Protect Sand Lake NY Property Values, Support Proposed Zoning Law 's Mining Restrictions

2 Winter Haven West Sand Lake, NY 12196

Pond Hollow Estates 3 Glenwood Terr Averill Park, NY 12018

Autumn Lane, West Sand Lake Please don't allow this.

You have allowed hard working tax payers to pay top dollar for their properties, and they will be faced to sell for less then what their investments are worth. The truck traffic and speed of the current trucks that pass our house is excessive as it is I could not imagine it increasing. This town will become a dust pit rather then bringing in businesses that could benefit the town and the tax payers.

Enough is enough!

The current mines already slowly drain lakes and wells, create truck and exhaust pollution, slow rush hour traffic, and create run off ground pollution. There has been no reclaimation of older mining sites. I do not support mining expansion.

Why are you letting people destroy the town of Sand Lake. It was one of the most beautiful places left untouch and now you are letting people destroy the town. Please halt this now!!! Don't approve any more permits to take down the beautiful trees and land and to mine.

Having grown up in WSL in the 50's and 60's, I have sadly watched the destruction of a quaint little town to what appears to be an industrial disaster. It started with Bonded and continued to the destruction of "The Corners." Cutting down magnificent trees to leveling beautiful colonial homes. The village has lost that welcoming feel as it is shrouded in a cloud of dust and dirt without a single thought about the people that live there now. Sad---I could never go home again. They tore down our home and put up a parking lot. You may want to stop this now. :(

I grew up in the area, visit often, would like to see the land and townships remain beautiful and peaceful, not destroyed. Land and homeowners deserve to protected their property values protected against adverse development strategies.

We have a beautiful community. The development on Springer Road, along with the growing industrial activity, have adversely affected both our quality of life and our property values. As it is, the traffic in the area has become dangerous, noisy, and damaging to our roads. Please, as our representatives, do all you can to protect our way of life.

We live on Springer Road and the truck traffic is out of control, up and down non stop. The trucks travel over the speed limit are load and have little respect for the residents or people walking/ running. This is a neighborhood not an industrial work yard. Please help to stop this!

I can hear the noise all the way in Poestnekill.

The truck traffic, dust and noise have to stop. I moved to Springer Rd to raise my children in a safe, quiet and peaceful neighborhood. I wanted them to be able to ride their bikes to neighbors without worrying about gravel trucks hitting them. I wake up in the morning to hear the rumbling of the crusher across the road now and the trucks up and down the road every ten minutes. We feel like we are being forced out to mining. The dust in the town is ridiculous! The environment is being ruined and the beauty I saw when I moved here 20 years ago is greatly diminished. My quality of life is ruined from dust, dirt, noise and smell of diesel fuel every day!

My husband and I bought our house 5 years ago with the anticipation of raising our 3 children in a country setting residential community. Had I known that there could potentially be a mine right down our road with heavier truck traffic, we would have moved elsewhere. Not only am I concerned with the truck traffic, the speed of the heavy trucks as it is already, but the dust pollution, the noise. The noise we hear already from town garage is enough and that has to be here, I could not imagine adding more to that. I pray that the town take into consideration the investment of the homeowners, our children and our health.

We strongly oppose further mining expansion on property surrounding Pond Hollow Estates. While we enjoy somewhat of a protected woodlands buffer between our property and that of Hunt Mine, et al., it isn't sufficient—especially if Gardiner decides to mine his property that abuts our "forever wild" stand. From our backyard, we can already see how the clear cutting of the Hunt Mine property has affected the skyline. In relation to protecting many species of wildlife and offsetting the global carbon emission problem, it's a travesty. I can't imagine having to deal with the increased truck traffic if we lived on Thais or Springer Rds. So destroying Gardiner's stand of woodlands would continue to add to a significant environmental impact on many levels—never mind further eradication of noise and dirt/dust existing barriers that Pond Hollow residents need and enjoy. Additionally, opponents' argument that "We were here first" is bogus for many reasons. For the Regenerons, Autotasks, and CommerceHubs of the region that are hiring significant numbers, how can such companies compete for top-level employees from other areas when the encroachment on bedroom communities like Pond Hollow Estates continues unabated? (Frankly, we would not have moved to this location had we known we were going to be faced with this ongoing battle.)

Sand Lake is a beautiful town with a perfect balance of homes, businesses, farms, and even mines. We need to ensure that the town can continue to evolve and grow, but only within a thoughtful framework that prevents the destruction and degradation of our fine town. We need these zoning regulations to maintain the balance.

The proposed zoning ordinance and map should be passed because it is in the interests of town residents to protect property values and the associated tax base in the residential neighborhoods.

This mining issue can be resolved and frankly should've been resolved long ago. I have stood in front of the town board at least three times, urging the Town to adopt the zoning and protect the community from an industry that will literally destroy our quiet enjoyment of our bucolic environs. Gravel extraction at this scale will cause irreparable environmental degradation, particularly by the lowering of the local water table. This cannot be restored/reclaimed! Other degradations, such as deforestation, and habitat destruction will take generations to recover. The visual impacts and traffic issues will impede the economic vitality through the the over-industrialization of Sand Lake. The proposed zoning regulations have been discussed and developed over many years. They are reasonable and protective of all parties. Please enact them. As a community we have needed to be vigilant for years, repeatedly voicing our concerns. It is time to pass the zoning and put this to rest.

Protect those that are investing in the integrity of the community!

My family moved to this specific neighborhood from Virginia for 3 specific reasons- the beauty/tranquility, the quality of life, and the school system. These reasons helped us feel confident in investing in a home to raise our almost born and 2 year old daughters. We put everything we had into our home, confident in our water quality, the land it stands on, the classiness of the community in which it exists, the property value that it retains, and the hope for a beautiful experience of watching our children grow up there. We have already become discouraged with the increased dump truck traffic experienced on Sheer Rd. and Thais Rd. We simply cannot tolerate a decreased quality of life for our family and children- this is what we've invested our life toward. This would be grounds for leaving the Town of Sand Lake and relocating to somewhere that guards their residents better. Please continue to maintain a strict regulation on mining that it may not affect ours or surrounding neighborhood's quality of life and investments. My family was here first, before the mining, and our opinion matters.