{"id":1040,"date":"2021-04-26T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:02:24","slug":"residents-and-business-owners-in-south-toledo-neighborhood-object-to-arrival-of-huge-compost-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/26\/residents-and-business-owners-in-south-toledo-neighborhood-object-to-arrival-of-huge-compost-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents and Business Owners in South Toledo Neighborhood Object to Arrival of Huge Compost Pile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1040 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/26\/residents-and-business-owners-in-south-toledo-neighborhood-object-to-arrival-of-huge-compost-pile\/bill-hoag-speaks-as-washington-muhammad-left-and-jodie-summers-of-the-csrn-look-on\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bill-Hoag-speaks-as-Washington-Muhammad-left-and-Jodie-Summers-of-the-CSRN-look-on-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bill-Hoag-speaks-as-Washington-Muhammad-left-and-Jodie-Summers-of-the-CSRN-look-on-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bill-Hoag-speaks-as-Washington-Muhammad-left-and-Jodie-Summers-of-the-CSRN-look-on-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/26\/residents-and-business-owners-in-south-toledo-neighborhood-object-to-arrival-of-huge-compost-pile\/former-mayor-carty-finkbeiner-address-audience\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Former-Mayor-Carty-Finkbeiner-address-audience-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Former-Mayor-Carty-Finkbeiner-address-audience-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Former-Mayor-Carty-Finkbeiner-address-audience-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/26\/residents-and-business-owners-in-south-toledo-neighborhood-object-to-arrival-of-huge-compost-pile\/img_5395\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5395-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5395-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_5395-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By Fletcher Word<\/p>\n<p>Sojourner\u2019s Truth Editor<\/p>\n<p>The Community Response Solidarity Network (CSRN) and South Toledo business owners have joined forces in an attempt to stop Kott Enterprises\u2019 Clean Wood Recycling from turning a 50-acre lot bordered by Byrne Road, Marine Drive, Airport Highway, Angola Road and Anton Street into a huge compost pile.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal before Toledo City Council to re-zone the area is meeting strong objections from a number of concerned Toledoans and many of them gathered on Monday, March 29 in the adjoining Conrad\u2019s Soft Cloth Car Wash to hold a press conference and display their chagrin at what might be coming to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a mess \u2013 this doesn\u2019t belong here,\u201d said Charlene Conrad, owner of the car wash. \u201cI hope we can make a difference. If it comes, I will be the first to leave.\u201d Conrad\u2019s had been in operation at the 3540 Airport Highway location since 1968 when it was opened by Charlene Conrad\u2019s father-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Charlene Conrad has collected in excess of 1,300 signatures from residents and business owners in the community objecting to the rezoning plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is industrial \u2013 not light industrial,\u201d said Washington Muhammad of CSRN as he opened the press conference on Monday morning. \u201cCity Council is pushing this through and our whole community is at risk. Property values are going to plummet. Schools and students near here are going to be in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad\u2019s warnings were echoed by a number of speakers to follow. Bill Hoag, an organizer of the opposition along with CSRN, is a Springfield Township resident who spoke of his personal difficulties over the years with Kott Enterprises and how his property value has been impacted. He also opened the discussion about health issues that will be compounded by the giant compost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCity Council members have ignored health concerns and how this will impact low-income housing around here. Property values will start going down and business owners will start moving out,\u201d said Hoag.<\/p>\n<p>Hoag presented a list of two dozen companies that are located within 500 feet of the proposed compost property who are asking City Council to consider their vote carefully. Several of the business owners spoke.<\/p>\n<p>The bioaerosol, sulphur compounds and ammonia emissions from such a compost, according to Hoag, cause adverse health problems such as contagious diseases, acute toxic effects, allergies, cancer, late term births, dermatitis and respiratory problems.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by ResearchGate, the environmental impact of large-scale composting practices include the release of various gases such as NH3, CH$ and N2O which can negatively impact air quality<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy tenants want to move,\u201d said Michael Schrickel, owner of Chop Shop Machines. \u201cThe smell will travel up to three miles. It\u2019s not a good thing for this area and everyone will suffer. It\u2019s not a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with Hoag and the CSRN, former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner also has taken on the fight to stop the compost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is disrespect and it\u2019s been going on for too long,\u201d said Finkbeiner as he recalled the annexing of the old Adams Township by the City of Toledo a number of years ago, to the detriment of the residents of the township. \u201cThis is an insensitivity to men and women of color that would not be acceptable in a White neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the Kott brothers, Finkbeiner had no kind words to say about their way of operating. \u201cI dealt with them as a mayor \u2013 it was a constant struggle \u2013 they were always wanting to do what was inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, Clean Wood Recycling is a mulch, compost and top-soil producing facility, with three locations throughout the<strong>\u00a0Toledo<\/strong>\u00a0area. The company accepts wood and tree waste from landscaping companies, city<strong>\u00a0waste<\/strong>\u00a0departments and residents in the community, that is then recycled into<strong>\u00a0mulch<\/strong>\u00a0products.<\/p>\n<p>Toledo City Council\u2019s Zoning and Planning Committee considered an application from Michael Kott, president of Clean Wood Recycling, Inc., two weeks ago to rezone about 50 acres to limited industrial so the business can be relocated from its location on Bancroft Street. Kott told the Committee that the Bancroft location is now valuable for commercial development.<\/p>\n<p>Council is scheduled to hold a vote on the issue on Tuesday, March 30.<\/p>\n<p>Attempts to reach Clean Wood Recycling were unavailing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fletcher Word Sojourner\u2019s Truth Editor The Community Response Solidarity Network (CSRN) and South Toledo business owners have joined forces in an attempt to stop Kott Enterprises\u2019 Clean Wood Recycling from turning a 50-acre lot bordered by Byrne Road, Marine Drive, Airport Highway, Angola Road and Anton Street into a huge compost pile. 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