Has the town already made up its mind to approve this?

No. The request is still under review. To complete the analysis, staff has requested that Vulcan provide an air modeling study. Once the study is complete and has been reviewed, the analysis will be finalized in the form of a staff report. The staff report will be made available to the public ten days prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing. The Commission will make a recommendation to the Town Council during the Commission’s public hearing. A decision will not be made until the Town Council public hearing, at which the Council will be presented with the results of staff’s analysis and the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation, and the public will have the opportunity to provide input on the project. 

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1. Why didn’t the town just dismiss the application outright?
2. Has the town already made up its mind to approve this?
3. Why is this taking so long? UPDATED 12/4/2023
4. Why is the Town allowing Vulcan to provide their own studies?
5. If the town decides to approve this, can extra requirements be placed on Vulcan?
6. What is a General Plan?
7. How does the General Plan work in conjunction with the zoning code?
8. How does the Town determine compliance with the General Plan?
9. How can the Town consider approving this application when so many residents are against it?
10. How can this use be allowed when the purpose statement of the RH zone is “to preserve the character and encourage the orderly growth of rural areas in the town."
11. What about the single access to the site crossing the railroad? Isn’t Union Pacific concerned? What about fire access? UPDATED 11/8/2023
12. Why is the town not requiring an EIS?
13. Why doesn’t the town require a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) be installed to control plant emissions? UPDATED 11/13/2023
14. Traffic volumes – how will this affect my daily drive? Won’t this cause undue wear and tear on Old Nogales Highway? UPDATED 11/20/2023
15. Are the emissions going to make me sick?
16. Why can’t the town regulate environmental permits?
17. I heard that the Vulcan property is classified as vacant for tax purposes. Doesn’t this negate their claim that the sand and gravel operation is a legal nonconforming use? UPDATED 11/8/2023