Laserfiche WebLink
RECEIVED <br />DEC 21 lo" <br />DMSION OF RECLAMATION <br />MIMING AND SAFETY <br />3131 Little Turkey Creek Road <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80926 <br />December 18, 2017 <br />Ms. Amy Eschberger <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry Permit Application <br />#M-2017-049 <br />Dear Ms. Eschberger: <br />Thank you for taking the time to consider the concerns of the neighbors of the <br />proposed mine to be located on Little Turkey Creek Road. <br />My family has resided at 3131 Little Turkey Creek Road for the last 20 years, and I <br />wanted to ask you to take into consideration the impact the mine may have on the <br />simply lovely, adjacent community. <br />My husband and I searched for two years for a piece of property to build a home. <br />We looked north, south, east and west of Colorado Springs. When our realtor, Gary <br />Snyder, showed us Little Turkey Creek, we knew we had found exactly what we <br />were looking for. He introduced us to Rosemary Almendinger, who owned the large <br />ranch to the south and west of the plot we were considering. She and Gary shared <br />the brokerage fee on our purchase. <br />We did our research as we had done on other potential land purchases ...checking to <br />be sure we understood the land use and potential changes around us. We were <br />very pleased to have Fort Carson, Red Rock Valley, Nature Conservancy's Aiken <br />Canyon, Eagle's Nest, Turkey Canyon Subdivision, Bauer Ranch, and Hitch Rack <br />Ranch as our neighbors. <br />We perceived the only unknown to be Hitch Rack Ranch, but after spending time <br />with Rosemary, we were relieved. She impressed us as an unmatched protector of <br />this area. We knew her ranch was zoned as agricultural with a possible chance of <br />becoming 35 acre residential sites. <br />It never occurred to us that a mining permit could be granted on this land in the <br />middle of existing neighborhoods . I feel betrayed by State regulations and laws that <br />might allow such an unthinkable land use change which could have a devastating <br />impact on adjacent properties and the area's resources <br />