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Mr. Rick Patterson
Mayor,Town of Firestone CLEF;
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Firestone Town Hall r ^ f
P.O.Box 100
Firestone,Colorado 80520
Re: Del Camino East
Dear Rick:
I have not received any additional information from you regarding water service to our property. I did receive the
agreement between the town and the water district. My reading of the agreement clearly reflects that the town is
restricted to a 10%growth rate. This would amount to 50-55 water taps per year,to service all of the projects
currently within the town,not to mention projects the town is wishing to annex.
As I have previously notified you,we cannot annex to the town unless we are assured a"continuous flow"of water
taps. All of our builders,and their lenders,without exception,require a guarantee of water service from us prior to
their purchasing sites. Owing to the restrictions contained in your agreement with the water district,we would be
unable to make that guarantee;in effect putting us out of business.
In addition to the water shortage,the town of Fredrick and the town of Firestone have not reached an agreement on
their respective planning areas. This means that we will be entangled in the same"Catch 22" that we were faced
with when we decided to develop in the county.
We have already spent almost four years getting our approvals. That includes almost one year trying to annex into
Fredrick. My recollection is that you were opposed to that annexation,and because of that opposition we decide to
go to the county.
The MUD does not require annexation if the town con not service the property. The MUD also requires that the
towns agree on planning areas,which has not been done. Unless I can be provided with hard evidence that water
taps will be available when we need them,and assurance that Fredrick will not appeal the annexation,I don't see
how I can possibly go forward.
Rick, I know you understand that we cannot be expected to wait until the town can provide us sufficient water
service. I also believe that your attempts to settle on planning areas with Fredrick were sincere,even though they
did not succeed. Unless there is some unimaginable compromise,an attempted annexation to the town at this time
would be equal to a loss of our property and our investment.
Since ely,
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Rusty Gre
Annexation
Cc Lee Morrison,County Attorney
Larry Keuter,Attorney at Law
Barb Brunk
Board of County commissioners
County Planning Dept,Shani Eastin
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