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Brenda Peters <teatime.peters@gmail.com>
Friday, April 16, 20219:31 AM
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Re: [External] Momenta application for land use change,Missouri heights ''Subject:
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Greg Peters, 535L County Road 100,Carbondale, CO 8L623
970-355 -8284
On Fri, Apr 16, 2O2L at 9:L9 AM Brenda Peters <teatime.peters@gmail.com> wrote:
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As a building professional in the beautiful Roaring Fork Valley
for over 30 years, I have had a full measure of experiences with local
Planning & Zoning, Building Departments and HOAs' Everything from
the color of one's house to the sometimes arcane land use rules
concerning ADU,s and the subsequent abuse of those rules after the
fact, to the curious desire of relocated urban dwellers for "loft" style
residences, and the concomitant alteration of traditional 'old western'
architecture and town layouts in favor of the more progressive
urbanization of clur rural areas.
First, the color ol' a house is a totally subjective opinion; secondly,
everyone needs iand wants an ADU and in fact most planners
recognize this arrd have made the approval for an ADU easier;
Finally, I don't urrderstand but nevertheless accept a person's desire
for ,,loft' living despite unmitigated bewilderment as to why our new
neighbors left the urban living and moved here.
However, ulnlike the mixed use retail and residential concept on
display with ,loft' living, there is a distinction between wanting to live
in a commerciar area and a commerciar entity wanting to do business
in a residential neighborhood. Rimledge, the name of our little 17
home rural neighborhood, contains 17 families as varied as any given
slice of Americana. common to each of us is the adamant desire to
live out our time here in peace and harmoñy, close to nature and
without the mothership of an HOA buzzing around us'
unfortunately, developers and speculators like Momenta
mistake our desire for privacy and independence as an abrogation
of our responsibility to our neighborhood and to each other. Please let
me clear that up. My neighbors ,and I know most of them, are not
some dummed down hillbillies awaiting their fate. Here live captains
of industry and finance, lawyers and doctors, builders and
construction professionals. stalwart genetics and robust energy
characterize each of us. Each of us know victory through adversity,
triumph through toil. None of my neighbors support Momenta's
proposal.
Here is why I personally do not want to see Momenta and
others like it succeed in our neighborhood. what if Brenda and I
came to the county with our plans for say - a custom camper
company. we would produce around 300 custom campers per year
and gross around $15 millionlyr. we would be in a warehouse for
fabrication and would accept raw material deliveries 52 weeks/yr'
We would employ around 15 people' Oh, and incidentally' we will
house all 1s employees. so, a Gommercial kitchen and food delivery
will be necessary. Of course, trash trucks, propane trucks and trucks
to transport our finished product will need to use our common rural
style neighborhood road. Don,t forget the visitors and clients coming
in and out each day. Brenda and I would fully expect to gain county
approval based on the precedent set by Momenta.
Do you see the absurdity here? Rural residentiat is for homes
and famiry: commerciar zoning is for commerce. Perhaps in california
planners have allowed commerce and families to coexist. But, let's be
real, they are like oil and water. Let's not change the laws of chemistry
to accommodate yet another set of out of state profiteers'
I would urge you to carefully consider what effect the
admittance of just one large for profit, albeit well intentioned,
corporation wiil have for our county. once their foot is in the door' a
tidal wave of others is sure to follow'
l='lilr
Glenn Hartmann
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Sheryl Bower
Friday, April9, 20219:07 AM
Glenn Hartmann
FW: lExternal] Momenta project
.shergl L Bower, AlcP
Community Development Director
108 8th Street, Suite 401
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
970-94s-L377 (L6Osl
From : Tom Ja nkovsky <tja n kovsky@ga rfield-co u nty.com >
Sent: Friday, April 9,2O2L 8:44 AM
To: Sheryl Bowe r <sbowe r@ga rfie ld-cou nty.com >
Subject: Fwd: [External] Momenta project
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From: Pete r G i lbert <peterLsil be rt2 @sma il.com >
Date: April 8,2O2Lat7:56:34 PM MDT
To: tia n kovskv@sa rfield-cou ntv.com
Subject: [External] Momenta proiect
I am writing to you to express my opposition to the Momenta project.
ln addition to the safety and traffic issues (How many more t bone accidents will occur at the
intersection of CR 100 and Rt 82?) the approval of this land use by a commercial operation is a drastic
and very negative precedent for this area of Missouri Heights.
