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• Currently there are three existing quarries within an 8 mile radius;these quarries are currently <br /> operating at half their capacity. A better plan;and a plan that would have less impact to the <br /> community and surrounding area would be to expand the existing quarries. This would also be <br /> consistent with our Master Plan—Southwestern/Highway 115 Comprehensive Plan.Transit Mix <br /> also owns a quarry site in Canon City.This site could be used to fill their mining needs,and they <br /> could potentially use the existing train line to transport materials.This would lower the <br /> environmental impact exponentially. <br /> • Wildlife,wildlife habitats,wildlife migratory paths and biodiversity will be lost. An <br /> environmental study needs to be completed, rather than take the word of the applicant, that <br /> there are no endangered species located on the land or nearby lands. The proposed quarry site <br /> could be in violation of the Federal and State Endangered Species Act. The Mexican Spotted <br /> Owl, is State and federally threatened, and has been identified in the Southwestern/Highway <br /> 115 Corridor. <br /> • Moving dirt and extracting rock from the ground alters the flow of water runoff. The abutting <br /> neighborhoods depend strictly on well water supplies for all their water needs. There is <br /> potential for well contamination and/or damage,or complete loss from nearby blasting, <br /> contamination from blowing dust, and water runoff. Additionally,the heavy equipment <br /> necessary for quarrying, and that uses gasoline, diesel, oil and transmission fluids; can <br /> potentially leak these fluids. Small amounts to larger spills can contaminate 100'to 1000's of <br /> gallons of ground water. <br /> Quarrying requires heavy equipment, blasting, drilling, earthmoving, all of which create noise and dust, <br /> and,would certainly diminish the quality of life and well-being of the adjacent land owners and <br /> surrounding area. Southwestern/Highway 115 Corridor's unparalleled natural beauty will be <br /> compromised and the landscape densely populated with quarries and their side effects. The 115 <br /> Southwestern Highway area is currently taxed by the activities and traffic associated with Fort Carson, <br /> Cheyenne Mountain State Park, RV Parks, and privately owned parks opened to the public,within the <br /> surrounding area. Protection of the land, environment, and public health,safety, and wellbeing is <br /> consistent with my constitutional rights. In alliance with the"Highway 115 Citizen's Advisory <br /> Committee", the citizens, and the fellow neighborhoods along the corridor, I am opposed to the quarry <br /> development. <br /> Very Respectfully, <br /> Jack& MaryAnn Koscove <br /> 15310 South Hwy 115 <br /> Colorado Springs, CO 80926 <br /> 719-579-9383 <br />