2023-12-04 ACK LTR TO COLLEEN CONIFER (PL-CCH-2023-000018, PL-USE-2023-000020)

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this year. Our first notification letter was dated Oct. 26 with a Nov. 1st postmark and no information on the date of the Commission meeting which was subsequently set for Dec. 7th. Just a little over a month from the first notice. Our second notice regarding the date of the Commission meeting was dated Nov. 10th, less than a month before the meeting. With a notification time of months not weeks, this petition for standing would have been more thorough. We did not have adequate time to determine whether all of the affected residents received their notice or to verify all of the information in the application which is why we have a County Planning Dept. working on our behalf. We count on them to determine what meets the standards for tower construction, and what is in the best interests of the community. But with only 3 min each to present our case to the Commission, we are at a severe disadvantage compared to the time allotted to the applicant to present their information and make requested modifications. We are also aware that we cannot submit any additions to this petition once it is submitted 7 days prior to the Commission Meeting, though the applicant is given access to our document with time to prepare rebuttals for the Dec. 7th meeting. CONCLUSION We conclude with the recognition that we are a small group of residents opposing corporate financing and a large staff who have prepared their plan with extended time, care and expense. The odds are not in our favor and we ask that the Commission take into consideration all of the people who will be negatively affected by this project. We came here to find peace, beauty, and a rural healthy lifestyle. We will lose too much, along with a substantial financial loss to our property value, with the approval of the permit application.