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June 12, 2017 <br />Kittitas County Community Development Services <br />411 N Ruby Suite 2 <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />RE: Clerf Mine Expansion Application <br />File # CU -17-00003 <br />To Whom It May Concern, <br />My name is Steven Boyd I live at 1560 Carroll Rd and have recently purchased and heard of the mine <br />expansion project from anotherconcemed neighbor. Here are the problems I have noticed since moving <br />in with possible resolutions. <br />1. The speed limit for the County Rd of 50mph is extremely fast for a rapidly growing urban <br />development out here on Carrol Rd. The speeds need to be re assessed not only do to the <br />growing population but because of the weight and load they are traveling with. The mine <br />expansion would cause Carroll Rd to be a front page article before long with families moving in <br />with young children who don't always understand the risks of roads. Carroll Rd is also a hilly <br />road which causes many blind hill tops which these trucks would not be able to stop in time at <br />the current speed limit if a child or livestock where to get into the road. I believe the speed limit <br />should be 35mph or less to allow sufficient stopping distance incase an emergency occurred. <br />2. Road maintenance is another issue I see arising as Carroll road being a County Rd was probably <br />never engineered to handle the roughly 40 loads a day on a slow day to over 100 on a busy <br />being traveled which would be roughly 20 thousand loads over an 8 month period. This number <br />is far too many for a soon to be busy residential urban environment with more houses and sub <br />divisions. Finally, who will be paying for the excess in maintenance on Carroll Rd, Badger Pocket, <br />and Prater Rd which are the main thoroughfares? With 1-90 only a mile away from the mine and <br />being the main route once off Clements Rd to elevate pressure on Carroll Rd build a ramp way <br />on and off the freeway from Mundy Rd. <br />3. Times of day in which these trucks are moving material also should be looked at in a climate <br />assessment. The urban development of Carroll Road and residents living within the area would <br />like to see some sort of restrictive hours for the mine truck hauling operations to allow residents <br />to sleep and be able to work themselves and enjoy living in the country. I believe we could work <br />together and make a time frame for hauling materials work so everyone can still get everything <br />they need done. I have heard trucks from around 530am to around 8 at night. Would like to see <br />something possibly from the hours of Sam -spm Monday -Friday, Saturday from 8 -Noon and <br />Sundays off as it seems right now. This would allow families in the area to be able to not always <br />be woken up by these trucks and also to enjoy living in the country with their families. <br />Please keep Carroll Rd Residence informed with all proceedings with this file. <br />Sincerely, <br />Steven Boyd <br />509-656-4606 <br />Boyd Family <br />1560 Carroll Rd <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />