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Demonstrators hold signs as they listen during a meeting of the Essex Development Review Board considering a proposed Amazon distribution facility on Thursday, July 17. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Representatives for Amazon are appealing the Essex Development Review Board\u2019s July decision<\/a> to nix an application to build a 107,000-square-foot warehouse in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The applicant \u201chas failed to meet its burden by providing incomplete, contradictory, and unreliable information on critical traffic issues,\u201d the town board\u2019s decision, published July 17, states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gravel & Shea PC, representing Scannell Properties and Allen Brook Development Inc., filed the appeal dated Aug. 15 in the environmental division of Vermont Superior Court, according to documents<\/a> shared with VTDigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve filed an appeal to thoughtfully address the concerns raised by the Essex Development Review Board, because we believe our traffic analysis is thorough and that our proposal fully meets local requirements,\u201d Amber Plunkett, a spokesperson for Amazon, wrote in an emailed statement Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Town officials received notification of the filing from their lawyers on Aug. 21. A hearing date has not yet been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Named Project Moose, the site plan<\/a> for the application outlines a 107,000-square-foot facility and 500 parking spaces at 637 Kimo Drive on 22.94 acres of mostly vacant and wooded land in the Saxon Hill Industrial Park off Thompson Drive. If built, it would be the first Amazon facility in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the applicant\u2019s appeal of that decision, the project now goes to the State\u2019s Environmental Court and the Town will await the court\u2019s decision,\u201d Town Manager Greg Duggan wrote in an email Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A court hearing would give Amazon \u201ca second bite at the apple\u201d and community members the opportunity to reassert their arguments, this time in a judicial forum, according to Jared Carter, one of two lawyers representing Essex residents opposed to the project. In response to the project, residents have formed a nonprofit called ACRES \u2014  Alliance of Concerned Residents Envisioning Solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course we\u2019re disappointed that Amazon has decided to appeal this despite the fact that the DRB, I think, pretty resoundingly said no. It\u2019s certainly their legal right to do,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting over<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The legal review is independent of the board vote, however, which essentially means starting over, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents who remain opposed to the project are ready to argue why the proposed project should be rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe story unfolding in Essex is nothing short of a modern David vs. Goliath,\u201d said resident Lorraine Zaloom in a statement on behalf of ACRES. \u201cOur town\u2019s Development Review Board made a sound decision in rejecting Amazon\u2019s proposed warehouse, citing serious concerns that remain unresolved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After protests, heated debates and objections from residents during extensive public testimony this summer, the town\u2019s project review board issued its 4-2 vote July 17 denying the site plan proposed by Scannell in the Saxon Hill Industrial Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basis for the board\u2019s denial was the project\u2019s failure to comply with town zoning regulations, and particularly, its \u201cfailure to meet the burden of proof by providing unreliable traffic data\u201d that \u201cfails to meet the Town\u2019s standards for data quality and methodology,\u201d according to the decision published last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision further states that the applicant did not provide additional information requested<\/a> and provided \u201cmisleading\u201d information about an alleged state review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the July 17 public hearing, the town board \u201cwas led to believe that the project\u2019s traffic impacts had been reviewed and accepted by the Vermont Agency of Transportation,\u201d the decision notes. Upon further investigation, town officials found the VTrans traffic engineer had not given an opinion on the applicant\u2019s traffic study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis admission revealed that a key state agency with expertise in traffic safety had not, in fact, reviewed the traffic analysis for this specific high-intensity proposal,\u201d the decision states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents who testified against the project remain opposed due to traffic, noise, pollution, stormwater management and other environmental and quality-of-life issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Town regulations exist to be implemented, not waived, reads the ACRES statement sent by Zaloom. Residents claim the Amazon proposal is unsafe, and puts drivers, pedestrians and school traffic at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is still a terrible location in our community for large scale distribution, far from the interstate,\u201d Zaloom stated. \u201cYet Amazon presses forward, relying on unlimited financial resources \u2014 and the local developer\u2019s outsized influence \u2014 to steamroll local opposition under the guise of civic generosity, while acting in pursuit of profit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty Davis, one of the area residents who testified against the project, said she wants the developer to build an alternate access road to take potential traffic pressure and hazards off the nearby residential neighborhood where she lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not moving. A permanent injunction from trucks accessing lower Sandhill Road is personally all I want ASAP no matter what company comes here. Why? Because, we live here!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon says it is committed to serving the Burlington area with faster delivery and reliable service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeyond improving delivery service for Burlington-area families and businesses, this facility would bring new jobs and contribute to Essex\u2019s economic growth. We look forward to continuing the conversation and sharing more about the positive impact this project can have for the community,\u201d Plunkett wrote in the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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