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.- <br />RESOLUTION N0. 699 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />TRINIDAD, COLORADO, EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE <br />MINING PLAN BY MR. WILLIAM T. DAVIS, DBA RIMROCK <br />COAL MINING COMPANY <br />WHEREAS, Mr. William T. Davis, owner of Rimrock Coal Mining <br />Company, has submitted an application to the Board of County <br />Commissioners of Las Animas County, Colorado, seeking a Special Use <br />Permit to allow open-face mining of land situated southeast of the <br />corporate limits of the City of Trinidad; and <br />WHEREAS, said application for the strip mining of coal would <br />affect a thirty-eight acre tract within two miles of the southeast <br />corporate limits of the City of Trinidad; and <br />WHEREAS, the elevation of the area proposed to be mined at <br />approximately six thousand five hundred and twenty-five M.S.L. makes <br />that area favorably noticeable from any points within the corporate <br />limits of the City and transportation corridors leading into and out <br />of the City; and <br />WHEREAS, the visual vista of Fisher's Peak and it foreground <br />serve as identification for this community; and <br />WHEREAS, the impacts of surface coal mining would leave a visual <br />scar on the surface area proposed to be mined, which area is <br />recognized to have natural and aesthetic beauty and value. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF TRINIDAD, <br />COLORADO, that: <br />1. The Mayor and City Council, by the adoption of this <br />Resolution hereby reflect the City's opposition to the <br />authorization of a Special Use Permit for the operation of <br />open-faced mining on land situated southeast of the <br />corporate limits of the City of Trinidad as proposed by Mr. <br />William T. Davis doing business as Rimrock Coal Mining <br />Company. <br />2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this <br />Resolution to the Board of County Commissioners of Las <br />Animas County, Colorado and to the Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board of the Department of Natural Resources, State of <br />Colorado. <br />INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED this 9th day of O~cto)ber~,01990. <br />~-~/ /1~ <br />R ER W. FABEC, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br />I.YDI HEA, City Clerk <br />