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<br />i Larimer County Commissioners <br />200 West Oak <br />' Ft. Collins, CO 80521 <br />September 19, 1988 <br />Dear Gentlemen, <br />This letter i5 regarding the Sterling Special Review ~Z-17-88 <br />which will come before your committee on September 26, 1988. This <br />permit will allow a mining operation to be located on !58 acres of <br />land (which Sterling Companies DOES NOT own) just north of their <br />"Seaworth Pit" on North Taft Hill Road. <br /> As you are aware, this is the third such filing ty Sterling <br />' Companies. We have repeatedly been before the Larimer County <br /> Planning Department, the City of Ft. Collins Planning Department <br />' and once before your Board. We have left the hearings with <br />denials in all cases except for this instance where the voting <br /> was split. And for good reason! It is grossly apparent: that this <br /> operation will destroy livelihoods and incomes, ruin our <br />' groundwater, reduce our property values and literally "sandblast" <br /> us out of the lifestyle and homes we have grown to love. This is <br /> no exaggeration when our house is situated a mere 98 feet from <br /> the "pit" site! <br /> Can you imagine living in such close proximity to ar.~ operation <br />' whose 35 foot stockpiles are subjected to the winds that blow <br />from a westerly direction? Neither can we. Upon calling the CSU <br /> Atmospheric Station three weeks ago when the wind was blowing <br /> dirt off the current stockpiles of the Seaworth Pit:, we were <br /> appalled to find out that they were blowing at 11 MPH! We can't <br /> even comprehend what it would have been like to live directly <br /> across the street from a gravel pit during this week.end's wind <br /> storm. The wind blew the huge chain link gatea down at <br />' Sterling's. That is the type of winds we are talking about. <br /> less than 100 feet from our home! Could you or would you want to <br /> live there? <br />' <br /> We have repeatedly PROVEN in our many times before your planners <br /> and committees that we have already lost our groundwater due to <br /> the current operating pit which has resulted in loss of income, <br />' that our property values and their ability to sell will be <br /> drastically affected and that the noise alone (six days a week) <br />' would be enough in itself to deny a mining operation. <br /> The reduction of our hay production for our small livez•y business <br /> has dropped 60$. we now have to purchase hay to provide feed for <br />' our clients horses. Needless to say this has reduced cur income, <br /> and any further depletion of groundwater would mean cex•tain death <br /> to our pastures and our business. <br /> <br /> <br />