In the ongoing saga of trying to protect the health of our citizens, the residents of Turnbridge Manor and Hunters Creek had a great showing at a TCEQ meeting tonight.
Approximately 125 residents showed up along with our City Manager and an attorney from the City of Frisco to a public hearing by the TCEQ on the APAC batch plant permit renewel. I attended to see what the TCEQ had to say and was not too pleased to find out that this hearing had no real bearing on the permit renewal process. I was disappointed, to say the least, that none of the comments would be presented to the TCEQ commission in Austin when they consider this issue.
Our residents were very prepared on this issue and many of them spoke. TCEQ did not have many answers. I ended up saying a few words as well as our City Manager, George Purefoy and the attorney that represents the city. We started down this path several years ago when I, along with the City Manager, met in the home of a committee that the citizens appointed to address this issue. We still have a ways to go to solve the impact this has on the health of our citizens. I look forward to attending the hearings in Austin.
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