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<br />Pristine Beauty and Uniqueness of Peck's Canyon and Proposal for Alternative Plan <br />* We strongly urge any members of the Pueblo County Planning and Zoning Commission who are decision <br />makers in this special use permit to come and walk the lands where the proposed mining would take place. We <br />feel this is necessary for you, the decision makers, to make an informed decision. No one who has been in these <br />canyons leaves unaffected. Many who walk the canyon and listen to the music of the waterfalls in harmony with <br />sounds of area wildlife, and who see the bouquets of white bride-like flowers cascading from the canyon walls, <br />call these canyons "spiritual". A place of unexplained peace and beauty - a place where any mining would utterly <br />shatter the lovely silence and disturb the delicate balance of the wetland foliage. <br />* We propose an alternative to mining this canyon and surrounding area that would fairly compensate all parties <br />involved. T7tis is a wonderfiil vision of a State of County Park where once astrip-mine might have been. It is <br />doable, with grant funds from GO Colorado or a similar organization, support from the county, agreement from <br />Mr. Mueller and a land donation by Red Creek Ranch. This plan has already been launched, with support from <br />Pueblo County, receptiveness at GO Colorado, a tentative commitment by Joe O'Brien at Red Creek Ranch to <br />donate hundreds of acres toward this end, and an agreement by homeowners to allow access to thew lands for <br />educational purposes (see Amendment 16). Both representatives at the State Land Board, the State Division of <br />Minerals and Geology, County Government Officials, City Planning Officials, and landowners feel that it is very <br />possible and doable to offer Mr. Mueller and Siloam Stone a fair amount to purchase the lease on the minerals <br />from the state, and to revert the lease to anon-development lease. We are working fervently toward this end, <br />and need only agreement and a price from Siloam Stone to get the wheels in motion. What a wonderful, happy, <br />win-win ending - a new pazk aad lands preserved, where all parties are fairly compensated. It is possible! <br />