FW_ _External_ _Mining Permit 92-10_ Deny the permit! (3)

Johnson, Robert E
From: Sams, Dan
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 6:09 PM
To: NCMiningProgram
Subject: FW: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Deny the permit!
From: Charlotte Jones -Roe [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 5:55 PM
To: Sams, Dan <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] [Mining Permit 92-10] Deny the permit!
l aim widting to request that the Welke Stone miii Ipeirmit 92 10 Ibe deii
�because expansion of the quarry willll damage Ipublic Ilainds and have a
negative effect on the visitoir experience at Uimstead State Park; coiie
to Ipollllution llin Crabtree Creek; and violate standards of air qualkty. To
esseii give away this IpubBlic (property, a treasure of the Tidaii is
totally unacceptable.
My faimHy lives i Umstead Park and we have visited the traHs and
campsites theire for four decades. l aim especially llinteirested llin the fate of
the "Oddf6klows Tract" inext to Umstead Park (because l have camped
there mainy times as a chapeiroine for scout giroup associated with my
church. We always had to contact the airport authority to request
peirmission to use the site and we did so, giratefUl for the oppoirtuii l was
always told that when the Oddf6klows frateimall organization gave up use of
the Ilaind adi . aceint to the airport and to Umstead Park, they did so on
coii was that the site would ALWAYS continue to Ibe avaHable for
youth camping and day activities.
The Oddf6klows site was especially usefull for Iprliirnitive camping Iby youth
giroups who were dolling mouii Ibilkiing or oirienteeiring activities, as well
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as for younger scouts Ilear6ling geinei4l camping skiEls. The other good
tlNling about the OddfeElows campsite and its proximity to RaIleiglh was that
it aElowed high scho6l age Scouts who (played footbaEl or had band
obligations, and their Ipaireints, to join the group after the 8:00 Ipm gate
cbsing for group campsites within the Iboundary of Urnstead Park. The
Occoneechee CouncH 1Boy Scout caimp is inow about'75 irrHes away liin
Moore County, and this IlocaIl camping option aElowed imany young imein to
continue their liinv6llveirneint with Scouting and Iprovlide Ileaderslhlip for the
younger scouts.
When 1I have llinqullired ireceintly about the (promise to have the site ireirnaalin
avalOable for youth camping, 1I have Ibeein t6ld that the OddfeElows ffle and
any documentation of the agreement had Ibeein 'lost," or even that current
imeimbeirs of the organization it have Ibeein (lobbied Iby parties that stood
to imake imoney from the destruction of the site, Wake Stone and the
Airport Autlhoir9lty. 1I hope this is inot true, Ibut llin any case 1I tlNlinlk it is
regirettable that a promise to the youth of our area is(belling Ibrolkein and that
future scouts wiH inot have the opportuinllty to use this site adjacent to
Uirnstead Park.
When 1I was working and commuting, 1I dodged Wake Stone trucks dal!lIy on
1I 40 and Harrison Avenue with their (big sigins saylling that ino one shoUld
drive within 200 feet to avoid daimage from flylling rocks. In traffic that is
simply inot (possible. Wake Stone is inot a good ineighbor, and 1I can't
lirnag�line how (people who(hive inear the proposed quarry site wiH Ibe able to
stay. The incise from the blasting and the Ihuindreds of trucks that wiH carry
away rnateid4ls from the quarry dal!lIy wiH take away the llinteinded use of our
public land, daimage Mldfife corridors, degrade water quallllty, and Iprovlide a
great Beall of dust and inoise that WEI imake Illiviing nearby or using our Ipublic
park unpleasant and unheafthy.
This is cleairiy a (profit motivated taking of our Ipublic lands as weEl as a
brolken promise to youth of our area and IlocaIl residents. 1I urge you to
acfivelly oppose the granting of airiinlling Ipeirmit 92 10 to Wake Stone, and
to look llinto why the Airport Autlh&lty would support having this (bad
neighbor destroylling the site and the vallues of our Ipubllic Uirnstead State
Park.

Chaidotte Joines Roe
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