HomeMy WebLinkAbout951952.tiffWELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P.O. BOX 758
GREELEY, CO 80632
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO PLEAD AND APPEAL TO YOU ABOUT YOUR
DECISION TO CLOSE BRUNO AVENUE. ALL OF US IN FAVOR OF KEEPING
BRUNO AVENUE WERE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR DECISION TO
VACATE, BUT IT WAS ALSO APPARENT TO US THAT IT WAS AN EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE. IT SEEMED A NO WIN SITUATION. WE ARE
STILL VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS ROAD OPEN. WE ARE
APPEALING TO YOU TO THINK OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR SAFETY. IF
YOU WOULD PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOO AT A PLAT MAP OF COUNTRY
ESTATES, YOU CAN SEE WHY IT IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE ROUTE FOR OUR
CHILDREN TO SAFELY GET FROM MATHEWS TO TATE. THIS CLOSURE WILL
TRULY ISOLATE THE TWO ROADS. IT IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO ALLOW
CHILDREN ON BIKES OR HORSES TO GO ON ROAD 8 WITH SPEEDING
TRAFFIC, NOR IS IT FEASIBLE TO ALLOW THEM TO GO WAY DOWN TO ROAD
6 WHICH HAS ISOLATED STRETCHES.
IT IS OBVIOUS TO US THAT KEEPING THIS STRETCH OPEN AS A TRAIL
IS NOT AN OPTION. HOWEVER, A COUNTY ROAD IS. THE MONEY IT WILL
TAKE TO UPGRADE THIS ROAD TO STANDARD IS SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT THIS
COMMUNITY WILL GAIN. THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THIS
ROAD ARE, QUITE FRANKLY, UNFOUNDED AND FULL OF UNTRUTHS. THERE IS
NO TRASH ON THIS ROAD. AS FOR FEAR OF AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC RUNNING
ALONG THEIR PROPERTY, IT ALREADY DOES ALONG THE FRONT OF THEIR
PROPERTY AND WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE PROPERTIES THAT BORDER
ROADS 6 AND 8. IN ALL PROBABILITY,ITS NOT AS BAD.
MR. RUSSELL MILLER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF HIS HORSES
IF THIS ROAD WERE OPENED. IT IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH MR. MILLER THAT
THIS IS NOT THE CASE. TO THE CONTRARY, HE IS TO BE SENTENCED ON
8-23-95 IN WELD COUNTY COURT FOR SHOOTING MY HORSE. I DO NOT MEAN
TO COME ACROSS AS "TRASHING" OUR OPPONENTS IN THIS CASE. HOWEVER,
AFTER LISTENING TO TESTIMONY AT THE MEETING ON 8-21-95, EVERYONE
ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROOM WAS AMAZED AND ANGERED AT THE AMOUNT OF
UNTRUTHS TOLD. IT WAS PROBABLY APPARENT TO YOU THAT A FAIR NUMBER
OF US AT THE MEETING HAVE CHILDREN WHO WOULD USE THIS ROAD AS SAFE
PASSAGE. THAT -ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE- IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN AND
HOPEFULLY IS YOURS ALSO.
I KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE HAS TAKEN ALOT OF YOUR TIME AND YOU ARE
PROBABLY READY TO PUT IT TO REST. I AM PLEADING WITH YOU FOR THE
SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN AND EVERYONE ELSES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE TOGETHER AND RE -CONSIDER
YOUR DECISION. IT IS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOW AND IN
THE FUTURE- AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THAT. IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE
CAN DO TO HELP OPEN BRUNO AVE, LET US KNOW AND I KNOW IT WILL BE DONE.
THANK YOU,
STEVEN L. STEERMAN
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