COMP 26-0009

Raised concerns about the 2021-vintage wildlife assessment, noting gopher tortoises are now a threatened species and their burrows support 350 other species.

Opposed losing more agricultural land south of SR 16, citing urban sprawl, black bear habitat, and inevitable traffic on his daily commute.

Detailed gopher tortoise relocation mortality rates and warned about wetland degradation, fertilizer runoff, and aquifer strain from mass development.

Questioned why no one asked why 1,700 acres were being added, doubted the toll road traffic assumptions, and criticized vague answers.

Asked whether water usage and watershed studies had been done, noting Clay County is in extreme drought per the US Drought Monitor.

Worried about Springbank Road traffic with no expressway ramp there, and about displaced wildlife on Eaton Road.

Opposed the development, arguing good cattle farmland should feed Americans rather than serve developers.

A Keystone-area resident of 40 years near Leno Road said the expansion appalls her, citing solar-field gopher tortoise removals and the lack of nearby grocery stores.