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planning -Benson Bros. rock quarry app. SD05-001 Page_1;~ <br />From: <jdalbowcQtds.net> <br />To: <Planning~deltacounty.com> <br />Date: 2H7/05 11:34PM <br />Subject: Benson Bros, rock quarry app. SD05-001 <br />The idea of a rock quany in the middle of a neighborhood is ridiculous. There are over 100 homes in a <br />mile radius of the proposed site that will be negatively affected by an operation of this kind. Coalby <br />continues to grow, with new subdivision proposals before the county commissioners right now. <br />I lived here when the Red Canyon Mine was in operation 20 years ago, and have no desire to experience <br />all that noise and traffic again. It was a constant growl of motors and fans/generators, and huge trucks <br />flying by our house, tearing up the roads all day, nearly every day. It was bad enough then, and that <br />mining was all underground. Now with the amount of people living in the area, traffic will be a huge <br />concern. <br />I have two children who ride the school bus. They get on at 7:35 every morning, and return at 4:00 p.m. <br />What kind of guarantee for their safety, or the safety of the other school children on the route can be <br />offered when the hours of quarry operation overlap so Gosely with the bus schedule? <br />The valley acts as a sound amplifier. When I am outside I can often hear the Bensons quarrying <br />operations in Green Valley. I can not only hear the voices of my neighbors nearly a quarter of a mile <br />away, I can pick out their words. 1 can hear another neighbor(an excavator) working on his property on <br />the weekends with his backhce. He lives above me, past the proposed site. I don't want to spend the <br />next 15+ years listening to heavy equipment, generators, and rock crushers. <br />Dust will be another problem. This is a windy area, and they only plan on misting for the crusher. The <br />Green Valley quany is a horrible dust loud on any given day that it is running. <br />I've hiked all over "the Cliffs" since 1 was a small girl; with the quarry running, it wi(I be unsafe and maybe <br />impossible to hike thee. My neighbors who own part of the cliff certainty won't be able !o roam freely on <br />their own property. That isn't right A landmark will be ruined forever, and all bepuse of greed. <br />I moved back here from the city, because I realized what a beautiful place this area is, and I want my kids <br />to have the chance to enjoy the hiking and wildlife in a rural area. Not many have such a great hike onry <br />minutes away from their front door. <br />It is my dream to live here for the rest of my life, enjoying the country, and the peace and quiet associated <br />with it !t is many of my neighbors' dreams as well. We have all sacrificed in one way or another to make <br />our dreams <br />a reality, and it pisses me off that the Bensons feel they have the right to destroy the dreams of so many <br />people. <br />I've seen Coalby at iYs worst with the mine operating. It left an ugly scar in the hillside, and the reclaimed <br />area is a rolling hill with some grass on it. There are no rock outcroppings, no trees, no beauty. Why must <br />our landscape be destroyed in order to make landscape materials for others? <br />Please come visit the area and see for yourselves before you make arty decision no one pn live with. <br />If the Bensons really want to be our "neighbors" then they can purchase the land west of their property, <br />and build a house right next to their very own quany. If it is such a treat to live next to a quarry, I'm sure <br />they will jump at the chance, no? NO. <br />I urge you to DENY this permit! !t adversely affects too many people. Twenty years ago it was very <br />different, and I you understand why this is such a bad idea. Please do not let the residents of Coalby <br />down. <br />Julia Dalbow <br />18595 Ward Creek Rd. <br />Cedaredge, CO 81413 <br />856-4725 <br />