Q&D aggregate pit

Opposed the Q&D pit, citing vibration from excavation at a nearby home, safety concerns near the schools, dust on the solar panels and track, and arguing Silver Springs is becoming an industrial park.

A Silver Springs resident whose home borders the pit asked the board to deny the project, citing underestimated traffic (a truck every five minutes), braking dangers downhill toward the school, risks to children and the Boys & Girls Club, and blasting threats to the community water tank.

A 32-year Silver Springs resident accused Q&D of being disingenuous, noting the 2018 approval promised a temporary, small operation and now they seek 60 trucks a day; she pointed to alternative pit sites and the 243-acre subdivision coming nearby.

The president of Sierra Springs Enterprises, which owns the adjacent 243 acres slated for residential development, asked that his concerns about the pit's duration and compatibility with future homes be placed on the record.

Opposed the pit, saying grinding into the solid-rock mountain under his home shook the neighborhood during water tank repairs, and argued truck route signs won't keep trucks out of the school zone.

Criticized the application's transparency, raised concerns about crusher noise, potential blasting, and existing truck backups at Ramsey Weeks and Highway 50.

In closing public participation, said the application's wording hid the full scope of the pit operation and called it a red flag on the applicant's integrity.

The Q&D president explained the route was chosen for the existing signalized Highway 50 intersection, said trips would be sporadic rather than at maximum, and described a 10-15 year lease operation for high-quality rock.