While I believe that there are covenants that run with the property that prevent commercial use,
Garfield County should not approve the use.
lf I submit an application for a storage facility on my property near this projected Momenta location, if
you approve this Momenta project, how could you not vote in favor of mine?
Maybe good for me but bad for the rural, residential area
Sincerely,
Peter Gilbert 4480 CR 100
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Jason and Christine Sills
5345 County Road 100
Carbondale, CO 81623
Cell:970-3!9-2344
E ma i I : iEpills@s¡aaiLs
Wednesday April7,202L
To: Mr. Glenn Hartmann, Senior Planner
Dear Mr. Hartmann,
We appreciate your service and the excellent job that you do in our community and for our
fellow residents of Garfield County. Our family lives at 5345 County Road 100 off of Rimledge Road. One
afternoon we were informed of an impromptu neighborhood Zoom call on behalf of a California
developer, Dan Johnson. Mr. Johnson, owner of a company that he named The Danco, called this
meeting to sell us on his newest venture, to purchase and insert a resort style women's health center
into an existing single family home in our neighborhood. After Mr. Johnson concluded the call, all of our
neighbors thoughtfully came together and voted to oppose this use. We humbly ask that you do not
approve this use of our neighborhood for his multifaceted customer service business because it would
violate our neighborhood covenants, drastically impact our small community road and limited water
resource, and allow for an out of state business to circumvent the local commercial corridor all while
Garfield County and our neighboring towns lose out on the tax revenue that is derived from commercial
zoning.
During the conference call we were directed to a pamphlet in which Mr. Johnson stated that his
intention is to provide his patrons with various services including a yoga studio with instructors, fitness
classes with specialized trainers, art classes with instructors, music lessons, archery training with a range
attendant, a private community garden with groundskeeper, professional psychotherapy sessions, and a
full-time private chef servicingthe patrons and employees of his business. The name of th¡s business is
to be called Momenta Recovery. This is all done under the umbrella of a non-profit therapy center, but it
operates similarly to an exclusive five-star resort hotel. No one would be allowed to operate any of these
commercial businesses individually in our residential neighborhood, not to mention all of them at the
same time and inside of the same structure. This use is in direct violation of longstanding neighborhood
covenants that prohibit commercial use.
While these are good and respectable services to provide to his patrons, we ask that they should
be conducted in the commercial corridors of Garfield county. The residential use septic permit for their
proposed site doesn't allow for the amount of waste that a commercial business would generate. ln this
neighborhood we have small children riding bicycles and walking down our driveways and road to catch
the school bus, our senior citizen neighbors are out for scenic walks and exercise at all hours of the day,
and we have hundreds of deer and elk constantly traversing the road. To add a commercial facility that
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untuu¡tts Lu ¡ fivc slur ¡usurI wiLh ull uf Lllu ilrfr¿sLruclure, staffirtg, ,]nd service subcontractors that conre
with it, would totally overpower and consume our fragile road, water resoLrrces, and rural family
neighborhood,
Through the Colorado Secretary of State, we have learned that Momenta Recovery is doing
business as a foreign corporation under the jurisdiction of the state of California. The true registered
name of this business is Danco Supportive Services Colorado lncorporated, a division of a larger
development and construction company called Danco. Underneath all of these layers, is magnate Dan
Johnson. With his extensive expertise in construction and development, Mr. Johnson could have a far
greater impact on Garfield County if he were to build structures for his ventures within the existing
commercial corridors. Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale have excellent
commercial spaces currently available that could provide patrons with the type of resort and spa
experience that Mr. Johnson is seeking. There are also an abundance of vacant lots for sale where he
could construct a facility for Momenta Recovery Center. By locating in a commercial corridor, he would
have a great impact on Garfield County by way of creating jobs for professional services and trades
needed to build a robust business. His patrons and their guests would also have easier access to hotels,
city utilities, hospitals and emergency services if needed. The rural and family friendly neighborhood on
Rimledge Road is not a viable choice for Momenta Recovery, Danco Supportive Services lncorporated,
The Danco Group, or any other commercial business servicing patrons onsite.
