Through all the meetings and discussions the commission has had about development and the decision not to grant the rezone to Cook Brothers Construction, I have kept my personal experience with Cook Brothers Construction to myself. But since he felt it necessary to make accusations about me and others, I'll just share my ongoing experience.

“Frankly, with the two people that are leading the talks about it, the two commission members leading the talks about it, the two that want to see development dead the worst, it’s not going to improve. They can have all the meetings they want to have, but if you’ve got the two leaders of the no-development party leading those discussions, what do you think is going to happen?” John Cook News Herald 10/13/21

Commissioners Adam Waller and Van Shaver comprise the county study committee.

A little more than a year ago, Cook Brothers bought what was known as the back nine of the Cedar hills Golf Course to develop into a subdivision, The Grove At Cedar Hills. Our family farm is about twenty-five hundred feet down stream from Cook's development. Since the day they broke ground, we and every other property owner down stream from them have suffered massive amounts of mud flood in the creek and on our lands. Just the most moderate rain event and here comes Cook's red clay mud. We have over a half mile of creek on just our property.

I have complained to every agency that has jurisdiction over water pollution and sediment control in the state including Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, TDEC. I have been assured over and over by TDEC and even Mr. Cook himself that the problem has been found and corrected. Nothing changes, the mud continues to flow.

Don't know anything about other Cook developments, but my personal experience has been bad with no relief in sight apparently. This is the kind of stuff that make folks really dislike developments. 

Below are some pictures from the source all the way to the Tennessee River after a recent rain event.   

Muddy Creek just a couple hundred feet above the Cook Development 

The Grove At Cedar Hills, Note the exposed ground

One of Cook's retention ponds
 

Retention pond spillway

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Muddy Creek entering our property

Muddy Creek midway through our farm

Muddy Creek entering the Tennessee River below the dam

Cook's red clay mud flowing into and down the Tennessee River