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UTICA – On the Oct. 14 Utica Metropolis Council assembly, council members unanimously rejected a letter of intent from Zuniga Cement Development Inc. to buy 22 acres of city-owned land on Chapoton Avenue that was a part of the positioning of the previous packaging plant.
Zuniga Cement Development Inc. is positioned in Warren at 22500 Ryan Highway and gives cement building companies. The aim of their buy can be to put in a concrete crusher for the corporate.
“We additionally plan to make use of the property to retailer extra aggregates and supplies for our use,” Tomas Zuniga, a consultant of Zuniga Cement Development Inc., mentioned in a letter of intent to the council.
Town listed the property for $450,000, and the corporate supplied $375,000.
Utica Mayor Gus Calandrino expressed considerations about whether or not this firm can be match for the world.
“I do know we have talked so much about overhauling our downtown and what goal that property might serve,” Calandrino mentioned.
“That is our final parcel of vacant land within the metropolis,” Calandrino mentioned. “I feel we’ve got to be affected person and deliberate in making choices for that parcel of land, and permitting a cement building firm is admittedly not going to remodel that space the best way I envision it, and I imagine most of us on council really feel that manner too.”
Councilman Joel DeVriendt echoed Calandrino’s considerations concerning the venture.
“So I wish to put extra emphasis on Utica’s aspect of the long run,” DeVriendt mentioned. “I feel the usage of that property is important to how this metropolis will evolve sooner or later. I want to see Utica change into a vacation spot, and a concrete crushing plant is not actually going to be enticing for that.”
Different Metropolis Council members, together with Lou Backus, expressed considerations about potential noise and mud, amongst different issues, that might consequence from the proposed improvement.
“I am in that enterprise, concrete enterprise,” Backus mentioned. “I do know I have been to a number of crushing vegetation. They’re loud and really dusty. Not solely that, however they convey all of the mud from the driveway onto the roads. I imply, they’re consistently cleansing their driveways and roads to maintain the mud down. So I do not suppose this may be match for us in any respect.”
Zuniga Cement Development Inc. was not instantly obtainable for remark.
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