As manyvisitors cometo Garfield County in theirtravels, theyare drawn to its beautiful
mountain scenery and friendly rural lifestyle. Any of our neighbors on Rimledge Road would welcome
Mr. Johnson, or any person visiting from out of town, to go for a walk, come to their home for a cup of
coffee, or offer to help ¡f they were stranded on the road. We are an optimistic, freedom loving, sincere
and caring community. We just cannot fathom that Rimledge Road is the optimal place for a
multi-faceted, customer service based, commercial resort that would tax our limited water resource,
violate our neighborhood covenants, and dramatically increase wear and disrupt the peaceful nature of
our private road, all while circumventing existing zoning and tax structures. We implore you to vote
against this use and kindly redirect Mr. Johnson and Danco Supportive Services lncorporated to the
commercial corridors of our nearby cities and towns.
Please feel free to call on us at any time if we can be of service. Thank you for your kind
attention to this matter.
Yours truly,
.lason and Christine Sills
Jason and Christine Sills
5345 County Road 1-00
Carbondale, CO 81623
Cell: 970-31-9-2344
Email: iavsills@smail.com
Wednesday April7,2O2L
To: Mr. Tom Jankovsky, Garfield County Commissioner
Dear Mr. Jankovsky,
We appreciqte your service and the excellent job that you do representing our community and
fellow residents of Garfield County. Our family lives at 5345 County Road 100 off of Rimledge Road in
Garfield County. One afternoon we were informed of an impromptu neighborhood Zoom call on behalf
of a California developet Dan Johnson. Mr. Johnson, owner of a company that he named The Danco,
called this meeting to sell us on his newest venture, to purchase and insert a resort style women's health
center into an existing single family home in our neighborhood. After Mr. Johnson concluded the call, all
of our neighbors thoughtfully came together and voted to oppose this use. We humbly ask that you do
not approve this use of our neighborhood for his multifaceted customer service business because it
would violate our n ,eighbgrhood çove¡ants, drasticatly impac! 9ur smallcomlunit¡1 road and limited
wate! resqurce, and allow for an out,of state buqiness to clrcumvelt tliê local commercial corridor all
while Garfield County and our neighboring towns lose out on the tax revenue that is derived from
commercial zoning.
During the conference call we were directed to a pamphlet in which Mr. Johnson stated that his
intention is to provide his patrons with various services including a yoga studio with instructors, fitness
cla,gses with specialized trainers, art classes with instructors, music lessons, archery training with a range
attendant, a private community garden with groundske-eper, professional psychotherapy sessions, and a
full-time private chef servicing the patrons and employees of his business. The name of this business is
to be called Momenta Recovery. This is all done under the umbrella of a non-profit therapy center, but it
operates similarly to an exclusive five-star resort hotel. No one would be allowed to operate any of these
commercial businesses individually in our residential neighborhood, not to mention all of them at the
same time and inside of the qame structure. This use is in direct violation of longstanding neighborhood
covenants that prohibit commercial use.
