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1019 TENTH AVENUE
GREELEY, COLORADO 80632
RALPH E.WALDO,JR. (303)352-4828
ROBERT M.WALDO R.E.WALDO(RETIRED)
June 7, 1979
Weld County Board of County Commissioners
P. 0. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Gentlemen:
Mr. Oscar Barnes and some other neighbors of his from around Nunn, Colo-
rado recently called me and are "up-in-arms" about people dumping trash in a
County gravel pit. This ex-County gravel pit is located six miles west of
Nunn, Colorado.
You will recall that in February, Mr. Barnes and I both contacted the
Commissioners with regard to the County closing up the gravel pit and surrender-
ing it. The pit had not been surrendered to Mr. Barnes. As a consequence,
people have commenced dumping their trash in that pit. As matters now stand,
it is in need of being cleaned up and of erecting some signs on the premises
warning people not to dump there.
We have previously requested that the Commissioners take whatever steps
were necessary to fill in the hole where the gravel had been excavated and
close up the gravel pit and cover up the trash that was there.
Mr. Barnes advises me that no one has contacted him and no steps have been
taken to do anything with the pit.
On March 16, 1979, Mr. Barnes received a notice from the Weld County Health
Department that this site did not conform to the minimum standards and he is
well aware of this. He strongly feels that this problem should be taken care
of immediately and that some signs should be put up to keep people out and
endeavor then to enforce the signs until such time as people gave up the habit
of dumping in that area.
I believe if we could get a bulldozer up there for an hour and a half,
and then get about three signs of the County warning people that no dumping
was permitted, the problem would soon be taken care of. Mr. Barnes advises me
that he would put up the signs if the County will furnish them and push in the
gravel and cover up the debris and trash that has been left there by various
and sundry people.
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I would appreciate it very much if you would take immediate steps to
see that this condition is rectified.
Yours very truly,
WALDO AND WALDO
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PHONE: (3031 356-4000 EXT. 200
P.O. BOX 758
GREELEY,Y, COLORADO 80631
COLORADO
February 27, 1979
Mr. Oscar A. Barnes
322 Cleveland Avenue
P.O. Box
Nunn, Colorado 80648
Dear Mr. Barnes:
Reference is made to your letter to the County dated February 9,
1979. Your easement granted to Weld County to remove gravel ,
sand, and road building material from a plot of land located in
the SW Corner of the SWa of Section 29, Township 9 North, Range
67 West, was released June 5, 1968 as evidenced by attached copies
of a resolution and Quit Claim Deed.
This property is private property now, and as such is the owner's
responsibility to maintain.
I hope this clears up the questions you have and clarifies the
ownership of the land in question.
If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Norman Carlson
Chairman of the Board of Weld County Commissioners
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Enclosures
February 9, 1979
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County, Colorado
Centennial Building
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Gentlemen:
On June 4, 1959, I granted an easement to Weld County cover-
ing an acre of property which I owned in the Southwest Quarter
(SW1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SWW4) of Section Twenty-nine
(29) , Township Nine (9) North, Range Sixty-seven (67) West of
the 6th P.M. The property is 400 feet in length by 150 feet
in width.
The easement granted the County the privilege of removing
all gravel, sand and road-making and building material it could
remove from this parcel of land. The last few years, the County
has apparently done very little with this property and has re-
moved very little gravel from it. As a consequence, the neighbors
and people who are not neighbors have commenced using this acre
of ground as a dump for their trash and paper and what not.
The present situation is undesirable as far as I am con-
cerned as the owner of the adjacent land, and it is undesirable,
I believe, as far as the County is concerned and something should
be done to correct the situation.
This easement was recorded in Book 1533, page 386 of the
Weld County Records on June 9, 1959.
I would request the County to take a more active part in
the supervision of this acre of ground to see that it is not
used as a dump for neighbors or people who are not neighbors
in the future. An inspection of the property will disclose to
you that it is an unsatisfactory situation and the County should
take steps to clean it up and stop the use of this property as a
dump in the future.
I live in Nunn, Colorado, and I would be very happy to go
up to the site of this acre of land and discuss the matter with
your representative at any reasonable time.
Yours very truly,
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scar A. Barnes
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