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Pittsfield's Blog Post your comments/opinions about the Waste Storage Lagoon on Quarry Rd. All comments will be screened for accuracy before being posted, webmaster
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Response to some of the comments below: The Zoning Inspector or Trustees have not issued a permit for this lagoon or rezoned the property. We have a legal responsibility to enforce the zoning regulations and have to do that in a legal way though the courts-not a fast process. As you know this has happen though the holidays which has delayed any responses. Phone numbers for all township trustees are posted on the Who's Who at Pittsfield Township and on all Newsletters. We do have a answer system on the phone at the town hall but has malfunctioned when the phone lines were cut in November. Also due the high volume of calls it has become filled and won't answer. The Town Hall Meeting is sponsored by the residents, not the trustees or Quasar. My intent was not to mislead anyone or imply that the trustees are not supported of this meeting. Webmaster Steve Magyar & Trustee |
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02-06-13 Answer to Katherine-I don't know where you got your information
from but Erik A. Breunig DOES NOT Practice or Specialize
in Much Family Law! Please do more research. Steve Magyar, Trustee
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02-04-13 Trustees, did you ask for the NEW attorney's credentials when you went into a private session? Mr. Bruenig specializes in FAMILY law, not zoning. What were you thinking? I have a feeling we're going to get our hats handed to us in court.
Katherine
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01-26-13 1). Indeed, when Mark & Dan visited this lagoon why did they allow it to continue? Can you please tell us your reasoning behind that? 2).Why did you not do your job, is it because you don't really know what your job is, or was it just plain negligence? Either way, maybe it's time for a change. We want to thank everyone who has come on board to help stop this lagoon, our numbers continue to grow. As you know we want the entire population of Pittsfield Township and surrounding communities to join us in our battle. We are still finding people that haven't heard about the lagoon or don't realize there could be more coming. 90% of the people we talk to join us. Please continue to spread the word. 3) Lastly, to the trustees/prosecutor we fully expect this lagoon to get stopped permanently. This can happen if you take the necessary steps. Our health is at risk, our property values are at risk. We hold you responsible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer to your questions above: 1). When we found about the lagoon it was all ready completed, Dan & Mark then met with Quasar and ask what the lagoon/pond was going to be used for. After the fact finding on December 3, 2012 it was turned over the prosecutor who had to research Ohio law to determine if it lawful or not. After it was determined it was industrial the trustees met and directed the zoning inspector to issue a stop order, then a stop order was issued. 3).We the trustees will peruse this in zoning appeals or court and the zoning appeals/court or judge will decide the fait of this lagoon. There are laws that we must abide by as well as Quasar. 2) and part of 3). We spent about $30,000 in 2001/2002 to update our zoning and spent over a year on it. We feel it is pretty good at this point and that this industry is not allowed in the township. There always will be someone that will challenge that. We will always answer that challenge legally. We ask you, what else would you like us to do? Webmaster & Trustee Steve Magyar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-27-13
Your response is appreciated. However, I seen nothing about
tweaking your regs., if this is not done I fear the worst. This is
big money we are up against. They will find a loophole if one
exists. I can't stress to you enough how we feel. We are urging
people stay calm, but we want to see more actions taken. Don't let
us down.
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1-23-13 WE ASK OUR TRUSTEES TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE, GET AGGRESSIVE, AND RELIEVE US RESIDENTS FROM ANY COSTS OF FIGHTING THIS LAGOON. WE ARE PREPARED TO PUSH ONWARD, BUT DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT MAKE US INCURR ANY MORE COSTS. MANY, MANY RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING HOW THIS IS HANDLED. JOHN |
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01-22-13
THE RESIDENTS OF PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP FULLY EXPECT THE TRUSTEES AND
ASST. PROSECUTOR TO GET THE REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO PUT A PERMANATE
STOP TO THIS LAGOON. IF FOR SOME REASON THIS LAGOON GET IN
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP THE RESIDENTS ARE PREPARED TO TAKE FURTHER
ACTION. CONCERNED AND SERIOUS.
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This is an outrage, atrocity, and unconscionable.. the land is zoned
agriculture. The sludge is feces, human. Our zoning laws say, no human
feces, and no commercial on ag land. Why isnt this sopped NOW. Dan
shinsky doesn't need anything to stop it except his word. We watched
th is parcel for 7 years before we purchased one year ago and now
We are devastated that our collective 90 years of work is going to
smell feces . We cant even move from our house and sell. Family
says they will never visit. This area will be destroyed. If it
happens here, french creek will be putting it in all over lorain
county.. when dan and mark visited the site, why didnt they stop it
then.. did you know that the legal notice was put in the chronicle
on christmas day.. this operation has been deceitful from the
beginning, leading us on hughes and quarry to believe, he was tiling
his farm field. We are asking the trustees to help their
community. Stop it today! Please! Jenn
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How can this be set to take place. I thought you were against this as
Trustees?
Joyce
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Please correct the flyer, township hall meeting info.. this IS NOT
sponsored by quarry and hughes rd residents, but the entire pittsfield
population..we are disheartened that our trustees are not enforcing the
zoning laws.. all this can be avoided by enforcement of the laws. Were
the zoning laws changed? Was the parcel zoning changed? Do the
trustees not care about how their residents live and next to what?
What are you going to do about the damage to our property line by this
company and finding cameras and deer stands with ladders on our trees.
This never happened before the entire fence that crosses 4 parcels was
torn down.. because there was no way to get back there with all that
equip, except for the truck traffic that was back there all summer and
fall, that entered from quarry.
