Survey: WL council members not wavering on SK hynix, as neighbors step up calls for new vote

Council members aren’t moving, as neighbors look to reverse a May vote to rezone land for a $3.87 billion semiconductor facility. Plus, Lafayette’s stands alone on new gas station regulations

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SURVEY: WEST LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT WAVERING ON SK HYNIX, AS NEIGHBORS STEP UP CALLS FOR NEW VOTE

In a continuing push to get the West Lafayette City Council to reverse a controversial rezoning decision in May – one that set up SK hynix at its preferred spot in the Purdue Research Park for a $3.87 billion high-bandwidth memory plant – residents who live blocks from the site presented a petition Monday signed by 3,000 people opposed to the location.

Ellen Kresovsky, who lives in the nearby Arbor Chase subdivision, went a step further, leaving what she called a “full disclosure agreement” for council members to sign if they weren’t willing to reopen the matter to another vote – one that already is being challenged in a pair of resident-driven lawsuits under way in Tippecanoe Circuit Court.

(Photo: Dave Bangert)

The document Kresovsky offered asked city council members to swear that “there will be no damage nor harm to West Lafayette and its residents caused by SK hynix, their vendors or other heavy industry within a residential area.” The document challenged city council members to attest that they had “fully considered and vetted the expert scientific and public testimony” about concerns over toxic chemicals, water use, noise, truck traffic, industrial accidents and more.

After more than a dozen residents spoke during public comment time at Monday night’s meeting – keeping up a drumbeat that has been playing since May – and the council adjourned, Kresovsky feigned shock that she had collected no autographs from the council.

How long would neighbors keep pushing at city council sessions and in protests that have popped up along the route to the SK hynix site along Kalberer Road, between Yeager Road and County Road 50 West?

“Until there’s a building there,” Seth Kresovsky, Ellen’s husband, said. “We going to fight it.”

(Photo: Dave Bangert)

A survey of city council members Monday didn’t show much traction to change a 6-3 vote taken in May, if neighbors persuaded the council to take another look.