Forwarded from: "Tim Bowker" <tgbow...@lisco.com> Tonight! CITY COUNCIL considers proposed grain processing site FAIRFIELD CITY COUNCIL AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS April 14, 2014 7:00 P.M. 118 S Main St
Blue Zone concerns regarding proposed Heartland Co-Op: http://ia-fairfield.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/1718 Listen to the following 60-minute KRUU interview Friday afternoon of the currently planned grain elevator and chemical fertilizer plant http://www.kruufm.com/node/17758 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: xyz2041 <xyz2...@gmail.com> Hi, Fairfield Community Member... Here are some things we found out just in the pastfew days: * Heartland Co-op has completed the purchase of 160 acres as of April 2nd. * A top-view drawing shows that they want to have the exit directly across from Jerry and Marge Leahy's house. If built, this would make living intolerable for them. Imagine grain dryers running 24 hours a day, trucks and trains with their diesel exhaust and noise at all hours. Here is that drawing: http://A7H.com/TopViewDrawing.gif * Heartland is moving quickly and has not publicly disclosed all the features and plans--perhaps in fear of the backlash it would cost if the true size and scope were revealed. * The proposed project is even bigger than we feared. In fact, there isn't an existing Heartland project in the same league. They want to build a 220-foot tall and 2-block-long structure. This would be the tallest structure outside of Des Moines or Cedar Rapids! Here is a "to scale" graphic comparing it to the courthouse: http://A7H.com/ComparisonGraphic.gif * The Leahy family's 4 homes are directly adjacent to this proposed behemoth, and their quality of life would be severely affected if it is allowed to be constructed. Much of the community will be negatively affected, which includes people living/working in the eastern half of town. * The indirect word is that this industrial complex would be only "Phase 1" of their plans. They won't reveal the rest, but possibilities include: ethanol processing, fertilizer processing and storage, and who knows what else! We need your help! We have been informed that Section 414.23 of the IowaCode grants the City of Fairfield a two-mile"extraterritorial jurisdiction" over this project: http://TinyURL.com/Iowa-414-23 This means that the Fairfield City Council has thepower to enact ordinances that would stop thisproject. However, the council members and the mayor--just likethe county supervisors--are situated between a rockand a hard place. They want to do what's best forFairfield and Jefferson County, but they are unsurewhich direction the majority of citizens are leaning. We need to show them the strength of the oppositionand the determination to preserve the environmentallyfriendly way of life and our city's green reputation.This means we absolutely need you to help! 1. The first favor we need to ask is very easy.Please sign our online petition asking for completestudies on how this proposed industrial plant wouldaffect our quality of life: http://TinyURL.com/m4da4v8 We plan to present this to the county supervisorsMonday morning and the city council Monday evening.Would you please take 30 seconds to sign this rightnow? Thank you! 2. Thanks to everyone who attended the countysupervisors' meetings during the past few weeks! Wehave made an impression. As you can see, the supervisors would like to avoiddiscussion of the Heartland debacle for this week: http://www.JeffersonCountyIowa.com/docs/agenda14-04-14.pdf A few of us plan to be there just to make certainnothing untoward occurs. So, it's not necessary fora large group to attend. However, we are on the agenda for the city councilmeeting later Monday night at 7 PM: http://CityOfFairfieldIowa.com/DocumentCenter/View/1460 So, we would really need you to come to this meeting(Monday, April 14th, 7 PM) and show the council andmayor that we stand for high quality living standardsand don't want to have a 220 ft. industrial complexmarring our beautiful eastern entrance. The cityshould act to prevent this. 3. Personal contact. We really appreciate yoursigning the online petition. Something that would addto that effect would be to reach out to your councilmember, mayor, and county supervisors. By making apersonal contact--either personal visits, letters,email, or phone calls--it will let them know thatthere are a great number of people who want them toact to oppose this project. Please be polite,respectful, and appreciative of these public servantswho work on behalf of everyone in the city/county. Would you please pledge to contact at least 3 ofthese people this coming week? Here are contact details: Supervisors: Lee Dimmitt 1300 W. Jackson Ave. Fairfield, IA 52556-4251 641-919-9547 lee.dimm...@jeffersoncountyia.com Dick Reed 709 S. Maple St. Fairfield, IA 52556-3746 641-919-8262 dick.r...@jeffersoncountyia.com Becky Schmitz 404 West Washington Ave. Fairfield, IA 52556-3344 641-919-5575 bschm...@jeffersoncountyia.com City Council and Mayor: Ed Malloy (Mayor) 1105 Lakeview Dr. Fairfield, IA 52556-9669 641-472-7754 emal...@danaheroil.com Martha Rasmussen (First Ward) 1104 S. D St. Fairfield, IA 52556-3820 rras...@lisco.com 641-472-2339 John Revolinski (Second Ward) 2050 Coral Ln., Apt. 3 Fairfield, IA 52556-8764 jrevolin...@gmail.com 641-472-3939 Tony Hammes (Third Ward) 604 S. 33rd St. Fairfield, IA 52556-4744 tham...@outlook.com 641-919-1412 Michael Halley (Fourth Ward) 404 N. Main St. Fairfield, IA 52556-2446 mhalle...@gmail.com 641-233-0445 Daryn Hamilton (Fifth Ward) 1602 Woodside Cir. Fairfield, IA 52556-4145 dham...@yahoo.com 641-919-1861 Jessica Ledger-Kalen (At Large) 709 S. 2nd St. Fairfield, IA 52556-3606 j...@royaleconcrete.com 641-919-8912 Doug Flournoy (At Large) 217 Glasgow Rd. Fairfield, IA 52556-3004 dsflour...@hotmail.com 641-472-0261 Thank you for making your voice heard! We reallyvalue the quality of life that we have built up overthe years and appreciate your help preserving andmaintaining that quality. To help you stay updated, we have started a websitein the past few days: http://CountyTaxPayers.com/ We hope to update this site as quickly as any newsabout this issue comes to our attention. Please forward this email to anyone who wants topreserve and enhance the quality of life of ourcommunity. If you want to be included in thesemailings, please send your contact information to:i...@countytaxpayers.com. With sincere thanks, Mea Lama, Roger Leahy, Cindy Ballou, Keith DeBoer,& Patrick Bosold >
