External Mining Permit 92-10 Wake County needs more open space and public recreation areas not a hole in the ground (6)

Johnson, Robert E
Michaell Regain, Secretary DEQ,
Dear Colleague,
We it oved to our current Vocation for nine ireasoin access to Uimstead. Avid air ateuir cyclists,
aveiraglling 3 4 bicycle ir9ides each week, we chose to Ilive inear Uimstead for access to a Ipllace
that allows us to decompress from the stresses of work, from the trauimas of life. We are
reiminded dailly of this choice in our current crisis, the forest has served as a Ipllace to ire
center, to Ibreatlhe deeply and to continue to distaince ouirs6lves from faimilly and friends.
Although we are oimly two people, we encounter Ihuindireds of cyclists, Nikeirs, farm plies each
week many deep llin conversation or focused oin the gireeineiry or just einjoylling the sounds of
inatuire. So, l tNlink l speak for theim whein l ireliteirate the Iprofouind llimpoirtaint Umstead serves
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As a IplhysHclain and avid travelleir, l Ihave seein the imeintall, psychological and cfiinllcall effects of
rein oving access to inatuire, to gireeineiry and to quiet. l t4lined llin NYC wheire in ainy of imy
patients escaped to Ceint4l Park or to a local spot of gireein to distaince theimsellves from the
�pressuires and stressoirs of the uirbain einviiroiniment around theim. l travelled to SE Asia wheire
�lin 1Baingkok, theire is a ireinrraliinliing gireein space, Ilairgelly Iprlistine llin fits lack of urbanization,
described as the gireein Iluing of the city a i from a dense, Ibusy, crowded, sweaty city.
l tNlink the question of quarry versus Ipairk asks us to tNlink cairefuEly about what kind of society
we waint to Ibe. How capitallisfic are we? How imuch do we vallue our people inot the 30+ who
wiiEl work the Ilaind, strllppiing lit of fits vallue and thein (leave but the irrtlllllloins of locals and visitoirs
who use this place as a i from the llinteinsities of life around theim.

1I Ihave aWays thought of RaIleiglh and the tdainglle as a Iprogiressive and t1houghtfUl city. 1I Ihope
that the decisions it today and llin the inext few weelks can irellinforce t1his Ipreseince and
secure for the muftitude of generations after us a Ilegacy of space, gireeneiry and ireslpite iratlheir
than satisfy a few linstitutions" capitallisfic desires.
Katlhair9line 1Batt, MD MSc
�Katlhair9line 1Batt
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8043 Sycamore HIM IL.in
RaIleiglh, North Cairofina 27612