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The reclamation plan calls for returning the disturbed areas. after mining and rectamation, to a land use that is <br />readential and wild life habdat These land uses are consstent wdh those found in the surrounding area and the <br />adopted commun~ry land use plans <br />The post mining land use calls for the ultimate development of 52 residential home sites to be located on Extraction <br />Areas A, E, and F The resutt~ng overall density would be 0 5 dwelling units per acre. or 2 0 acres per unit The <br />accompanying Reclamation Plan Map depicts the relationship o! the housing area to the property boundary. roadway <br />access. and other features of the future development A key element of the reclamation plan calls for re-grading the <br />mined area A, E, and F using the stockpiled overburden removed as part of the initial mining operation. BackSlhng of <br />the mined areas will be a 'wntrolled- 511 operation. To insure uniform compaction, The Federal Housing <br />Administration's publication, 79G will be utilized These areas will be re-vegetated as outlined later ~n the exMbd <br />The predominate feature of the future development will be 54 5 acres of Private Open Space, or 52 percent of the total <br />sne area.. The open space will consrst of two difienng types One will include a 2S acre lake Slopes surrounding the <br />lake will not exceed 3h t v and will be seeded utilizing natural grass seed mix The second type of open space unit <br />serve as a wildlife habitat area <br />Approximately t4 5 acres will be reclaimed as a "constructed wetlands' which ultimately wilt serve as a wetland <br />mitigation bank Specd~c reclamation regwrements can be lound within a later discussion regarding reclamation m <br />Extraction Area B The US Army Corps of Engineers will oversee the establishment of the proposed wetland mrtrgation <br />bank A key component of the constructed wetland development will include a selection of plants that will result in a <br />broad range of bio-diversity <br />I ( 1 <br />I `! ~ t~,• <br />,. ~v. <br />. ,. Y <br />'r <br />r ` <br />.~ <br />...- <br /> <br />Due to the long term nature of the mining operation and the high probability that development and performance <br />standards will change, specific sde development details for the single family component for the post mining land use <br />are beyond the scope of this narrative statement However. all necessary uLldy service end adequate roadway <br />infrastructure exist to support the residential development proposed for the post mining land use Additionally the <br />residen5al portions of the post mining land use will be graded ~n a fashion so that all developed storm water flows vritl l>e <br />directed into the pond area, which has adequate storage to serve as a storm water reten5on faa6ty Since the <br />constructed wetland area is tlepressetl, future run-of/ will benon-existent, thus eliminating any negative impacts on the <br />existing drainage system or the Colorado River <br />