On October 20, St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice will request public hearings to consider residents’ and stakeholders’ input in the city’s negotiation of a proposed consent order with the State Department of Environmental Protection, that would require the city to address failures in its failing sewage system.
While praising and supporting this request, the signatories of this petition assert that that whatever enforcement order is ultimately agreed upon should have community input and should be entered only after careful thought and consideration of all stakeholder concerns.
St. Petersburg and its surrounding communities continue to grow, while our local environment shoulders greater stress and climate change promises sea level rise and extreme weather. In light of the failure of the City to adequately communicate and/or understand the extent of the inadequacies of the system and risks to public health, we feel that public hearings on the proposed consent order and ongoing pubic input in the City’s sewage problems are important elements of efforts to fix the failures and regain public confidence in the City’s ability to adequately provide critical wastewater services in the future.
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October 8, 2016
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam so quickly but it is clear that everyone is tired of the smell and the silence on our sewage issues. It feels like we are finally starting to turn a corner toward getting some real transparency from the city council.
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St Pete has been hiding the facts for way too long. We need full transparency now not some backroom deal that lets them off the hook.
This is a huge problem and it MUST be addressed immediately. We are destroying our oceans and beaches-- a huge reason why we all live here and why people come to visit. No beaches = no money for the entire area. And of course of utmost importance is our overall health and well being as a community and the ecosystem itself. We must stop this horrible nonsense and fix the issues! It's not just some random red tide-- the blood is on your hands! Enough is enough!
Protect our waters!
Pump the sewage in the Mayors houser....
Let hear the truth about our water.
Let hear the truth about our water.
This needs to be done here and in Sarasota.
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On October 20, St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice will request public hearings to consider residents’ and stakeholders’ input in the city’s negotiation of a proposed consent order with the State Department of Environmental Protection, that would require the city to address failures in its failing sewage system.
While praising and supporting this request, the signatories of this petition assert that that whatever enforcement order is ultimately agreed upon should have community input and should be entered only after careful thought and consideration of all stakeholder concerns.
St. Petersburg and its surrounding communities continue to grow, while our local environment shoulders greater stress and climate change promises sea level rise and extreme weather. In light of the failure of the City to adequately communicate and/or understand the extent of the inadequacies of the system and risks to public health, we feel that public hearings on the proposed consent order and ongoing pubic input in the City’s sewage problems are important elements of efforts to fix the failures and regain public confidence in the City’s ability to adequately provide critical wastewater services in the future.
Updates
October 8, 2016
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam so quickly but it is clear that everyone is tired of the smell and the silence on our sewage issues. It feels like we are finally starting to turn a corner toward getting some real transparency from the city council.
12 Comments
Fix our water already! Sick of hearing about spills every time it rains a little bit.
St Pete has been hiding the facts for way too long. We need full transparency now not some backroom deal that lets them off the hook.
This is a huge problem and it MUST be addressed immediately. We are destroying our oceans and beaches-- a huge reason why we all live here and why people come to visit. No beaches = no money for the entire area. And of course of utmost importance is our overall health and well being as a community and the ecosystem itself. We must stop this horrible nonsense and fix the issues! It's not just some random red tide-- the blood is on your hands! Enough is enough!
Protect our waters!
Pump the sewage in the Mayors houser....
Let hear the truth about our water.
Let hear the truth about our water.
This needs to be done here and in Sarasota.
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Fix our water already! Sick of hearing about spills every time it rains a little bit.