While these are good and respectable services to provide to his patrons, we ask that they should
be conducted in the commercial corridors of Garfield county. The residential use septic permit for their
propoged.site doesn't allow for the amount of waste that a commercial business would generate. ln this
nqighborhogd,we hayg,smaf l,chitdreq ri{ìng bicycles and walking down our driveways and road to catch
the school bqs, gut" senior citize¡ neighborg aie out for scenic walks and exercise at âll houró of the day,
and,ye have hundreàs of deer and elk cgn'stanily traversing thê road. To add a commêrciai fàcitity tfrat
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amounts to a five-star resort with all of the infrastructure, staffing, and service subcontractors that come
with it, would totally overpower and consume our fragile road, water resources, and rural family
neighborhood.
Through the Colorado Secretary of State, we have learned that Momenta Recovery is doing
business as a foreign corporat¡on under the jurisdiction of the state of California. The true registered
name of this business is Danco Supportive Services Colorado lncorporated, a division of a larger
development and construction company called Danco. Underneath all of these layers, is magnate Dan
Johnson. With his extensive expert¡se in construction and development, Mr. Johnson could have a far
greater impact on Garfield County if he were to build structures for his ventures within the existing
commercial corridors. Rifle, Silt, New Castle, Glenwood Springs, and Carbondale have excellent
commercial spaces currently available that could provide patrons with the type of resort and spa
experience that Mr. Johnson is seeking. There are also an abundance of vacant lots for sale where he
could construct a facility for Momenta Recovery Center. By locat¡ng in a commercial corrido6 he would
have a great impact on Garfield County by way of creating jobs for professional services and trades
needed to build a robust business. His patrons and their guests would also have easier access to hotels,
city utilities, hospitals and emergency services íf needed. The rural and family friendly neighborhood on
Rimledge Road is not a viable choice for Momenta Recovery Danco Supportive Services lncorporated,
The Danco Group, or any other commercial business servicing patrons onsite.
As many visitors come to Garfield County in their travels, they are drawn to its beautiful
mountain scenery and friendly rural lifestyle. Any of our neighbors on Rimledge Road would welcome
Mr. Johnson, or any person vísiting from out of town, to go for a walk, come to their home for a cup of
coffee, or offer to help if they were stranded on the road. We are an optimistic, freedom loving, sincere
and caring community. We just cannot fathom that Rimledge Road is the optimal place for a
multi-faceted, customer service based, commercial resort that would tax our limited water resource,
violate our neighborhood covenants, and dramatically increase wear and disrupt the peaceful nature of
our private road, all while circumventing existing zoning and tax structures. We implore you to vote
against this use and kindly redirect Mr. Johnson and Danco Supportive Services lncorporated to the
commercial corridors of our nearby cíties and towns.
Please feel free to call on us at any time if we can be of service. Thank you for your kind
attention to this matter.
Yours truly,
);(-
Jason and Christine Sills
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April 5,2021
fohn Martin, Mike Samson & Tom |ankovsþ
Garfi eld County Commissioners
l-08 8th Street, Suite 101
Glenwood Springs, CO 8160L
RE: 5325 CR 100, Carbondale, Colorado & Momenta Recovery
Dear Commissioners,
It has been brought to our attention that there is a pending sale of a
residential property located on 5325 CR 100 in Missouri Heights. This home
is in direct view from our home separated by a pasture. The property is
zoned residential with strict covenants regarding its use.
We purchased our property back in20L4 because of the rural location and
because of Missouri Heights' strict non-commercial zoning. We are well
aware of Momenta Recovery's purpose and recognize it is very well needed in
this community, but not in a rural setting with strict residential covenants.
Momenta Recovery operates as a business not as a family. Having Momenta
Recovery purchase said property and conduct business as a treatment facility
would set a bad precedence for other commercial businesses to locate here.
Keep Missouri Heights Rural!
