Ferro Investment Group

Land Use
htl-issue-Ferro Investment Group

What is the Project?

Impacts

Economic

Need has not been demonstrated.

Agriculture

Will result in permanent removal of 163 acres of land from active agricultural production; potential to affect surrounding fallow Ag acreage

Agriculture/Environmental

land is contaminated, remediation required.

Environmental: Major conflicts with CERP and BBSEER

current (and last) round of BBSEER modeling includes use of the Kendall Rock Mine to the NW of the application area as a water storage feature and nearby canals, including the L-31, as conveyance features.

Environmental

located within the West Wellfield Interim Protection Area.

Environmental

located within the core foraging area of the federally Threatened wood stork, within consultation area for for the Endangered Florida bonneted bat as well as just east of the USFWS Florida Panther Focus Area.

Economic

15% of the housing units is designated as “single-family”. We maintain that priority should be given to affordable, in-fill, multi-family projects.

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