Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp’s proposal to allow industrial development on a portion of Enterprise South Nature Park in the Ooltewah area in exchange for conservation of McDonald Farm in Sale Creek faced more questions and opposition Wednesday at the Hamilton County Commission meeting.
Two commissioners had questions about the public input process Wamp put in place last month.
Commissioner Chip Baker, R-Signal Mountain, said he wanted to know more about what was being proposed before formally seeking public input.
“What we need to do at some point is be very explicit about, here’s what we’re looking at,” he said. “And then let’s get comments. Just seems to me that would be a logical way to go.”
Commissioner David Sharpe, D-Red Bank, asked if commissioners would get access to the data and/or comments collected by the website launched by Wamp’s office last week to solicit feedback on the land swap after public outcry about the proposal, first reported by the Chattanooga Times Free Press. A county official said staff members would release the feedback after the collection period ended and the feedback was reviewed.