Wednesday, July 21, 1999
Builders push for sewage plant
Kentucky lawmakers targeted
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky wants three state legislators to back down from fighting the site of a proposed waste-water treatment plant in Boone County and is urging its members to get involved.
The organization is sending letters to all its members urging them to write the three legislators who have vowed to help Belleview residents fight the plant.
“As you can imagine, any further delay in building a plant in Boone County can have serious consequences for not only the home building industry, but for any new economic development all over Northern Kentucky,” wrote David Drees, president of the home builders association.
The site proposed for the plant is between the Ohio River and Ky. 20 in northern Boone County, about 1.3 miles north of Burlington Pike.
State Sen. Dick Roeding, R-Lakeside Park, and state Reps. Paul Marcotte, R-Union, and Charlie Walton, R-Florence, met with opponents earlier this month to develop a strategy to fight the waste-water treatment plant. Residents' concerns include odor from the plant and its proposed location near a school.
Mr. Marcotte said he welcomes all comments, including from the home builders association, and all independent studies.
“We represent the constituents of Boone County,” Mr. Marcotte said. “Ultimately we will do what's best for them regardless of pressures coming from outside of Boone County.”
The letter includes suggested comments that members should write, including that the home builders association believes strongly that the site selected will provide a long-term solution to sewers in Boone County.
The home builders association argues that the site will maximize the area of Boone County that can be served by centralized sewers and provide the best stream and ground water quality for the future.
“Any late-hour involvement that may hamper the construction of this plant can have real impacts on the region,” said Shawn Cox, director of governmental affairs for the home builders association.
One Belleview resident said the letter proves what residents have been saying all along: that this site is all about development.
“All along we have heard from the county and Sanitation District No. 1 that this was not about development,” said John Arrasmith, who has led much of the opposition. “So here you have it. Once again, it's proof that the county has failed us.
“It's more proof that they have not been honest with us.”
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