### GRIC TIP PUBLIC 

### COMMENTS

Elderly Concerns

# - June

## sth, 2005 Is a permit required for cooking and other cultural activities? What about wood (2x4s)? How long are burn pennits good for? How will weeds be disposed of if we can't burn them? Will the elderly get assistance to clean yards if weeds have to be bagged and taken to the dump? Will residents other thanthe elderly also get assistance? What about the weeds growingin areas where there are no homes? Public works is not very helpful when picking up curbside waste. Who will haul it away once it's bagged? Bumperinits should not be required for cultural activities. What restrictions will there be for agricultural burning? There are a number of ordinances that regulate industries -that is a good thing for the Community.

District 1 

### - June 13,2005 When the audience of 

### 9 district inembers was asked if the current burn permit process was adequate and needed no further restrictions, Coinmunity members agreed that the existing process was fine. A young man's grandmother's house caught fire dueto a next door neighbor burning weeds. The fire was easily extinguished but everyone was concerned. A GRIC DOT employee said an individual in District 5 was burning weeds without a bum permit. When the GRIC fire department was called, the person answering the phone was not aware a pennit was needed to burn. 

### A District 5 resident said his grandchildren started a fire near his home. The fire dept extinguished the fire and informed the man that he could be fined $10,000. Theresident asked what happens when you don't have a permit. An elder commented that they go for walks in the morning rather than evening because the air pollution is worse in the evening. A comment was made that more dumpsters are needed for the Cominunityand Districts.

District 2

## - June 6,2005 Will the burn restrictions apply to farming? Can I bum weeds in the canals around my fields even if there's anorder from the Governor not to burn? Farmers know what they're doing when it comes to maintaining fields. After all,

we don't want to burn our own crops, Are burn permits required for cultural activities?Why did we allow 

### an industry like Stericycle locate at Gila River? Did the problems with thein get taken care of?

District3

## - June 7,2005 The audience had no comments or questions.

District 

### 4 

### -May 31, 2005 Requested a monitoring update. What are the numbers wihnthe community? How is the new freeway goingto affect the community's air shed? How is the widening of 

### 1-10 going to affect the community's air shed? Alternatives to burning, especially during the fire hazard seasons Look into what equipment Coolidge has. Allnost like a dump truck that is manually loaded with landscape waste and hauled off. Meet with public works to figure out how we can all help to solve this issue. Who is responsible for the upkeep ofprevious farm land on allotted land that is located near home sites? Who is responsible for fires on open land (allotted, and tribal) ( coinmentby Judy Zepada) What about my housing situation, where my neighbor is 50 feet away (comment by B.Allison) What should we do about standing plies ofgreen waste (they are aslngfor a fire) When animals are living in the trash plies what do 

### I tell my son who picks up everything 

### (B.Allison) What is our air like (Linda Andrews) Is phx affecting us (L. Andrews) Who is responsible for the weeds on the side ofthe road 

### (J.Antone 

### ((I think)) )

District 5

# - June 13,2005 Several questions/comments were related to regulating farming activities and feedlots.

District 6

## - May 23,2005 What types of industries will the rules apply to, and how do we make sure they do what they're supposed to? Do industries need to follow rules for things other than just air quality? Are bum permits needed for bonfires? When are permits not needed? What should we do if we can't bum brush and weeds?

District 7

### -June 20 Several questions were asked and comments made regarding pollution from the proposed SouthMountain freeway and whether that source could be regulated. Several questions were asked regarding options for landscape waste duringthe bum ban.

### TIP Public Hearing 6/22/05 Fred Ringlero, Special Project Coordinator for GilaRiver Sans & Gravel Issues that are unclear: emissions, timing, paperwork and other loose ends. One ofthe main issues is who will be doing facility inspections,and are these done on a regular quarterlybasis? What is the timingofthese inspections? What is the timelineregarding old facilities or facilitiesleavingthe Community,and what do they have to do? We have clean airbut how do you stop the pollutionfrom coming across the border? And how isthat affecting Gila River in terms ofregulation?

Michael Key, Loves Travel Stops How doesthe fugitive dust ordinance affect parking lots?

Terry Cluff, Rock Solid When more data on air pollutionbecomes available,will there be revisions to these? How will future growth in this area affect these regulations?District 4 Comments:
Requested a monitoring update. What are the numbers within the community? How is the new freeway going to affect the community's air shed? How is the widening ofI-10 going to affect the community's air shed? Alternatives to burning, especially during the fire hazard seasons Look into what equipment Coolidge has. Almost like a dump truck that is manually loaded with landscape waste and hauled off. Meet with public works to figure out how we can all help to solve this issue. Who isresponsible for the upkeep ofprevious farm land on allotted land that is located

near home sites? Who is responsible for fires on open land (allotted, and tribal) ( comment by Judy Zepada) What about my housing situation,where my neighbor is 

### 50 feet away (commentby B. Allison) What should we do about standing plies of green waste (they are asking for a fire) When animals are living in the trash plies what do 

### I tell my son who picks up everything (B. Allison) What is our air like (Linda Andrews) Is phx affecting us 

### (L. Andrews) Who is responsible for the weeds on the side ofthe road (J.Antone 

### ((Ithink)) )