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Rug 31 2006 12:12 HP LRSERJET FRX <br />The current nuning operation has several piles of pit run and Class C material that has weeds growing <br />out of it because it was mined and mixed incorrectly and can not be sold. The neighbors have been <br />advised by reputable persons knowledgeable in gravel operations, that there is still plenty of gravel in <br />the current acreage of the existing pit to be mined and used correctly. It is not in the best interest of <br />the State, County, Town of Granby, or surrounding property owners to allow Thompson's to expand <br />and be wasteful. <br />The residents of the platted subdivision of Great Divide Head Lettuce are also sending this letter to <br />onnose the renewal or approval of a new permit for the mine to expand. Please seethe attached <br />petition signed in 1999. The neighbors al] believed the existing mine operation would be mined out <br />and reclaimed by next year. An expansion into an established agricultural residential neighborhood <br />where the East Grand County's only middle and high school are located was not realistic. The noise, <br />dust, and silica have caused alarm in some pazents due to noise and air pollution as well as safety <br />issues for the school children if a new permit for expansion to the MESA is allowed. <br />p.3 <br />We believe that Thompson Properties, Ted Pratt, and Sam Conger can't operate their current operation <br />pursuant to State and County regulations and definitely should not be allowed to expand and encroach <br />further into our water table. We respectfully request that the existing operation be inspected and that <br />the new encroachment be looked at prior to issuing a new pernvt. As the State is well aware, once <br />they hit the water table, it is too late. <br />Please feel free to contact one of the following spokespeople listed below with any futther questions or <br />concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />Great Divide Head Lettuce Homeowners <br />PO Box 1785 <br />Granby, CO 80446-1785 <br />Lisa h4irabito -Spokesperson 970-887-93 ] 9 <br />Biil Hansen- Spokesperson 970-887-1069 <br />Note: Because this letter was a collaborative effort of the neighborhood, it had not been sent out today, <br />August 3Q 2006. At 8:00 p.m. tonight Jill and Bill Hansen visited the site and took pictures where the <br />water has been standing all summer. There are now truck parked there and they worked all day to <br />cover up the ponds. We would be happy to show the State hydrologist our documentation and even go <br />on a site visit because this blatant offense, which they advised the county was only drainage of rain <br />water, is now, literally as we type, "being covered uy". <br />