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Resident urges council to pause sale of 35.97 acres to MTU 15, requests environmental study
Summary
A Carbondale resident told the City Council she opposes a prior vote to convey about 35.97 acres to Mobile Training Unit 15, citing potential noise, traffic and environmental harms and urging the city to consider leasing the land or requiring an environmental-impact study and a public plan from MTU 15.
Christine Lecinski, a Carbondale resident, urged the City Council to reconsider a prior conveyance of roughly 35.97 acres of city-owned land south of the Southeast Water Treatment Plant to Mobile Training Unit 15 (MTU 15), saying the community has not seen a full plan and raising concerns about noise, traffic and impacts to nearby Giant City State Park and Crab Orchard Lake.
"I do not want this facility to be built nor do I want MTU 15 training in the city that I live in," Lecinski said during the public-comment portion of the council's meeting. She noted the…
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