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<br /> <br />Larry and Marian Gallegos <br />209 l2ed Mesa Heights <br />Grand Junction, CO 81503 <br />(3138 C Road: new home under <br />construction.) <br />Mesa County Commissioners <br />750 Main <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 <br />Uear Commissioner: <br />This letter is in regard to the proposed expansion of the <br />1-arkerson gravel .pit on Orchard Mesa. We are ,against it: <br />i'le have been told tYrat the expansion will include acreage <br />that is not prime for agriculture, And yet, if 120 trucks <br />per riay are allowed to travel from that pit, the dust and <br />diesel exhaust will have an effect on the surrounding <br />agriculture that may never be repaired, 1'arkerson has had <br />an out-of-court settlement arith one of the orchard owners. <br />'1'tie dust from f'arlcerson's trucks are norr creating damage <br />and leave destroyed some of his crops. Is this preservation <br />of lrrime agriculture? <br />i'Je .z re also concerned about our rights to a .peaceful <br />neighborhood, If larkerson does not get this expansion, <br />it has been said tlir.it it will ,affect his livelihood, It <br />may be his livelihood, but vrliat about our lives? IIis trucks <br />vrill run, on the average, one every 15 minutes from 6:00 a.m, <br />to 8:00 I~,m, That does not sound peaceful to us. Some <br />people's homes are within feet of ]'arkerson's hall road, <br />Mould you like to have a dumptruck drive by your home every <br />15 minutes for 1 (t hours'? <br />~'1nd with all of those dump trucks running on the road, where <br />do our children erallc to and from the bus stop in safety? <br />'.Cliere are no shoulders on C Road, ~;Jlien two trucks pass each <br />other, there is no safe place left on the road, Is some- <br />one going to leave to be killed before that fact is rea.l.ized? <br />'Flee proposal states that at the end of the useful life of <br />his I;it, r'arkerson Trill reclaim the land and Yill lleVries <br />will ~ to farm it, :'11iat kind of consolation is that'? <br />Anyone can try! Hill ])e Vries Trill be 77 years old! i'Ihere <br />is the guarantee that he vrill have any desire to farm at <br />tli~zt aige? ClliaL kind of reclamation has 1.'arkerson done at <br />present? Or before? I am sure exlrerts can testify for both <br />sides. But erhere is the proof? ~,~hat has he done to prove <br />himsc:~i'? <br />iio~,v far are you willing to go? Can any business come into ' <br />the area because the land isn't prime? Please vote against <br />this proposal, <br />rr~" I~r <br />