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Surprise AZ (March 26, 2010) The Surprise City Council approved a resolution Thursday night, officially objecting to a private company’s plans to build a new asphalt plant, in the Agua Fria riverbed, near the city’s Coyote Lakes neighborhood.
LaFarge North America, which crushes rocks for concrete, asphalt, and other construction products, has applied to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department for a permit to build and operate an asphalt plant at 11500 W. Beardsley Road. Public meetings, recently held by the county, attracted large crowds of Surprise and neighboring community residents opposed to the proposed plant, citing health and safety concerns, through the addition of another gravel plant in the area and the emissions from extra diesel truck traffic.
The county will hold the next public hearing on this issue on Thursday, April 29, at 10 a.m. The location is Ventana Lakes Yacht Club, 20015 N. 108th Avenue, Sun City, AZ., 85373. The proposed LaFarge plant would be located within two miles of other asphalt plants, five concrete batch plants and two crushing/screening plants.
The council-adopted resolution also warned of negative health impacts and also states, “The City believes this plant is not in the best interest of the citizens of Surprise and that once all factors are considered, the proposed asphalt plant will not be in compliance with the existing regulations and should not receive a permit from the Maricopa County Air Quality Department.”
The council resolution follows and supports a letter sent March 4, 2010, from the City Manager’s office to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department objecting to LaFarge’s permit request.
Surprise, AZ (March 26, 2010) Two elementary schools in the Nadaburg Unified School District are joining the City of Surprise in promoting Census 2010 participation.
Students at Nadaburg Elementary and Desert Oasis Elementary are competing for a karaoke machine for their school. Here’s how the competition works: students fill out mock census forms, tear off an entry portion and enter them into the competition. The school that submits the most entries wins the karaoke machine.
The goal of the competition is to educate students on the Census and encourage them to take that message home to their parents, so that they will fill out and return their forms to ensure an accurate population count for Surprise.
The karaoke machine was donated by Cool Blew owner Bob Proctor in support of the city’s Census 2010 Complete Count Committee’s mission in promoting the Census.
Each Surprise resident counted by the Census equals $1,300 in federal funding to support local transportation, school and medical facility needs. Learn more at www.surpriseaz.com/Census2010.
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