Town of Florence
PLANNING & ZONING
STAFF REPORT AGENDA ITEM 5D
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TO: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
FROM: MARK ECKHOFF, AICP, PLANNING DIRECTOR
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 5, 2010 AND AUGUST 19, 2010
SUBJECT: PZC-23-10-GPA (FLORENCE COPPER PROJECT GPA)
REQUEST:
This is a request by Pew and Lake, PLC for a Major General Plan Amendment to the Town of Florence 2020 General Plan. More specifically, this application requests an amendment to the Town of Florence 2020 General Plan Future Land Use Map in conjunction with the proposed Florence Copper Project. The subject site is located south of Hunt Highway between the Valley Farms Road and Plant Road alignments, excluding land under the jurisdiction of the Arizona State Land Department. The site lies within portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35, all lying within Township 4 South, Range 9 East of the Gila and Salt River Baseline and Meridian, Florence, Pinal County, Arizona. Approval of this request would change the General Plan land use designation on the approximately 1,182 acre site from Master Planned Community (MPC) to Employment/Light Industrial (E/LI).
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Motion for an unfavorable recommendation to the Mayor and Town Council for case number PZC-23-10-GPA, a Major General Plan Amendment submittal by Pew and Lake, PLC.
I live in the town of Florence and find this information devastating, to say the least. How can we, as residents, be of help in possibly stopping this mining from taking place?
No In My Backyard (NIMBY)…………
In this day and time we do not need mines close to the towns. The water supply is at a level that we cannot pussyfoot around and have water (not knowing) if it is dangerous or not, living in the desert (water) is our life blood.
I too am a Florence home owner and would like to know what we, as Florence residents, can do to prevent this from happening. This is completely unacceptable and must be stopped. Everyone needs to watch the documentary Gas Land to wrap your head around fracking and what it does to our water supply. There must be something we can do to stop this.