trips; etc) c) It It appea ears th that t som ome e of of ou our r con oncerns are e bein eing g hea eard! • La Late e March 2017 – Neig eighbors in invit vite e County and Concrete Nor’West to 2 nd nd Communit ity Mee eetin ting, CNW declin eclines; Se Second Community Mee eeti ting held eld at t Sa Samis ish Elem lementary ry Sch School ; ; Community pro rovid ides in input. t. WE ARE HERE –
Permit Process – Futu ture • Futu ture dates es unknown TBD BD – CN CNW provid ides additio itional l in info/studies to o Cou County ; ; Community pro rovi vides in input t to County on scope of f additi itional l in info/studies ; ; • County is Cou issues es a revi vised SEPA deter ermin ination (M (MDNS or or Envi vironmental Im Impact Statement req equired); ); • Community comments ts on SE SEPA deter ermination (u (usually lly a tw two- wee eek com omment perio eriod; deter ermination can be e appea ealed ed); • Cou County rele eleases revis vised ed Staff Rep epor ort and is issue e Noti otice of of Spec ecia ial Use e Perm ermit Public lic He Hearin ing; • Community re revie views and submit its comments on pro roposed Sp Spec ecia ial Use e Per ermit it. Co Comments can usually lly be e submit itted up to the day of Hearing, then it is ‘closed’ . • Community and CNW atten ends Public lic He Heari ring ; He Hearing Examiner is issues es decis ecision (d (decis ecision can be e appea eale led)
25 YEARS S IS IS A LONG TIM TIME …….
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