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November 7, 2017 <br />CO DRMS <br />Attn: ,fared Ebert <br />1313 Sherman Street Rm#215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RECEIVE® <br />NOY 13 2017 <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />Please consider my concerns over the Laporte Gravel Pit application as it pertains to me personally and <br />to the community in general. <br />About a year ago my wife and I purchased land in the Withrowridge subdivision for my wife and I to <br />build our dream home using our life savings. The main reason we choose this land was the view <br />would we get to the East of our property looking over Overland Rd to the East. The horses that were <br />grazing and the cattle that sat behind them to the East in the valley was peaceful and beautiful. Now <br />after we have starting building we find out that this is all in jeopardy and being taken away from us and <br />replaced with dust, noise, and truck traffic. Even worse than my wife and I having to endure this while <br />we live there, I fear that we will loose value in our neighborhood, since how could it not when you <br />replace tranquility with dusty trucks and noise right out our front door. I also recently drove down <br />HWY 287 starting from Fort collins and thru this area and it is a beautiful valley view as you head <br />North. To imagine this as a gravel pit is very sad for the community. <br />I would like to add that although you might not get a letter from everyone in the community like this, I <br />do talk to many in the community and I have only come across a few that don't oppose this for our <br />community, while dozens of folks strongly oppose. <br />If we need to do something else with this land, why not a dog park, or Natural area, a community park, <br />a YMCA, something more geared towards improving our community and spurring better and more <br />headhy business growth other than a dusty, ugly business that will only benefit a small amount of <br />people with a few new jobs? <br />To summarize, my wife and I oppose the gravel pit application in general, and even more strongly <br />oppose the request to allow access to the plant on Overland Trail Rd, right across the street from us. <br />Thanks in advance for considering my opinions and concerns. Please, please, do not approve this. <br />Robert and Karen Pierdzioch, owners of new home being built on Old Carbon Court, 3651, lot 12 <br />