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"EXHIBIT G" Reclamation plan and map a. Reclamation of this affected land has been planned and imple- mented to provide the amenities for land use in the form of a site development project. Feasible land use, in accordance with the designated C-2 Zoning, motivated site development planning and acquisition of this property. The curr~~nt re- clamation proceedures are in essence the activation of the chosen land development and use plans. Although the total acreage in this parcel of land is approxi- mately 200 acres, the plans provide for over one-thi::d of the area to be undisturbed. 125 acres will be subjected to some degree of reshaping, leaving over 70 acres which wi1.L be undi- sturbed, which will provide part of the open space p:Lanned for in the development. 117 acres of the 125 acres will eventually be affected by the mining operation, but only 85 acres will be involved to any extent by the rock extraction proces:~es. This 117 acres is that portion of the property involved iri the re- clamation plan, and this is subdivided into approxim~ctely 7 acres devoted for the terraces on the highwalls, 5 acres for the backslopes on the highwalls, 5~ acres for backslapes other than the highwalls, 1'~ acres for reconstruction of J~~.ckson Gulch, and the balance, 98 acres, for commercial deve:lopmont, which includes, building sites, parking, roads, walks, and open space. b. The reclamation lan relate 'rect to t peration and wi be achieved coincides a>>v with th mining cperiion~ Initial studies of the shape of this property indicated that substantial reshaping of the terrain would be required to pro- vide suitable building sites and develop acceptable land use. uesnapin4 or part_oS the Tana will involve oniv the normal pro- ceedures of cut and fill of existing soils. The reshaping~- t~hose areas underlayed by the crystalline rock formation re- quires the reduction of the surface to accessible levels by quarry mining. This entire minis o erat' iaated and specifically planne or th n d mined transformation of the natural terrain, which is essentially the reclamation plan that will develop economically feasible land use. Reduction of the surface, by the orderly extraction of the commercial aggregates, has established interim productive use of the land for the duration of the mining operation and subsequently will provide for it's reclamation. In conjunction with the extraction process the features of the highwalls will be established. Each backslope of the highwalls will be stabilized by the removal of any loose or uns=cure mate- rials, which may be subject to errosion, in accordance with the requirements of the Colorado Bureau of Mines. There is pre- sently conclusive evidence that the highwalls created by the current mining operation are inherently stable and re:~istant to prolonged efforts of errosion. The location of the highwall was specifically selected in order to provide for a harmo~zious con- fluence of the highwall with the undisturbed land. Also terraces will be established in the face of the highwall durin~l the course of the mining operation. These terraces will be spaced at in- tervals not exceeding 50 feet in elevation and so designed as to preclude the formation of extended and continuous ]iorizontal lines across the face of the highwalls. Each terrace will be at least 20 feet in width and will slope from the outer edge to the highwall to further resist errosion and contro:L water runoff. It is intended that the highwall have the ap~~earence of exposed rock faces and ledges. Intermittent revege:tation of these terraces is planned. Stockpiles of topsoil :ire being accumulated for this purpose. A selection of woody p:_ants and grasses recommended by the Soil Conservation Service will be used. Final terracing will begin at the highest elev~ition and progress to the lower elevations as the rock is extracted at each level. Dressing of the highwall above each terrace will be completed the terrace shaped and graded, and revecJetation of the terrace surface be instigated. cont.