Sanitary Fill Site Opposition Grows - Creal Says Three Areas Oppose Project

Sanitary Fill Site Opposition Grows

Creal Says Three Areas Oppose Project

City Council President Cecil O. Creal reported last night that opposition is accumulating in surrounding townships against the city’s sanitary fill project.

Creal that apparently residents in at least three townships—Ann Arbor, Dexter and Scio—were against having a sanitary fill for garbage and rubbish disposal located in their areas.

He suggested that the possibility of locating the fill on the present city dump sit on Dhu Varren Rd. be studied.

Admits Discouragement

Creal indicated that he was "frankly discouraged" about the sanitary fill project.

“We located one site, the Killins gravel pit in Scio township, but found we didn’t like the price ($35,000 for a 24-acre tract),” he told the aldermen.

"Before we had a chance even to negotiate on a new price, the surrounding residents got up in arms about it.”

One hundred and three Scio township residents, including a former president of the Killins firm, sent a petition to the Council at its June 5 meeting protesting use of the Killins land for a fill.

Creal also said last night that he heard the Scio group was planning action to stiffen township zoning ordinances against the fill.

Present System ‘Unsanitary’

A sanitary fill is an area where garbage and rubbish are dumped to decompose and then covered with dirt At present, garbage is fed to hogs at outlying farms, a practice denounced by health officials as "unsanitary.”

Creal ended last night’s brief discussion of the fill by shifting the "hot potato” project from the jurisdiction of his special sewer committee to the Council’s regular public works committee.

He asked Public Works Chairman Lawrence H. Ouimet to look into the possibility of using the city dump site. Ann Arbor township apparently would not be against such a move, he said.