[Summit] Pawtucket hearing

Liz Johnson lzjnsn at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 18 18:56:30 UTC 2022 

Very interested in hearing the explanation.
 

    On Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 08:08:44 AM EDT, martha f <mfraenkel at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Forrest, Greg and all.What is most disturbing to me about the hearing, and I did not do any homework prior to listening so I’m not entirely knowledgeable about this proposal, is the inability of the public to make a serious difference in the outcome.
A huge obstacle to meaningful participation is incomplete knowledge of the process.  As was stated at the end of the meeting by a woman whom I imagine is the city attorney (does anyone know) is that a prior zone change approval made the decision inevitable.
I have staffed zillions of these meetings in Connecticut.  If there is interest I can explain to you why the input and objections raised by the public were by and large doomed.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line (Forrest Snyder)
   2. Re: Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line (Greg Gerritt)
   3. Re: Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line (Madeline Klein)
   4. ***SPAM***  Found: Drone (Catlin Preston)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:29:52 -0400
From: Forrest Snyder <forrest at forrestsnyder.com>
To: Summit Neighborhood <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Cc: Sue AnderBois <sue.anderbois at gmail.com>, Clovis Gregor
        <cgregor at pawtucketri.com>, Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line
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I attended the Pawtucket Planning Commission meeting last night regarding the Blackstone Distribution LLC trucking center. The proceedings were highly disturbing. The investment company behind the project was represented by a lawyer and 3 engineers. All white. The Planning Commission was all white and two members appeared elderly and unable to hear or follow the proceedings. The Pawtucket planner was white. The district is something like 79% composed of people of color. There are also a very high number of people below the poverty line. The area ranks dead last in Rhode Island municipalities for tree cover. Morley Field is the ONLY green space in their neighborhood. Furthermore, Morley Field is the only public access to the Moshassuck River in Pawtucket. The traffic study for the larger project is incomplete and the engineer could not answer basic questions. They propose 379 parking spaces for delivery vans to replace Morley Field. The Blackstone Distribution representatives spoke about 300 vans like that?s what they were expecting. That?s 600 vehicle trips in and out of the facility using the intersection of Moshassuck and Main Streets every single day. Many of those testifying were minorities or marginalized groups. Not one member of the public spoke in favor of selling the park. The lawyer and the Planning Commission spoke like this was a done deal. The whole thing reeked of institutionalized racism to me. Essentially, the poor black or brown people of Pawtucket are being shat on by the whites with the support of city government. It was that disgusting. 


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:33:36 -0400
From: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
To: Forrest Snyder <forrest at forrestsnyder.com>, Summit Neighborhood
        <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Cc: Sue AnderBois <sue.anderbois at gmail.com>, Clovis Gregor
        <cgregor at pawtucketri.com>, Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line
Message-ID: <38CDCDBC-552B-4AEF-80A9-49C5A4CCBEC7 at mindspring.com>
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I spoke as well and heard Clovis as well.  What I left out was that the company building should stick to only the 13 acres they have, and rebuild the park and provide better River Access as the water will be cleaned up soon.  
'Forest, clovis, really appreciated what both of you said.  greg

?On 8/17/22, 12:29 PM, "Forrest Snyder" <forrest at forrestsnyder.com> wrote:

    I attended the Pawtucket Planning Commission meeting last night regarding the Blackstone Distribution LLC trucking center. The proceedings were highly disturbing. The investment company behind the project was represented by a lawyer and 3 engineers. All white. The Planning Commission was all white and two members appeared elderly and unable to hear or follow the proceedings. The Pawtucket planner was white. The district is something like 79% composed of people of color. There are also a very high number of people below the poverty line. The area ranks dead last in Rhode Island municipalities for tree cover. Morley Field is the ONLY green space in their neighborhood. Furthermore, Morley Field is the only public access to the Moshassuck River in Pawtucket. The traffic study for the larger project is incomplete and the engineer could not answer basic questions. They propose 379 parking spaces for delivery vans to replace Morley Field. The Blackstone Distribution representatives spoke about 300 vans like that?s what they were expecting. That?s 600 vehicle trips in and out of the facility using the intersection of Moshassuck and Main Streets every single day. Many of those testifying were minorities or marginalized groups. Not one member of the public spoke in favor of selling the park. The lawyer and the Planning Commission spoke like this was a done deal. The whole thing reeked of institutionalized racism to me. Essentially, the poor black or brown people of Pawtucket are being shat on by the whites with the support of city government. It was that disgusting. 





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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:02:06 -0400
From: Madeline Klein <madelineklein at verizon.net>
To: Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
Cc: Forrest Snyder <forrest at forrestsnyder.com>, Summit Neighborhood
        <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>, Sue AnderBois
        <sue.anderbois at gmail.com>, Clovis Gregor <cgregor at pawtucketri.com>
Subject: Re: [Summit] Trucking Center on Providence/Pawtucket line
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So is that it? They just go ahead with their plan?

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> On Aug 17, 2022, at 12:35 PM, Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> ?I spoke as well and heard Clovis as well.  What I left out was that the company building should stick to only the 13 acres they have, and rebuild the park and provide better River Access as the water will be cleaned up soon.  
> 'Forest, clovis, really appreciated what both of you said.  greg
> 
> ?On 8/17/22, 12:29 PM, "Forrest Snyder" <forrest at forrestsnyder.com> wrote:
> 
>    I attended the Pawtucket Planning Commission meeting last night regarding the Blackstone Distribution LLC trucking center. The proceedings were highly disturbing. The investment company behind the project was represented by a lawyer and 3 engineers. All white. The Planning Commission was all white and two members appeared elderly and unable to hear or follow the proceedings. The Pawtucket planner was white. The district is something like 79% composed of people of color. There are also a very high number of people below the poverty line. The area ranks dead last in Rhode Island municipalities for tree cover. Morley Field is the ONLY green space in their neighborhood. Furthermore, Morley Field is the only public access to the Moshassuck River in Pawtucket. The traffic study for the larger project is incomplete and the engineer could not answer basic questions. They propose 379 parking spaces for delivery vans to replace Morley Field. The Blackstone Distribution representatives spoke about 300 vans like that?s what they were expecting. That?s 600 vehicle trips in and out of the facility using the intersection of Moshassuck and Main Streets every single day. Many of those testifying were minorities or marginalized groups. Not one member of the public spoke in favor of selling the park. The lawyer and the Planning Commission spoke like this was a done deal. The whole thing reeked of institutionalized racism to me. Essentially, the poor black or brown people of Pawtucket are being shat on by the whites with the support of city government. It was that disgusting. 
> 
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 19:59:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: [Summit] ***SPAM***  Found: Drone
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