By the way, a blog is not to be deleted, but for everyone's opinions
so we can as a community move forward in a peaceful manner by
enforcing our laws.. simple as that. Thanks. And happy new year,
hope we have great news wednesday, we r hoping u come through for us
and are trusting you! Jenn
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Please post phone numbers for contact of Dan Shinsky and Mark
McConnell on the website.. there have been several occasions
where we needed to call and no numbers that will answer. The
twp hall doesn't have msg capability. We had to call the
sheriff twice this summer due to suspicious activity on our
back property re ortner property activity. Also, we need those
numbers in case we see activity on our project in question as
directed by Trustee Mark McConnell. WE called the hall last
nov., when we moved in, Dan answered and told us to hang up and
call back. We called back and there was NO answer!
Thanks Dave and Jenn
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Dear Fellow Residents, Please get informed about what has been put
in On Quarry Road. A class B sewage storage lagoon. The waste that
is planned to get put into this whole is treated with chemicals,
which helps kill disease that is present in human waste, however the
chemicals only kill so much, not everything. Because the whole of
waste will not be covered, when the sludge drys, the wind then takes
chemicals and disease that hasn't been killed airborn. Making this
site affect all of our health that live in the Pittsfield Township
area. Please make an effort to come to the meeting Wednesday evening
at 7. We are coming together to make a plan of action to protect our
beautiful township and the health of our families from a garbage
whole of class B sewage. We must take a stand! This land is zoned
agricultural and residential. The operation that is going to take
place is industrial per the epa. Zoning laws exist to protect
residence. These need to be enforced and our Township has the
authority to do so! I am still holding out hope in the trustees on
our board! Respectfully, Rachel and Joe , Hughes Rd. resident
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My name is Linda Harris. I presently reside on the
97 original acres of farmland that was my homestead and property farmed
by my late father Warren Harris and mother Helen Harris. The acreage
south of my property was originally owned by charles Carter and then
sold and now the proposed site of a "industrial" sewage storage pit or
"lagoon". I have struggled to afford to maintain my farm and enjoy the
lifestyle which I have been so accustomed to. I am sickend by the
thought of having a storage unit that contains human waste, processed or
not, existing in close proximity to my home. I am worried that there
will be encroachments or seepage onto my farm acreage and possible
contamination of my soil and pond. I think this open air lagoon will be
a insect haven and thus creating another health concern. I am also
convinced that if this is such a safe product then why isn't the city of
n. ridgeville or adjacent areas taking advantage of yet another benefit
from Quesar and put a lagoon on their properties?
I have read about the benefits that N.
Ridgeville is getting however what are we getting? A smelly,
potentially hazardous crap pit and the devaluation of our properties
in Pittsfield Twp. Shouldn't we be considered for a tax break
also?
I truly believe that
this could be the start of an epidemic in this entire County and
State. Country living will no longer be as we have known or know it
now. If this lagoon is approved, no one is safe from the intrusion
of future structures. If this company can convince farmers that
this is a great product with plenty of "nutrients" without any
documentations as to the contents actually present in the "sludge"
and testimonials to support their claims then they will be
successful in their efforts to claim more residential prime
farmland.
I am totally opposed
and insulted to think that Quesar initiated its project
with disregard to the rules of zoning and laws regarding wetlands,
etc. I will be proactive with this entire community to proceed
with any legal battles in the attempt to save us from the
health issues that may impact our lifestyle greatly and to protect
our community from future such undesirable projects.
Sincerely,
Linda Harris
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The meeting tonight was informative, but i truly think it should have never gotten this far. Having said that, we now have to take a different approach. I wonder if anyone could come up with another way to deal with this stuff, because this approach will surely invite much more serious health issues that have already been plaguing our country, however, the v large corp will deny.
Here is my concern tonight: I received some
information regarding Forrest City in Wellington, that they already
have an agreement that they are going to dump their raw 'whatever'
at the quarry site. DOes this mean that infact this IS going to be
a waste water treatment plant?????? Given that information, i
think that entire 60 acres is a gonner.Unbelievable that our
beautiful farmland that grows such beautiful green stuff can turn
into a fecal pit, stench, disease ridden, destroy livlihoods and
family life. The EPA guidelines specify that no person living on
their property should be infringed upon with stench, increased
insects, rats, as well as denied the right to enjoy their property
with clean air and water. There is NO way that French Creek will
control those issues, they plain DONTcare, if they did CARE, the
sludge wouldn't be there and they would be pursuing a way to deal
with the sewage waste class B in a people /environment friendly
way, rather dump it on your neighbors property. This is as low as
anything gets! Jenn
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Interesting that many people that are being directly effected by this
Quarry Road septic pool are public servants, nurses, police officers,
firemen, public advocates, etc..and we get dumped on in our elder years.
Unconscionable!!
my fear as a health advocate is the people in
the near proximity for health and putrid odors, now that I know that
this company is incredibly lax in their EPA guidelines, little to
no odor control, little to no spillage control, , but also those in
the 3 - 5 mile radius!! I can tell you that yellow fever and malaria
are carried by the mosquitoes. It was responsible for shutting down
the panama canal many times until it was discovered and locals were
vaccinated, killed thousands. as well as the american frontier,
many died from improper sewage: hence the plague 1890-1905 hit US
cities and countryside and Indian encampments. The source?? Raw
sewage open to the Air.... When will they learn??? Jenn ...need
citations or references for good history read of sewage and plagues
of yellow fever and malaria. call me 419-706-9233.
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