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^ . ' ~~-�n� ' ~~.�_ �� u�~�~ . ' 1y1-)4% ;_�5 / 2;zA ) �^y o� �� As a Westport Plan Commission memberi I am writing to voice the concern of the residents in the Larwood Hills and Fox Bluff areas over the proposed sale of 16 acres by Wm. Paulson. Our concern is two-fold . First of all , when Mr. Paulson bought his entire parcel of land for a sand pit last year , the neighbors were quite upset in that we already have several sand pits either abandoned or operating in the area. A compromise was finally reached between Mr . Paulson and the neighbors, one of the main issues being that he would work together with the other sand pit operators to fill in the extremely dangerous and unsightly pits. The first pit to be filled was to be the large ugly one on Hwy. Q. Since that time Mr . Paulson has had some problems with that particular sand pit operator , and as a result that pit will not be filled. No matter what the reason , Mr. Paulson is not living up to his end of the bargain , as he gouges more and more sand from his pit . In addition , the company that is working the new Paulson pit previously operated on the James Tierney farm, and last year at this time they were here because they had been operating that pit illegally. Westport Sand and Gravel agreed to several things in order to get a legal conditional use permit , all concerning a future plan for reclamation of all the pits they had dug. At this point , they have cleaned up one of the old pits but not completed the restoration , and they are dumping a little into the remaining pits on Oncken Rd . The problem is that they walked away from the pit they were operating illegally to work for Paulson before the conditional use permit ever came into effect . What the neighbors are now concerned about is what can we do to get these pits completed as had been promised. We really seem to have no control over the old pits of the Tierny property, and