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Westwind Corkscrew Mine
Westwind Corkscrew Mine proposes an amendment to the existing
Industrial Planned Development (IPD) zoning to:
- increase the depth of the mining operation to 95 feet or confining layer
- add a new connection to Corkscrew Road
- eliminate the condition requiring 9.5 acres of native open space
- add the use of air curtain incinerator
- add the use of asphalt plant
- add the use of concrete block plant
- add the use of ready-mix concrete plant
- clarify condition addressing dewatering
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Coming to Corkscrew? (Newberry cement
plant owned by Florida Rock Industries).
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Latest info:
- Beneath the Pink Underwear
- Dye injection tests in Miami-Dade surprised all the experts when it
showed the water in the vicinity of public wellfields traveled 100yds in
a matter of hours instead of 30 days as expected. Article by
Steven Dudley -
Miami New Times.
- URGENT! It is time to speak out
again! - Please Come to the Board of County Commissioners
Meeting on Tuesday, June 10th at 5PM. Click the link for more details.
- CALL TO ACTION - an
open letter to friends and neighbors of the Corkscrew Road Rural
Community from residents
Peggy Apgar'Schmidt and Richard Schmidt. Contains a summary of the
issues and arguments about mining in our neighborhood.
- Summary of Corkscrew resident's
comments and request to reconsider portions of the draft LDC rule
- Peggy Apgar'Schmidt has submitted a summary of our comments at the May
22nd meeting with County staff and has asked for reconsideration of
specific language in the draft LDC rules as well as a portion of the
"Potential Mining Areas" map.
- It pays to know your opponent - Westwind Corkscrew Mine is
operated by
Westwind Contracting, Inc out of Pembroke Park in Broward
County. They have a number of high-visibility projects on the east
coast.
It also appears that the German investment firm - Naples Investment
Group, Inc. - has an ownership interest in the Corkscrew mine. Here
is a very rough translation of the
German language web page. It is interesting to note that investors
expect to begin selling limerock (in addition to fill) beginning in
May 2003.
- Mining interests consider historic Corkscrew community guilty of
"residential encroachment" - Greg Stuart, Urban Planner representing
Westwind Corkscrew Mine submits some
interesting comments and responses to proposed changes to the Lee
LDC.
- A new potential mining area map
was proposed by attorneys on behalf of mining interests at a
meeting of the Executive Regulatory Oversight Committee on Wednesday,
May 15th. The proposal adds about 3800 acres to the 21,000 acres
currently proposed - mostly to the extreme southwest section of Lee.
- Meeting with Lee County Community Development planners is set for
Thursday, May 22nd from 6pm to 8pm at the Three Oaks
Parkway Library.
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Urgent notice of meeting changes - Peg &
Rich Schmidt
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How can I help? |
| Challenging a threat to our
community's safety and quality of life requires commitment. Of
course, the most important commitment needed is your time and
energy; for
meetings, letter writing, information gathering, communicating,
and for participating in the decision-making process. Time
off from work to participate in these activities will be costly
for many of us, and that is appreciated by all. It's not clear
what the final financial costs will be, however it's likely they
will
be significant. A trust fund has been established to help
distribute some of these costs. There will be a full financial
accounting for those that contribute. If you feel you can
contribute to the fund (any amount is fine), please make your
check out to "Ralf Brookes Attorney's Trust Account" and
write Corkscrew Mine Challenge in the memo section. Send
checks to:
Ralf Brookes, Attorney
1217 E. Cape Coral Parkway, #107
Cape Coral Florida 33904
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