ARGUED THIS SITE WOULD HAVE DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD. WE’RE IN DIGGS PARK AND THIS MEDICAL WASTE SITE WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST 23RD, RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET NEARBY RESIDENTS CONVINCING THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING THAT SITE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD CHOICE, BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT THE POLLUTION, THE WASTE, THE CANCER, THE ASTHMA, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THE DEATH POLL THAT IF SOMETHING FALLS ON THE GROUND IN THE WATER, IT CAN CONTAMINATE AND HARM ANY OF US. DESHAUN WALTON OWNS PROPERTY OFF OF NORTHEAST 23RD, THE SAME STREET WHERE A COMPANY LOOKED TO BUILD A MEDICAL WASTE TRANSFER SITE. HE SPOKE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE WEEKLY MEETING TUESDAY MORNING. WE COULD SAY WE DON’T WANT IT IN OUR BACKYARD. WOULD YOU WANT IT IN YOUR BACKYARD? I’D SOMETIME IN LIFE YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WHILE THE SITE IS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THE NORTH SIDE OF IT BORDERS FOREST PARK. THAT’S WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO SPOKE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WERE RESIDENTS OF THE 1000 PERSON TOWN MAYOR GEORGE SMITH SAYS THE COMPANY, MEDICAL WASTE SERVICES, APPROACHED THEM LAST SUMMER. THEY THEY DID KIND OF FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. WE WEREN’T FOR IT. THEN. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. AND THE MESSAGE FROM FOREST PARK SEEMED TO BE ENOUGH TO CONVINCE OKC. COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THE REQUEST. MEDICA
OKC City Council agrees with residents, denies proposed medical waste site
Neighbors argued the site would have done more harm than good.
Oklahoma City’s City Council agreed with northeast OKC residents on Tuesday and denied a medical waste site proposed near the Forest Park neighborhood.Neighbors argued the site would have done more harm than good. They convinced the Oklahoma City Council the site would have been a bad choice.| MORE | Group protests proposed medical waste facility in northeast Oklahoma City”You think about the pollution, the waste, the cancer, the asthma, the death toll if something falls on the ground and the water it could contaminate any of us,” said Dashun Walton, a Forest Park resident.Walton owns property off of Northeast 23rd, the same street where a company looked to build a medical waste transfer site. He spoke before the City Council during the weekly meeting on Tuesday morning.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.”We could say, ‘We don’t want it in our backyard. Would you want it in your backyard? Would you want it in your backyard?’ Sometimes in life, you just have to do the right thing,” Walton said.While the site is in OKC, the north side of it borders Forest Park, which is why the vast majority of those who spoke during public comment were residents of the 1,000-person town. Mayor George Smith said the company, Medical Waste Services, approached them last summer.>> Download the KOCO 5 app”They did kind of follow the process and talked to us about what they want to do, we weren’t for it then but we did listen to what they had to say,” Smith said.The message from Forest Park seemed to be enough to convince OKC’s council. Members voted unanimously to deny the request.Medical Waste Services did not respond to KOCO 5’s request for a comment.Top HeadlinesLarge flames engulf southeast Oklahoma City business, cause roof to collapseWoman celebrates her 105th birthday! What’s her secret to a long happy life?Small Oklahoma town left shocked after a string of shootings over the weekendLawmaker discusses solutions after crime spike within 1-mile area of OKCOklahoma officers blast change to how they can get Ring doorbell video
Oklahoma City’s City Council agreed with northeast OKC residents on Tuesday and denied a medical waste site proposed near the Forest Park neighborhood.
Neighbors argued the site would have done more harm than good. They convinced the Oklahoma City Council the site would have been a bad choice.
| MORE | Group protests proposed medical waste facility in northeast Oklahoma City
“You think about the pollution, the waste, the cancer, the asthma, the death toll if something falls on the ground and the water it could contaminate any of us,” said Dashun Walton, a Forest Park resident.
Walton owns property off of Northeast 23rd, the same street where a company looked to build a medical waste transfer site. He spoke before the City Council during the weekly meeting on Tuesday morning.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
“We could say, ‘We don’t want it in our backyard. Would you want it in your backyard? Would you want it in your backyard?’ Sometimes in life, you just have to do the right thing,” Walton said.
While the site is in OKC, the north side of it borders Forest Park, which is why the vast majority of those who spoke during public comment were residents of the 1,000-person town. Mayor George Smith said the company, Medical Waste Services, approached them last summer.
>> Download the KOCO 5 app
“They did kind of follow the process and talked to us about what they want to do, we weren’t for it then but we did listen to what they had to say,” Smith said.
The message from Forest Park seemed to be enough to convince OKC’s council. Members voted unanimously to deny the request.
Medical Waste Services did not respond to KOCO 5’s request for a comment.
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