2003-05-14_REVISION - M1992016 (5)

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Mr. James Dillie - 2 - May 12, 2003 bought-from the Estate of Maurine Clevenger who passed away in August of 2000, The land stretched almost to Hardscrabble Creek,-where our property has been referred to as being near. The purchaser stated "he'd like ~o see some of the land added to the recreation area west of..Lake Pueblo State Park, and we assumed that would be done-with. that property.. The Chair was not interest2d and said one cannot believe what is in the news- -. pa per and.imp7ied it had nothing to do with our meeting. I showed an article where a Retired FBI Agent and his wife were planning to ' develop a community in the northeast portion of Pueblo West; and suggested that would be an'~ideal Project-for: the area.involved instead of spoiling it_by start- ~ngra-gravel--miming project. That too; had no bearing at the Hearing. Since there .were some-homes in that .area .when we checked oh`this^land some time agog=`;the question was :asked if the.homes."were still there and, if not, what happened to them? There was. no.response, The Chair gave the Floor to Mr., Mangone who: 1, placed a.map on the wall. and showed where the activity was taking place and how far down it would reach our property; °2:'; that;the~mining'.,project.-was=startea'ifi T.992'.(so .this ~may'not`besthe same property .as described in the newspaper clipping.)'~-Nr~°Biiiy"• Peetz purchased the property in April, 2001. 3; hated'ahe gcauel snir.~iny operation ~ay'9ast •only'l0°years; 4, stated a cement plantrmptyl°.be^aonsfidered`.dn~~tfie~fiURaresso.,i~g~:.drid•?ia~hen a cement plant is started, .it also 'may pollute the air with toxins. , 5. .stated they would rehabi.litate•the land after the mining operation ceased, No reference was made to the DEFINITIONS mentioned in your Packet; however; comments on this sub,~ect are mentioned in my Summary on Page 4. , CANON CITY PLANNING & ZONING: 1. You stated that Canon City Planning & Zoning returned my mail because it should have been addressed to Fremont County Planning & Zoning. 2. `bu then .questioned me that if I received mail that was addressed to someone e1se,,would I open it. Naturally I would not if it was addressed to someone else and not me. 3. Ttfe letter was correctl,~addressed to Canon City Planning & Zoning and they should have opened it, ' 4. .Why would they state it should have been sent to Fremont County Planning &°`.Zoning when they did not know the contents of the letter? It is possible it could-have contained information regarding the City.