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i <br /> <br />III III III IIIIIII III <br />sss <br />Mr. and Mrs. Gary Stratton <br />5617 Ute Highway <br />Longmont, CO 80503 <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />1313 Sherman <br />Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Sirs; <br /> <br />,. . <br />5EP 1 »°3 <br />We are strongly opposed to the Down Flats Project. Our home <br />is approximately 3/4 mile south of the project site. We have <br />lived at our present home for 22 years, breathing the dust <br />and hearing dynamite blasts (which shook the whole house) <br />from the present site which is several miles south west of <br />our property. <br />The new site is much clotier and will be, we feel, unbearable. <br />It is inconceivable, that we will have to endure 27 more <br />years of these intolerable conditions. The dust and dynamite <br />blasts are more than we should have to tolerate. Even our <br />health has suffered because of the dust, we now have habitual <br />sinus problems. <br />We are always anxious that our cistern (water storage tank) <br />will crack due to vibration of the blasts. Now that the <br />blasts wi:1 be less than 3/4 mil r. away, we have no doubt that <br />our foundation and cistern sill not survive. <br />We have talked to a professional Surveyor/Engineer and have <br />been told that as soon as they start to dig on the project <br />our property value will definitelydrop 25%. As well as <br />every other property in the area. <br />We feel that the project will not be an asset to any of the <br />residents of the area, For we have endured 22 years of being <br />reminded constantly we have a quarry near. We don't care how <br />meny bonds are being put up, it won't be enough to reulaiui <br />the valley in 28 years. Look at SUMMITVILLE!! Now, tax <br />payers at that site, are having to pay for the reclamation at <br />the tune of $35,000 a day. The new quarry will be on our <br />doorstep. This means we will be able to look out our back <br />window and and see them destroy a once beautiful valley, as <br />they destroyed the valley southwest of us. The quarry has <br />been there for 22 years, that we know of, and they still have <br />not reclaimed that valley! <br />Taxpayers bought Rabbit Mountain as an open space to protect <br />wildlife. Now, we're going to let it be destroyed with a <br />thick coating of cement dust. This dust is harmful to humans <br />and wildlife!! When the November ballot comes up I think the <br />~~~~ <br />