The comments below was info from Ms. Dix, if RIFA had allowed her to speak:
I would like to address the Danville Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority on passing the Resolution for Mega Park and thank you for letting me present the resolution against uranium mining and milling.
The resolution is not an ordinance against uranium mining and milling, therefore does not relate to Gov. McDonnell statement about the ordinance and Dillon’s Rule.
The resolution is about not mining or milling uranium on taxpayer’s paid land, therefore, not related to the proposed Uranium Study from the National Academy of Science or the arm of NRC, so we do not have to wait for the study because the resolution and the uranium mining study are not related.
So please consider passing the resolution against uranium mining or milling to verify to your citizens our monies will not be use for a profit based foreign uranium corporation on our taxpayer’s monies.
Please let the Berry Hill Mega Park be a shining example of business that will benefit the citizens of Danville and Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Please use the Research Triangle Park and the surrounding business parks around the Raleigh/Durham, NC as an example of a successful business park.
The citizens of Danville and Pittsylvania County deserves clean, safe and green jobs, not jobs blasting holes in our lovely countryside for uranium or a uranium mill which uses dangerous chemicals which will constitutes holding ponds of deadly water.
Please pass the resolution against uranium mining and milling in the park paid for by taxpayer’s money.
Thank you,
Deborah Dix
Info about RTP:
Research Triangle Park
Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States.[1] It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. A small part of the Park stretches into Wake County, but the majority of the land is in Durham County.[citation needed]
Overview
It is one of the most prominent high-tech research and development centers in the United States and is often compared to Silicon Valley. It was created in 1959 by state and local governments, nearby universities, and local business interests. Karl Robbins bought the land where the park is now built. The Research Triangle along with the Cummings Research Park located in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park in Richmond, three of the largest research parks in the country, have made the "New South" home to three global centers of scientific leadership.[citation needed]
The park is 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) situated in a pine forest with approximately 630 acres (255 ha) for development.[citation needed] The park is an unincorporated area, and state law prohibits municipalities from annexing areas within the park.[2]
As of 2007, the park included over 130 R&D facilities, with more than 39,000 employees working for a total of 157 organizations. The park is adjacent to Interstate 40 and the Durham Freeway. It is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profit organization.[citation needed]
The park is home to one of the largest IBM operations in the world; the company has around 11,000 employees in RTP. The park hosts one of GlaxoSmithKline's largest R&D centers with approximately 5,000 employees.[citation needed]
Resolution For Mega Park
Whereas, Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville have invested millions of dollars for the purchase and development of the “Mega Park” in the Berry Hill Community in the Southwestern area of Pittsylvania County through their partnership in the Danville Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority incorporating the acquiring of real estate and consultant designs for environmental impacts, utilities and infrastructure, and
Whereas, it is the intent of Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville and the Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority to continue investment in and development of this park to provide new jobs and enhance the economic stability of the region by locating new industrial prospects, and
Whereas, it is imperative for the industrial prospects to have confidence that their investment in our region will not be compromised by uranium mining if Virginia lifts the current moratorium,
Whereas, it is the responsibility of Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville and the Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority to protect the health, safety welfare and prosperity of the citizens of Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville; then
Be it hereby resolved, that the Danville Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority, will not sell, lease or otherwise make use of mineral rights it owns on at the Berry Hill Mega Park for the mining of uranium or construction of a uranium milling operation.
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