Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Please sign and share this petition! Then call and email Sarasota County Commissioners (see below) and tell
them you don't want a 16-acre, industrial recycling plant built next to
the bird sanctuary at the Celery Fields! The county owns the land and
also gets to approve or deny the zoning exception required to build this
industrial facility in a gem of our community.
http://www.sarasotaaudubon.org/capital-campaign/the-celery-fields/
What to expect if we don't take action:
- Noise! The facility will be permitted to CRUSH CONCRETE 6 days a week from 7 am to 5 pm. If you've never heard the machines that do this, they are loud!
- Pollution! Get ready for 35-foot piles of heavy construction materials, yard waste and miscellaneous debris blowing into the air and leaching into our groundwater. There will also be towering smoke stacks.
- Traffic! They estimate up to 100 trucks daily will be dropping off construction waste from around the county. Palmer Blvd. is NOT going to support this kind of heavy additional congestion without seriously degrading the quality of life for all living things around it.
- Property values! People have invested heavily in their homes around this beautiful park and pay their fair share of property taxes. This is NOT the right place to build this facility!
Please make your objections heard and take action now... Contact Sarasota County Commissioners:
County Commissioner phone number: 941-861-5344
https://www.scgov.net/bcc/pages/default.aspx
Email the Sarasota County Commissioners:
District 1: Michael A. Moran - [email protected]
District 2: Paul Caragiulo - [email protected]
District 3: Nancy C. Detert - [email protected]
District 4: Alan Maio - [email protected]
District 5: Charles D. Hines - [email protected]
Related Articles:
http://www.srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/2017-02-25/5770_Celery-Fields-Sell-Out
http://www.snntv.com/2017/02/25/protest-keep-celery-fields/
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/many-residents-voice-their-opposition-to-proposed-recycling-plant-at/article_c258266c-e764-11e6-a97b-536674c11980.html
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/not-in-my-backyard-issue-pops-up-near-celery-fields/article_cb85dd42-d454-11e6-94ed-73d5fcb2d001.html
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Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
February 27, 2017
February 24, 2017
I have finalized the formal briefing document highlighting the environmental impact of the proposed recycling facility. This report will be delivered to the zoning board offices tomorrow morning to ensure our technical objections are part of the official record.
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 10, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
February 10, 2017
2,712 Comments
Please do not allow this change of use. The Celery fields has become an important part of our community. Our County's rampant commercial expansion has reached a disturbing level. Poor planning will not allow our quality of life to continue at this pace.
Sarasota needs to keep the celeryfoelds preserved as they are! Why put a park in on the north side of the road and then develop as industrial on the spur? That type of business should not be allowed in an area with residential homes and a park.
Please don't put a recycling facility by the celery fields. I work right next to that area & I love watching the birds there before work & on my lunch break. I saw a bald eagle a few weeks ago & I love watching the roseate spoonbills & sand cranes.
My husband and I just purchased a home in Palmer Lakes. We are moving from New Jersey and we absolutely loved the beauty and the calming environment that the Celery Fields have to offer. Please, do not ruin the wildlife area that we love so dearly!
As a wildlife biologist and resident of shadow oaks I am very strongly opposed to another recycling facility of any kind in this area- the one on the corner of porter and Palmer is bad enough, another is just blatantly environmentally irresponsible.
Please say no
This development of a processing plant next to the celery fields in a constricted area would be idiotic
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
Please sign and share this petition! Then call and email Sarasota County Commissioners (see below) and tell
them you don't want a 16-acre, industrial recycling plant built next to
the bird sanctuary at the Celery Fields! The county owns the land and
also gets to approve or deny the zoning exception required to build this
industrial facility in a gem of our community.
http://www.sarasotaaudubon.org/capital-campaign/the-celery-fields/
What to expect if we don't take action:
- Noise! The facility will be permitted to CRUSH CONCRETE 6 days a week from 7 am to 5 pm. If you've never heard the machines that do this, they are loud!
- Pollution! Get ready for 35-foot piles of heavy construction materials, yard waste and miscellaneous debris blowing into the air and leaching into our groundwater. There will also be towering smoke stacks.
- Traffic! They estimate up to 100 trucks daily will be dropping off construction waste from around the county. Palmer Blvd. is NOT going to support this kind of heavy additional congestion without seriously degrading the quality of life for all living things around it.
- Property values! People have invested heavily in their homes around this beautiful park and pay their fair share of property taxes. This is NOT the right place to build this facility!
Please make your objections heard and take action now... Contact Sarasota County Commissioners:
County Commissioner phone number: 941-861-5344
https://www.scgov.net/bcc/pages/default.aspx
Email the Sarasota County Commissioners:
District 1: Michael A. Moran - [email protected]
District 2: Paul Caragiulo - [email protected]
District 3: Nancy C. Detert - [email protected]
District 4: Alan Maio - [email protected]
District 5: Charles D. Hines - [email protected]
Related Articles:
http://www.srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/2017-02-25/5770_Celery-Fields-Sell-Out
http://www.snntv.com/2017/02/25/protest-keep-celery-fields/
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/many-residents-voice-their-opposition-to-proposed-recycling-plant-at/article_c258266c-e764-11e6-a97b-536674c11980.html
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/local/not-in-my-backyard-issue-pops-up-near-celery-fields/article_cb85dd42-d454-11e6-94ed-73d5fcb2d001.html
Updates
Reached 5,000 supporters
February 27, 2017
February 24, 2017
I have finalized the formal briefing document highlighting the environmental impact of the proposed recycling facility. This report will be delivered to the zoning board offices tomorrow morning to ensure our technical objections are part of the official record.
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 10, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
February 10, 2017
2,712 Comments
I work in this area. The Celery Fields are our back yard. I don't believe an industrial facility needs to be build in this area, build it further east. It already takes me 5-10 minutes to cross over Palmer (at Apex) to get to work and home evry day.
Please do not allow this change of use. The Celery fields has become an important part of our community. Our County's rampant commercial expansion has reached a disturbing level. Poor planning will not allow our quality of life to continue at this pace.
Sarasota needs to keep the celeryfoelds preserved as they are! Why put a park in on the north side of the road and then develop as industrial on the spur? That type of business should not be allowed in an area with residential homes and a park.
Please don't put a recycling facility by the celery fields. I work right next to that area & I love watching the birds there before work & on my lunch break. I saw a bald eagle a few weeks ago & I love watching the roseate spoonbills & sand cranes.
My husband and I just purchased a home in Palmer Lakes. We are moving from New Jersey and we absolutely loved the beauty and the calming environment that the Celery Fields have to offer. Please, do not ruin the wildlife area that we love so dearly!
As a wildlife biologist and resident of shadow oaks I am very strongly opposed to another recycling facility of any kind in this area- the one on the corner of porter and Palmer is bad enough, another is just blatantly environmentally irresponsible.
Please say no
This development of a processing plant next to the celery fields in a constricted area would be idiotic
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I work in this area. The Celery Fields are our back yard. I don't believe an industrial facility needs to be build in this area, build it further east. It already takes me 5-10 minutes to cross over Palmer (at Apex) to get to work and home evry day.