Sincerely,
Kellina and Wade Ceola
4482 County Road 100
Carbondale, CO 81623
Glenn Hartmann
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Sheryl Bower
Friday, March 26,2021 B:29 AM
Glenn Hartmann
FW: [External] 100 Road CarbondaleSubject:
.sherul L Bower, AlcP<,/
Community Development Director
108 8th Street, Suite 40L
Glenwood Springs, CO 8L60L
97O-94s-L377 (L6Osl
From : M ike Sa mson <msa mson @ga rfield-co u nty.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 25,2027 5:52 PM
To: Sheryl Bower <sbower@garfield-county.com>
Subject: Fwd: [External] 100 Road Carbondale
FYI
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: Carol Dopkin <Carol@caroldopkin.com>
Date: March 25,2O2t at LL:55:32 AM MDT
To: Glenn Hartmann <ghartmann@garfield-countv.com>, Sheryl Bower <sbower@garfield-countv.com>,
John Martin <imartin@garfield-countv.com>, Mike Samson <msamson@garfield-countv.com>
Subject: IExternal] 100 Road Carbondale
To Whom it May Concern
We are the Owners of two 16 acre parcels on the 100 Road which own and grant a 60 foot road
and utility easement to Rimledge Residential Association.
This is not for designated for commercial use and we are not in favor of commercial use of this
easernent.
Carol and Harlan Dopkin
Carol and Harlan Dopkin
PO C3 and PO Box 4696
Aspen, CO 81612
970-618-0187
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Glenn Hartmann
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S M <codivegirl@hotmail.com>
Monday, March 15,2021 5:18 PM
Glenn Hartmann
IExternal] concerns/questions about Drake property - Momenta Recovery proposal
Hello Glenn,
As you know from our previous phone conversation, I was only made aware of the proposed Momenta - Missouri
Heights project last Tuesday morning, 3/O9/2O21, by a neighbor. I called you for information on the project that
afternoon and you were able to provide me with some information, but said the application was not yet complete and
took down my contact information to pass on to the applicant since I had questions you couldn't answer at that time.
I was invited to a zoom meeting by Danco Group, the entity that owns Momenta, on the evening of the 10th. They said
they would send us a copy of the application the next day. I have still yet to receive that, nor have I seen it posted on
the county website yet. I sent Momenta, Laura Berreth, an email today with questions, concerns and noted my
opposition to the project. Since I haven't seen an official application yet, is it yet complete? Do you have one you can
share with me other that that pre-conference summary, or is that it?
The only thing a neighbor shared with me so far was the "pre-application conference summary" date L2-08-2020, which
is weirdly titled "City of Aspen" but with Garfield County information. I would like to be able to review the full
application to more fully and accurately voice my concerns to both you and the County Commissioners.
While l'd love to take the Danco Group, Dan Johnson (founder of Momenta) at his word, paraphrased from the zoom
meeting, ' if the neighbors don't want us here, we won't come', l'm not holding my breath. I know plenty of us don't
want them here, but they're still going forward with this. And unfortunately plenty of neighbors are still unaware of this
proposal due in part to Momenta's lack of outreach and probably also due to what you had mentioned about only those
within 200 feet of the property are required to be notified by the county, there are many in the vicinity who haven't
been made aware of this yet and when they are informed by neighbors who do know, well they are certainly shocked.
Anyway, please let me know if the completed application is ready for review yet.
Regards,
Sonia Marzec
cR 103
Glenn Hartmann
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Carol Dopkin < Carol@caroldopkin.com >
Thursday, March 25,2021 11:55 AM
Glenn Hartmann; Sheryl Bower; John Martin; Mike Samson
lExternall 100 Road Carbondale
To'Whom it May Concern
'We are the Owners of two 16 acre parcels on the 100 Road which own and grant a 60 foot road and utility
easement to Rimledge Residential Association.
This is not for designated for commercial use and we are not in favor of commercial use of this easement.
Carol and Harlan Dopkin
Carol and Harlan Dopkin
PO C3 and PO Box 4696
Aspen, CO 81612
970-6t8-0187
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