OSAPAC_Letter_BOC_RDU_Wake_Stone_Lease_2020_06_22 (1)

WAKE Open Space & Parks
COUNTY Advisory Committee
June 22, 2020
To the Wake County Board of Commissioners
TEL [phone]
FAX [phone]
Wake County Office Building 1011 Floor
337 S. Salisbury Street
PO Box 550, Suite 1000
Raleigh, NC 27602
http://www.wakegov.com/county/parks/default.htm
The mission of your appointed Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee (OSAPAC) is to advise
and assist Wake County in the creation, management and preservation of parks, open space
and natural areas for the benefit of Wake County's citizens, plant and animal life. The
Committee is compelled to speak out on a project that directly impedes our work, is
detrimental to the interests of public parks, recreation and open space and harms our citizens.
Over several years OSAPAC has followed the proposed lease of the Raleigh Durham Airport
Authority's "Odd Fellows tract" (105+/-acres) by the Raleigh Durham Airport Authority (RDUAA)
to the Wake Stone Corporation for the purpose of expanding an existing privately owned rock
quarry. After thorough review of the issues, agreements and history of the process, OSAPAC
best believes such a lease will forever change the character of the property in ways that are
not in the long term interests of the citizens of Wake County or RDUAA.
We recommend the Board of Commissioners take all prudent action to prevent the approval of
this mining lease.
Sincerely;
Wake County Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee
Robert Hinson, Chair
George Hess, Vice Chair
Members: Ann Marie Amico, Robert Finch, Robin Hammond, Greg Hoit, Mallory Martin, George
Matthis, Charles Roe, Mark Schwegel, HC Woody Woodward