McCarty Springs Subdivision

Longtime area resident worried about what will go in behind existing homes — traffic, septic systems, and safety concerns for kids in a family neighborhood.

34-year resident living next to the site; worried about a centuries-old oak tree, wet ground that floods, and three duplexes crammed onto 1.29 acres.

Spoke as both a 20-year resident and a Stapleton volunteer fire deputy chief — raised traffic, no infrastructure, and asked about fire prevention features like pre-connects on the new buildings.

His property borders three corners of the site; detailed how drainage would have to cut through the roots of a 300-400-year-old oak that's mostly on county right-of-way, and said six duplex units is too many for the area.

Applicant's surveyor, of Smith Clark and Associates; said no plans exist to remove the oak tree and the drainage narrative was reviewed and accepted by the permit engineer.