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Mesa County Commissioners May 11, 1992 Page 3 riders. C Road is dangerous because of several hills which block views of oncoming traffic and people entering the road from driveways. Gravel trucks cannot stop very fast to avoid an accident. The haul road/C Road intersection is dangerous because it lies at the base of a hill where the view of C Road traffic is limited. This is the intersection where gravel trucks are frequently seen not stopping at the stop sign. They make a left hand turn at this intersection, pulling across the lane~of traffic coming over the hill, and proceed up the hill making so much noise that you can't hear yourself think even when inside a house. The C Road/32 Road intersection is extremely dangerous because the gravel trucks are pulling across traffic coming up the hill on 32 Road and going 55 mph. Visibility of southbound traffic coming up the hill is very limited. Land_Use: Please have a look at the applicant's existing pits in the area. Doesn't it occur to you that they look like large, deep, strip mined, open pits? And on top of that, they are practically right next to town. I don't see any way that these can ever be reclaimed so they don't look like an obvious scar on the land. There certainly won't be a nice little lake to fill them up when the mining is done. Future generations wilt have to live forever with your decision on whether or not to make these holes in the ground larger. Monitoring: Who's supposed to monitor whether the operator is complying with the requirements of his conditional use permit and then enforce it if he isn't? It seems like the phrase "once you get your permit you can do anything you want to" may not be all that untrue. Where is the reclamation for the existing pit or even the material to do the reclamation with? Where is the water and irrigation system for dust control? Row do we know the operator is not exceeding the permitted amount of truck traffic? We as neighbors can't be expected to sit around all day and count trucks, oc snoop around to see if he is watering adequately for dust control, or performing reclamation as required. There needs to be a monitoring plan worked out for the proposed pit in advance which insures that permit conditions are met and that people who have to live with this project are protected from abuses of those conditions. I certainly would appreciate your consideration of my concerns. Please don't leave our neighborhood out in the cold. We have made substantial investments in land and buildings in the area, certainly far more than the applicant has made. We pay substantial taxes and have a right to expect that public officials will take care of us too. The quality of life in the Grand Valley is the major reason my family lives here. A lot of other people also feel that way. If we can't maintain a good quality of life here, people won't continue to invest in and develop the Valley. And then we won't need the gravel either. Sincerely, ~~u,.w K ~Xm.~fC~ William R. Elmblad 307 31 3j4 Road