By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Due to illness among three members of the Reno County Planning Commission, the body chose to table a request from Mid States Materials to establish an aggregate storage yard just west of Nickerson.
The company spoke again about its revised plans for the property. The public hearing portion before the planning commission was held Thursday.
Many community members from the immediate neighborhood expressed their concerns about the additional truck traffic. They noted that it is used by young drivers to get to Nickerson High School and that some Reno Valley Middle School students also walk in the area.
"We'll come back on that third Thursday, October 21st and you will open up the meeting," said county planner Mark Vonachen. "There won't be any public comment. There won't be any presentation by the applicant, nor by staff, unless you have a regulatory question for me or for Mr. Brittain on that. It would just be strictly deliberation based off of the evidence that you had presentation to you tonight. There's no more public comment. There's no more public information submitted."
There is also the issue of being sure there is not a negative impact on the levee owned by the City of Hutchinson near the property, though the applicant said they were in the process of getting an agreement in that regard.