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Venice Golf Club residents press county over hurricane debris mulching, dust and health impacts
Summary
Residents of Venice Golf and Country Club urged Sarasota County to move hurricane staging away from Green Lake, saying industrial grinding and mulching produced dust and noise that damaged landscaping and posed respiratory risks.
A cluster of Venice Golf and Country Club residents told the Sarasota County Commission on Jan. 15 that hurricane debris staged and ground at a site adjacent to their community near Green Lake is producing fugitive dust, noise and odors that they say have damaged vegetation and harmed residents’ health.
Residents described daily industrial mulching operations running long hours— ‘‘7 in the morning to 7 at night,’’ said Cindy Gondek— and said the resulting dust coats lanais, furniture and pools. ‘‘The materials mulched on-site releasing fugitive dust…
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