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Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bollinger <br />1$273 Ward Creek Road <br />Cedaredge, CO 81413 <br />Delta County Commissioners Office <br />Delta County Courthouse <br />501 Palmer St. <br />Delta, CO 81416 <br />Atm: Mr. Wayne Wolf <br />Dear Wayne: <br />1~i..~AFb A''AJ <br />FEB 1 5 2005 <br />BY_ <br />February ]3, 2005 <br />I am writing to requesfdenial of permit SD05-001, the Benson Brothers Gravel Pit <br />applicatiAii;in Red'Can~+on of Coalb'y Canyon,`Gedaredge, CO:'There Chas beea~nb <br />miningacfivity in tliis'area•fof twenty ye'ar§ and'-fn'-that time hwd use and population <br />.. <br />density~h`~s~~hanget!'Eroui'hgricvi[t~iial%mtmfngtd'resIdenti~i~/agriaultttrai: In fact; :., <br />approximately 100 residential homes circle.tlie Red Canyon mining; area within 1 mile <br />of the priipdsed mining` site''Alinostall of titeserlibm~'were•buiit~after~e;former <br />mining operation in Coalby Canyon closed. Some of these homes are located of the <br />base of the sandstone`cliffs that surround the Red Canyon. values of residential <br />homes and particularly raw land prices in Coalby Canyon have begun to rise due to <br />the beautiful views and relative seclusion og'ered by five acre zoning. Addiiional <br />residential subdivisions have recently been approved by your board, some of which <br />are very close to the proposed mining area. Please save this quiet and peaceful <br />residential community from the excessive noise, dust' and scaring from the proposed <br />mining operation. We recommend Denial of permit SD05-11 for the following <br />reasons: <br />• Coalby Cattyon is a natural amphitheater which resonates sound up and down <br />the valley moving noise, dust, and diesel fumes along its path. <br />• Diesel generators; compressors, bulldozers, rock crushers, pneumatic <br />hammers, ripping of bed rock,.and gravel trucks working from 7:00 AM to <br />'' "' '5:30° PM (witlt ~oteadal=for'additional`hours'as business^dietates), Monday.- <br />' ' ' throitgh'~ Friday will ruin the tranquility br our'communiry. 3 am told -by a <br />'""' Ciialb'y' lesidt:rit'tlst BensoiY Brotheis'~ cbns~tdtant estimated the gorse level to <br />be 85'decibels at 100 feetaway. This sounds like a frien$ly, low estimate, <br />,, <br />° ' ' Rock'cnisheis; pneumatic h~mniers and tipping bflthe rock`by:bu~ldozers; <br />create an overpowering din that will be amplified by the surrounding rock . <br />