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Flat Creek


Environmental concerns persist for area residents


By Matt Tate Te level of potentially hazardous


exhaust from a concrete plant will be a key issue at an air quality per- mit public hearing Wednesday (May 26).


Te WNC Regional Air Quality


Agency will be hearing from the pub- lic concerning Blue Ridge Concrete’s plant at the corner of Murphy Hill Road and Old Mars Hill Highway. Te permit will allow the concrete


plant to begin mixing concrete once it is ready at a rate of 60 cubic yards per hour. A concern for the plant’s opposition


is the “bowl effect” of the Flat Creek area where pollutants may settle and trap, which could especially have an effect on those who would live uphill from the plant’s proposed seven-story exhaust silo. Te site of the plant has 15 homes


Weaverville Group proposes dog park idea


By Matt Tate Dog parks have become an in-


creasingly popular use of outdoor space because it gives owners and dogs alike an opportunity to exer- cise and interact with other dogs in a controlled environment. A group would like a dog park in


Weaverville, but there are first sev- eral hurdles that will likely need to be cleared. Te Weaverville Town Council


applauded the group’s presenta- tion at Monday’s (May 17) coun- cil meeting, but would like to see several issues addressed, including proper enforcement, public health and liability. Allen Meyerhoff said he was en-


couraged by council’s willingness to work with the proposal. “A ‘maybe’ response is what I ex-


pected,” Meyerhoff said of council’s reaction. Te group Meyerhoff spoke for


organized several months ago and a throng of 15 supported Monday’s presentation. Te old pool property near Lake Louise Park was identi- fied as a potential spot for a split large and small dog park. Meyerhoff said the group is will-


ing to raise funds privately for up- front costs and hopes annual use


permit fees would help cover main- tenance. He believes the park would be


a boon for North Buncombe. In Weaverville, Main Street Nature Park allows dogs on leashes; how- ever Lake Louise Park does not. Te dog park would allow dogs to roam free within fenced boundaries. “Dog parks are not just for dogs,”


Meyerhoff said. “Tey’re for peo- ple.” Outdoor space was also the topic


of Jill Brittin’s report from the Bun- combe County Greenway Com- mission for which she is a liaison for the town. A feasibility study is in progress for a greenway along Hwy. 251 from the northern sections of Asheville to Marshall. She presented possible scenarios


for the town to connect to any such greenway near the French Broad River, including through Reems Creek, which is a tributary. In other news, the council again


worked with issues in Reems Creek Village. Town staff found lots 18, 19, 20 of the development to be improperly divided years ago, so developer Bill Dorf proposed to di- vide the lots into six smaller spaces. Council cleared up some ver-


biage in the plats and accepted the proposal. Dorf announced he would like to


keep the roads in later phases of the development as private rather than donating to the town. After several months of discussions, council told Dorf in April he would need to fix repairs on the road before the town would accept them. One piece of road that the town


may accept in the future should it come to fruition is an extension on Central Avenue. Currently, Cen- tral Avenue ends without any way of turning around short of pulling into a driveway. Dennis Sharp lives at the end of


Central Avenue and owns property at the dead-end. He, along with engineer Marvin Mercer, presented a proposal for a 150-foot t-section turnaround at the end of the street that would be dedicated to the town upon completion. Te town agreed to accept the


road in the future if it is built and if Sharp limits the lots on the new street frontage to two. In the public comment period,


ABC Board Chairman Lou Ac- cornero criticized recent Tribune articles investigating the finances at the ABC store. Vern Feltner asked the town to


reconsider a proposed 3½-cent tax increase. A budget meeting will be- gin at 4:30 pm on Tursday (May 20).


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immediately adjacent or across the street. Many believe the area should be kept residential. Te North Buncombe Associa-


tion of Concerned Citizens will be presenting its complaints during the scheduled three-hour session that begins at 6 pm at North Buncombe High School. A 2008 hearing on the matter heard before the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment lasted more than seven hours. NBACC President Aaron Pohl-


Zartesky is working to organize tes- timony and encouraging people to show up and speak their mind. Te WNCRAQA board will make


a decision within two weeks of the hearing. Te NBACC and other area resi-


dents have been battling the plant’s construction since it was first an- nounced in 2007. Te Board of Adjustment unani- mously turned down the proposal in


2008 due to environmental concerns. However, it was later determined the notice for a public hearing was not placed in enough time and the N.C. Court of Appeals repelled the zoning plan in place at the time of the deci- sion. A Buncombe County Superior


Court judge ordered the county to grant the building permits last Oc- tober. “It is absurd people’s lives should


be at risk because of a clerical error,” Pohl-Zartesky said of the public no- tice oversight. Johnny Maroney, listed on the


air quality permit application as the plant’s operating manager, declined comment. Grading and other light construc-


tion has begun in the area. Te closest concrete plant to the


area is roughly two miles away at Southern Concrete on Ollie Weaver Road, a less populated area.


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