Quarry expansion SUP

Said offers to deed land for 151st Street and fund an intersection sound like a bribe to the Planning Commission and nobody in the neighborhoods wants them.

Said industry standards protect industry, not families; her housebound husband heard daytime blasting; questioned money offered for an intersection fix.

Newly home-based, he was startled by daytime blasting; invited commissioners to lunch on 159th to taste the grit; urged no deviation from the 1988 plan.

Her home is 611 feet from the proposed blast area; raised silicosis and lung-disease risks from silica dust; raising granddaughters there and asked officials to put health above economic growth.

Showed photos of dust covering windows and fields near Old 56; doubted stipulations will actually be enforced since past ones weren't.

Her father built in Lakestone in 1980; china rattles with each blast; she's had worsening allergies and constant dust since moving back three years ago.

Said blasting feels like an earthquake, cracking foundations and limestone rocks; warned underground blasting can intensify ground vibration; called the dust 'poisoning us.'

A CFO experienced with EPA dust rules said the quarry dust is worse than anything at grain elevators; asked commissioners if they'd move their families there.

New sheetrock cracks and ceiling knockdown after every blast; warned the quarry's promises could be empty like the Dakota Access Pipeline's; said one of quarry or homes must eventually go.

Living in Lakestone since 1979; cracks in sheetrock and foundation; nothing has been mitigated in 40 years, so it's hard to believe promises now.

Invited commissioners on a field trip to see the dust themselves; plans to live out her life there and worries about shortened health.

Grit reappears on her counters two hours after cleaning with windows shut; great-grandchildren live with her, and the 22-month-old has developed a cough she fears is dust-related.