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1 David and Ginger Slatten ' 2412 North Taft Hill Road Fort Collins, CO 80524 ' March 14, 1988 ' Larimer County Commissioners ' Larimer County Courthouse Fort Collins, CO 80521 Dear Commissioners: ' We wish to express our opposition to the proposed mining permit that Sterling Sand and Gravel is brin ging before the: County ' Commissioners. The proposed site is directly across from our property which is located at 2412 North Taft Hill Road. We believe that allowing ' this property to be mined would have several adverse. effects upon our quality of life. ' open pit mining contributes greatly to dust pollution, and, with the prevailing winds in this area, that dust will carry directly into our living room. The operation of the rock crusher during mining contributes greatly to noise pollution, and, with the location of the proposed mining within 100 feet of our home, we feel the noise would seriously affect our home life. We are also concerned about the loss of property values from having an open gravel pit directly across from our ~~roperty. We recently purchased this property and, if Sterling's intent to ' propose a mining operation at this location had beer.. public knowledge when we were looking at this property, we would not have purchased it. Now we will lose thousands of dollars in ' property value if Sterling is allowed to mine in this proposed area. Another concern is the effect to the water table from the ' dewatering process that must go along with the mining operation. We feel we will lose the yield of hay from our property by losing sub-irrigation water. We are also concerned about our ' landscaping dying from lack of sub-irrigation water. Of further concern is the evaporation of sub-irrigation water due ' to its accumulation in open ponds, into which Sterling will eventually reclaim this property. The overall watex• table for