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<br />' . • ~ ~ V~(,mcur Property - Aoprn, Colo. <br />Third Draft - Coptembcr 12, i970 <br />. I'ago 2 <br />operations duo to tho extremo cong'cation in tho ).owcr pit area. <br />2. Tho area of our approvod oite has boon reduced and other con- <br />tlioting urea aro increasing, i.e.s <br />. ~ A. The Aspen Sanitation District land sale decreasoa the future <br />eizo of the upper pit. <br />H. The new Colorado IIte IIectric Line easement crosses tho upper <br />pit. Pole placement may interfero either with our requiromenta <br />for proper slopo reduotion for revegetation or further reduce <br />' our pit area. <br />C. Recent designation of our pit by Pitkin County fur Colorado <br />..' State IIighway Department wort, increases the rate of gravel <br />. ~~ depletion and increases con~,estion in the pit area. <br />D. Requests have been initiated for expansion of residental <br />properties adjacent to our pit operations. <br />' E. IIse of our site by fisherman, hikers, horseback riders, <br />• kaya]cers, e'tc, is increasing. Lrren a bicycle rider has ured <br />our site as access to the Rio Grando Trail. The Aspen Kayak <br />.Club has approached us for use of the river area as a kayak <br />_ training ant access area. <br />' F. Anew residence is now completed directly across from our pit <br />site. <br />G. Public softball fields, volleyball couxts, and horseshoe pits <br />. ~. have been completed adjacent to the upper pit site. Increased <br />public access to thin park area may creato conflicts with our <br />semi-industrial type uses in regard to safety and access. <br />Elam needs a less constricted operating area to better service the Aspen <br />Community: <br />1. Aspen and Snowmass are becoming more urban necessitating increased needo <br />Sor asphalt, concrete, sand, gravel, and topsoil products. <br />2. Tho County approved Snoi~rmaso expansion will increase the demand for <br />• our products. <br />j. A larger aito would allotia r'-'1..am to supply sand for upper valley needs <br />theroby reducing slox moving truck traffic along Stato Righway 82 <br />from Tale County gravel sites. <br />' Q. A larger area for ator:ti;o oS gravel materials would increaao our ability <br />• to givo quantity diocounta to major usoro such as tho City of Aspen, <br />_~,,,,~_,..-.,,,.r.,.T.,_, _ _....----. <br />.. <br />• , <br /> <br /> <br />