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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFW my concernsAll, FYI. From: Betty Walsh Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 4:12 PM To: David Greene Subject: Fw: my concerns Betty Walsh, Council Member City of Cape Canaveral 105 Polk Avenue P.O. Box 326 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-0326 Phone: (321) 868-1230 Fax: (321) 868-1248 Email: b.walsh@cityofcapecanaveral.org www.cityofcapecanaveral.org ________________________________ From: basecampoutlet@aol.com <basecampoutlet@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:43 PM To: John Bond; Bob Hoog; Betty Walsh; don.willis@porterwillis.com <mailto:don.willis@porterwillis.com> ; Buzz Petsos; csroberts@cfl.rr.com <mailto:csroberts@cfl.rr.com> Subject: my concerns Dear City Leaders, I would like to share with you some of my thinking for offering permits for construction of a major gas station at Cape Shores' southern boundary. 1. The point of necessity: we have 8 service stations within our 3 mile radius already. We don't need another one. 2. Crime: Service stations in central Florida are notorious for being robbed and people injured or killed. 3. The safety feature: too many pedestrians and bike riders use the sidewalk on this strip. Someone is going to be injured. 4. Traffic: Already we are encountering backup traffic problems especially on the weekends with the west lane of A1A being blocked by cars trying to enter Enterprise rental car lot, the delivery trucks for Dollar General, let alone huge fuel delivery trucks for this proposed site. 5. The site is too narrow for such a development. Once the fuel trucks have entered this property, how is it going to turn around? How are garbage trucks going to turn around? 6. Noise: The sound from trucks, motorcycles, and people will be horrendous. 7. Lighting: Our southern most building will be inundated with light pollution. 7. Retention pond: Even if this is a dry pond, eventually it will be filled with water bring the possibility of disease to our area due to increase of mosquitoes, snakes, raccoons, and other nuances. 8. Decreasing our property values: Who wants to live or raise their family next to a service station? 9. Removal of trees: There are 12 specimen trees right now on this property. They provide us with much needed shade which lowers our temperatures in the summer. They help filter the air we breathe and create more oxygen. They provide a habitat for wildlife and a understory for plants that live only in a Maritime Oak Hammock. 10. Foul air quality. Every time a vehicle is filled with fuel, some of the polluted air escapes into the air. Please consider my concerns in any decisions that you may make. Respectfully yours, Rebecca Rowe Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by the City of Cape Canaveral officials and employees will be made available to the public and/or media upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida Law, email addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic email to this entity. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing