Dear neighbor,

This letter is being sent to you because the owners of 9525 Burgess Rd property are proposing a

TEMPORARY USE project in El Paso County at the referenced location (see item #3). This information is

being provided to you prior to a submittal with the County. Please direct any questions on the proposal

to the referenced contact(s) in item #2. Prior to any public hearing on this proposal a notification of the

time and place of the public hearing will be sent to the adjacent property owners by the El Paso County

Planning Department. At that time you will be given the El Paso County contact information, the file

number and an opportunity to respond either for, against or expressing no opinion in writing or in

person at the public hearing for this proposal.

2. For questions specific to this project, please contact:

Patrick Clark

9525 Burgess Rd.

Colorado Springs, CO 80908

719-337-1668

3. Site Information

Address: 9525 Burgess Rd. 80908

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Size: 19.83 acres

Zoned: Applying for Temporary Use permit within RR-5 Zone

4. Request and justification:

Summary: The intent of Christmas at our Farm is to have a peaceful place for families to come and

make really great memories and to celebrate the “Reason for the Season”. We desire to have the name

of Jesus proclaimed during Christmas! This is not a place for chaotic light shows, but a place to bring

your family for traditional but simple family activities such as enjoying a cup of hot chocolate, roasting a

marshmallow for a S’more, viewing and making family photos around an 18’ lighted and decorated

Christmas tree, doing Christmas-themed crafts in the barn, and occasionally singing carols with each

other in a homelike setting. We have trees decorated with lights in our corral that a short tractor ride

will be running through periodically. Since we do not want or expect massive crowds, or associated

traffic problems; and definitely want our guests’ experience to be a blessing not a disappointment, we

have implemented a Reservation Only system that will eliminate the risk of having too many showing up

at one time and creating difficulties in managing parking / cars on site. We believe that we have made

certain key improvements in our planning that will mitigate all the areas of concern (light, noise, traffic,

etc.).

Hours of Operation: Our event is by reservation only (no pull ups allowed) as we want to keep the

number of guests limited and the parking manageable. We propose to have reservations available for

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 3 pm to 6 pm for the weekends in December leading up to Christmas.

All guests are off property by 8 pm. Our current interest is about 10 cars per hour and parking is in our

south corral.

Light - We have given careful consideration regarding how to provide necessary light for safety, while

not impacting our neighbors in any way. All activities are lit by standard and tasteful white Christmas

lights (C9/C7/and minis) and Christmas decorations to include our parking areas. There will be no flood

lights used, or any direct lighting (other than normal lights from the outside of the barn) that could

interfere in any way with neighbor’s quiet enjoyment of their property. These lights are strategically

and tastefully placed to allow for safe walking conditions on site, and to and from the parking area.

Given that we have 20 acres, we were able to place the vast majority of our events in the South east

part of our lot where our barn is located. This location places our guests as far from all the neighbors as

possible. We are also deploying between certain trees a visual wind screen / barrier (8’ tall) just north of

our barn that will only be raised during our events and taken down immediately after. This will block

some light and observable activity from our neighbor directly to the North for their privacy.

Noise – There will be no music outside, and all activities are designed for families to enjoy a peaceful,

classical, traditional Christmas experience. Activities in the Barn will not be “rowdy” in any way. Our

hours of operation also have all guests leaving the premises by 8 pm with lights needed for safe egress

to be turned off shortly after all guests have safely left.

5. Existing and proposed facilities, structures, roads, etc: Utilizing existing barn on property.

6. Waiver requests (if applicable) and justification: None

7. Vicinity Map showing the adjacent property owners: Attached below.

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1. 9443 SHIPMAN LN, CRAIG & DEBORAH MEEKS2. 9403 SHIPMAN LN, FERENBACH TRUST3. 9636 SHIPMAN LN, LEONARD & JODY GROSSHANS4. 9323 SHIPMAN LN, ROBERT & CHERYL CORNWELL5. 9510 BENNISON TER, ROB & CONSTANCE DE JONG6. 9540 BENNISON TER, LORI RIDGWAY7. 9580 BENNISON TER, LESLIE MURTAGH8. 9665 BURGESS RD, BETTY HOLLENDORFER9. 9615 BURGESS RD, KAREN BUCK10. 9460 BURGESS RD, MARLENE SERRANO-RUIZ11. 9380 BURGESS RD, 9440 BURGESS LLC