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From: Jutten [mailto:lazyk @montrose.net] <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 3:24 PM <br />To: Zane Luttrell <br />Subject: Fw: Rocky Mountain Aggregate Application <br />- - - -- Original Message - - - -- <br />From: Joey Burns <br />To: swhite(cDmontrosecounty.net <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:11 AM <br />Subject: Rocky Mountain Aggregate Application <br />April 23, 2013 <br />Mr. Steve White <br />Montrose County Planning and Development Director <br />Mr. White, <br />I'm writing in reference to the proposed gravel pit with Rocky Mountain Aggregate. As a <br />point of reference, I am a land owner who lives within 1/2 mile from the proposed gravel <br />pit and I have had a personal interest in this property for over 10 years. Our company <br />Lone Eagle Land Brokerage, Inc. assembled this holding and have managed the <br />property for the past two ownerships. I have spent countless hours on the property, we <br />have had the property studied for a proposed habitat mitigation with the Natural <br />Resource Conservation Service, conducted geological surveys and have had numerous <br />consultants study the property for its highest and best use. I know this land and I have <br />a deep history of the property through all seasons. <br />Recently I assisted in the sale of the property with NO knowledge of the proposed <br />gravel pit. It was only after the closing that I was informed of the current owner's <br />intentions. My reaction today is the same as it was when I learned of the application. <br />That plateau is an appropriate location for a gravel pit. Personally I think gravel pits are <br />unsightly and inevitably they get placed adjacent to a major thoroughfare (example the <br />United pit on south Hwy 550.) However, the subject property's topography is such that <br />it would be virtually impossible to see the pit and or the equipment from the Hwy 550 to <br />the east and Ducket Draw to the west. <br />felt it was necessary that I address the county after I read a recent article in the paper <br />that I felt was inflammatory, exaggerated and untrue. In addition, because of my <br />concern as a land owner regarding the specifics of the application, I contacted the <br />applicant, set a meeting to preview the permit in detail. The applicant was direct, <br />forthcoming and responded immediately to my request. <br />First the claim I read in the paper of increased traffic is un founded. Gravel is a supply <br />and demand business. If demand increases we currently have the United gravel pit on <br />south Hwy 550. By approving this application the change in traffic will be minor. If the <br />demand for aggregate increases, the United pit is in place and consequently will <br />