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Akron administration unveils Waste Management agreement promising Fountain Street closure, $1M community fund
Summary
City officials presented a 25-year service and development agreement with Waste Management to build a new East Archwood transfer station, close Fountain Street within 90 days of Archwood opening, and create a $1,000,000 community investment fund over 10 years; residents and pastors praised outreach but pressed for stronger guarantees on air monitoring and longer-term community investment.
City officials on Tuesday presented a development, community-benefits and 25-year service agreement with Waste Management of Ohio Inc. that would build a new waste and recycling transfer station on East Archwood Avenue and permanently close the Fountain Street transfer station in Middlebury.
Sustainability Director Casey Chevlin said the agreement “is a major milestone in the long awaited effort to permanently close the Fountain Street waste transfer station in Middlebury and build in its place a modern facility on East Archwood Avenue.” Chevlin said the administration negotiated a package of community commitments informed by two years of outreach, consultant work and a settlement of earlier litigation.
The administration told the Public Service Committee that the agreement requires Waste Management to close Fountain Street “within 90 days of Archwood opening,” remove on-site leachate tanks, repair fencing, maintain pest baiting and security measures while the company holds the property, and accept a deed restriction limiting future waste operations at…
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