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Jessica Ziegler Submitting Comments Re: #188847, a Proposed Zoning Amendment to Amend Allowable Uses, Requirements for Special Permits, and Purpose Statements in IA and IP Zones.
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My home on Woodbine Street overlooks active railroad tracks and the Rogers Foam building. I have three young children who play outdoors for hours daily, and I worry about the effects of all of the pollution they breathe in. The big trucks that come to the factory idle longer than the ordinances allow. While I know that is illegal, and I have worked with the city on the issue in the past, the problem always comes back. There is also the noise pollution to consider: our neighborhood rocks and rolls all hours of the day and night from train traffic and from big rigs coming and going at the factory. I do not know if there are other pollutants being produced at the site that I should be concerned about, but I do look at my young children running and playing in our yard and wonder what effects our living environment might have on their growing bodies.I would love to see that space used in some other non-industrial, less noise-and air-polluting way. I am sad to think that we might always have a factory here in the midst of our vibrant family-oriented neighborhood. I wonder if these concerns will someday lead us to relocate to a place where I can fear less for my children's health and well-being, somewhere where we do not have a factory in our backyard.Thank you for your time.Jessica Zeigler5 Woodbine Street