Dear Sirs:
With a small group of volunteers, we have canvassed our neighborhoods, and between LORTS and River Trails, we submitted a petition that consisted of over 1,000 signed petitions of opposition. According to Jim Bradbury, a consulting attorney in this matter, such a petition against a gas compression station was unheard of in his history in environmental law.
But the fact remains that a gas compression station comprised of 15 gas compression stations at one location is unheard of in this country, according to Chesapeake’s gas representative at a recent meeting at River Trails Elementary School.
What remains to be seen is how the City Council of Fort Worth determines the outcome should be December 6, 2011. Will they listen to the staff report that say this application is “inconsistent” with the already existing comprehensive plan and that it is “incompatible” with land use. What concerns me most, however, are comments made during the November 9th Zoning meeting by Bill Dolstrom, the attorney who filed the application, , there are “no other sites available” and that “according to the information we’ve receive, and the studies we’ve done, there is no other site available.” Mr. Dolstrom continues, “As far as the inconsistency with the comp plan, the comp plan calls this as agricultural district. This (ZC-11-098) use is permitted by right in an agricultural district, so I submit to you there is consistency with the comp plan.”
Will City Hall agree with its staff and Zoning Committee and deny the application, and if so – will Texas Midstream Gas Services and Chesapeake just build anyway???
Thank you for hearing me – please keep informed of the upcoming December 6th meeting.
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