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11-9-05 <br /> To whom it may concern- <br /> As an adjacent landowner roughly 100 feet from the proposed gravel plant, I am against the <br /> proposed Conditional Use Permit(CUP)by Anderson Brothers to use Parcel ID <br /> #29027300000009 for a gravel plant, crushing/washing location, asphalt plant and concrete plant. <br /> I strongly believe the CUP should be denied for the following reasons: <br /> 1. Power drives and power producing machinery will be located within 1,000 feet of a <br /> residential district, which violates a zoning ordinance. <br /> 2. The property is zoned Forest Management, and does not include the activity of rock <br /> crushing and washing as a permitted activity. <br /> 3. An asphalt plant, concrete plant and aggregate sales outlet are not listed as potential use <br /> options under the Forest Management zoning ordinances. <br /> Those are the black-and-white, legal reasons to deny the CUP. There are also several quality of <br /> life reasons to deny it: <br /> 4. Having the sound, odor and potential ground water contamination of a plant located in the <br /> heart of residential lake country(and at the literal gateway to the city of Pequot Lakes) is <br /> ALMOST as offensive as it is unnecessary. Gravel/asphalt and concrete plants should be <br /> located where they minimize impacts to the fewest people as possible, not maximize <br /> them to an ever-growing number of people. <br /> 5. The section of Hwy 371 that the proposed access road intersects is already very busy <br /> and, at times, dangerous. Adding an uncontrolled intersection for up to 50 continuously- <br /> hauling trucks, even with a turn lane, only exacerbates the problem. That kind and <br /> frequency of heavy equipment hauling should access Hwy 371 at a controlled <br /> intersection. <br /> 6. There are currently two locations within the city of Pequot Lakes that might potentially <br /> allow a gravel pit/asphalt plant, and one of them already has a small gravel operation on <br /> it.What possible benefit, other than to Anderson Bros., is there to add a second location? <br /> None! <br /> Thank you for your consideration of these points. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> John Sandberg <br />