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• • <br />Larimer County Planning Department <br />200 West Oak <br />' Ft. Collins, CO 80521 <br />July 11, 1988 <br />Dear Gentlemen, <br />' This letter is regarding the third filing for the Sterling <br />Companies Special Review which will, once again, come before your <br />' committee on July 27, 1988. This permit will be to mine and crush <br />gravel on 58 acres of land (which Sterling Companies does not <br />currently own) just north of their "Seaworth Pit" on iiorth Taft <br />Hill Road. <br />' We are aware of this Planning Commission date via phoney calls to <br />Mr. Gerald White and through our lawyer. It should be pointed out <br />that we have not received the customary letters notifying us of <br />any impending hearings. <br />As you are aware, this is the third such filing by Sterling <br />Companies. It is grossly apparent that Sterling's is trying to <br />financially drain the families opposing their proposed mining <br />operation. We have spent well over $8,000 trying to keen a gravel <br />' pit from destroying our incomes, our property values and our <br />health. This is no exaggeration when our home sits 98 feet from <br />the property line of the proposed site. <br />' The problems associated with this mining operation Yiave been <br /> reviewed numerous times. However, they are so serio us ~=hat they <br /> continue to bear repeating. The loss of ground water from <br /> Sterling's 19 85 pit has caused our hay production to drop by 60$. <br /> Consequently we have had to purchase hay to provide feed for the <br /> boarders at our small livery business. This has reduced our <br />' income and, needless to stay, any further depletion of ground <br />water would be devastating to our business, our pasture.. and our <br />hay fields. <br />' Our property value will undoubtably be effected by the location <br />of a gravel "pit" (that certainly describes it well) 98 feet from <br />our house. Not only will its value decline, but its <br />' marketability as well. People do not wish to buy property across <br />the street from an eyesore, and a noisy one at that. <br /> Attached please find a letter from Dr. Daniel Jinich regarding <br />the impact such a facility will have on the health of our <br /> asthmatic child. <br />' There is much at stake here. land, homes, families, <br /> livelihoods, and quality of life. We have spent over seven months <br /> and thousands of dollars fighting to save those things. <br /> <br />