HomeMy WebLinkAbout951133.tiffMay 11, 1995
Weld County
Board of County Commissioners
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
RE: Country Estates Subdivision
Bruno Avenue
Dear Board of County Commissioners,
We are writing this letter to express our concerns on the possibility of
reopening Bruno Avenue in the Country Estates Subdivision. We reside at 16405
Bruno Avenue. This is the middle section of Bruno Ave., that is currently
blocked off by a "Road Closed" sign. We are very new to this development and
are not fully educated about the history of Bruno Avenue. However, this will
DIRECTLY effect our home, and we feel we should let our concerns be known.
We are located approximately half way between Matthew and Tate Avenues on
Bruno. We use the entrance of Bruno off from Tate Avenue to get to our home.
Our property extends to Tate Avenue. We purchased this home because of it's
location. We really liked being back off from Tate Ave.. We had no idea this
road would ever be reopened.
We strongly fear the public having access to this road, especially after
hearing about the "parties and trash dumping" that occurred in the past on
this road. We moved out of Brighton to this area in the hope of getting away
from this type of atmosphere and to be able to live a safe and rural life.
Our riding pens and play areas fr�ordour four children are just off from Bruno
'satiety Avenue on our property, and their safety would be in danger if this road is
opened to public vehicles. In addition, we depend on our neighbors who live
across the street on Tate Ave. to keep an eye on the vehicles that drive down
Bruno. They have an idea who should be coming and going when we are not
home. Our house is set quite a way from the road and behind a hill. Our
neighbors cannot see our house but they can watch for unknown vehicles which
could deter our home from theft. If Bruno is reopened, anyone and everyone
will have access to this road and it would then be fruitless to have neighbors
watch. It would be so easy for our home to be burglarized or vandalized.
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One of the issues raised at the May 9th Public Hearing was the desire to use
Bruno for horseback riding and pedestrian use. We have not seen anyone using
Bruno for this except for our family. And for the few people who expressed
this desire, our question to them is, where will they be when the trash needs
picked up and will they be there in the nighttime when the parties are
happening, should this road be opened to the public?
Another issue raised was whether Bruno Avenue is an issue for the Fire
Department. We believe any response by the Fire Department to this
development would come directly from WCR 8. They have a choice, they either
go down Tate,if the call is from Tate, or they go down Matthews, if the callis
from there. And if the call is from WCR 6 they can access WCR 6 from either
Tate or Matthews. Each home owner has an access road from Tate or Matthews
and we cannot see why Bruno would play a part in an emergency call to any of
the homes with these street addresses. We feel leaving Bruno open as a street
would only confuse matters which actually happened to us. We had an emergency
call to the Fire Dept. and they were not able to locate our home. We would
like to see Bruno vacated and we would use Tate as our address to avoid future
problems.
We appreciate what the other residents of this subdivision are feeling about
reopening this street. But for the SO FEW people that wish to open Bruno, we
feel their issues are quite small compared to the EIGHT residents who live on
Bruno and will have to suffer from the effects should this road be opened. We
feel, for what would be a small inconvenience to the few people who wish to
reopen Bruno, and their issues, ourselves and the other seven residents would
suffer damage and/or loss to our property and livestock. PLEASE CONSIDER US
IN YOUR DECISION AND VACATE BRUNO AVENUE.
Respectfu ly yo ,
Jim D. Weter
Debra J. Webster
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