Agenda - 05-28-1985 - Laserfiche WebLink

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RECEIVEI@ trimiimci221 I am the owner of the land directly across Vighway 10 from the 4.34 acres in question. Hy parents, Dr, and hrs. J. B. Rhine, bought all of this land as part of a larger tract back in 1952, as a sanctuary where the, air was clean and there was some peace and quiet from the traffic and noise of nearby Durham. It was painful for them to endure the noise and air pollution which Chandler Cement Company brought into this area during their later years, but they were too old and feeble to battle this industrial intrusion so near to their residence. Now, we three Rhine children who own the land feel that it is time to stop the further expansion of Chandler Cement Company in our own backyard. As the owner of 40 wooded acres and a sizeable fishing lake within a stone's throw of Chandler's new land, I am particularly sickened by the expansion of this loud and ugly neighbor. I am scared by the operating tactics they have already displayed, by the surreptitious manner in which the land was begun to be used for industrial purposes while it was clearly zoned residential. I am worried about how their water use and waste dis- posal might be affecting our ground water and I am very glad that my two grandchildren live several miles away from that ominous pit with the sickly green liquid which even as I write this is sitting right out on this land with no protectibe barrier. When I acquired my land last summer I immediately had it' registered as a N.C. Wildlife _tefuge and placed it in a forest management program with the U.S. Forest Service. Both of these efforts were to help protect and preserve the land to keep it an attractive location for the home that I plan to build back in the woods overlooking the lake, as well as for possible