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Board denies Reeves borrow‑pit renewal after extended public concern over reclamation and road impacts
Summary
After hours of staff presentations, engineer testimony and sustained public comment raising reclamation, mosquito and road‑damage concerns, the board denied the Reeves/Rio Barro borrow‑pit renewal and extension request for excavation and clay removal.
The board denied a renewal and extension request for excavation and clay‑borrowing operations on multiple Reeves parcels, including contingent Rio Barro acreage, after extensive staff presentation, a county‑engineer review and widespread public comment focused on incomplete reclamation, standing water, mosquito breeding, and potential damage to recently rebuilt county roads.
Planning staff (speaker 11) summarized Application BZA‑202611, which would have authorized excavation on roughly 12.2 acres of the Reeves property as part of a 78.5‑acre operation and…
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