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Boulder Green~llionce <br /> <br />Po.3s~~- -.:r III IIIII~IIIIIIIIII ~. ~r... ~::, ~- '~~ <br />Boulder, ~.'OlA2adQ 8030 <br />(303) 44'3-7654 ~ . <br />:;~~,; <br />~2T eY <br />. rwaond <br />a~~ <br />.~ ~+ carvnwdly <br />bm.d <br />~~ <br />a.cp.e ror <br />dN.~ay . <br />,~~ <br />~_ '~ <br />lti(. ,Y. <br />August 6.•199'3 ~ ] ~ . ,. , . <br />Mr. Rob Heltttick <br />B~wdda County Land Use Departmem <br />2(140 I4th Street Boulder, CQ 80302 <br />Re: Doelret SU-9314 aed SU-9.3-15 <br />Det~rMr.Helmick: -`:.:.;;~;::.:'`_';., .. .. <br />Southwest Portland Cement has asked Boakigt^Ct%eatx,#b[ gd'~aotF~.otap <br />mine about 35t1 acres in Dowe Flats, a triangtilar vaitag ¢f ~e.2fiQQ tcrttiot~,bd . <br />atwut .2 miles east of Lyons, bounded by Indian A~iaoea{e o~ t6a~~t±~gt~,.tbi~'S~y$teri ~ " " <br />SuTkrfturd Dump Site on the north, Rnbbit Open pa t~.eaeE, artd : . <br />-.. , . ,. <br />Colorado l~hway 66 (Ilte Highway) on the soutl3~. H' 6as~aa t i)te " <br />axumy mmrmt itself to allowing a water storta8e ptojda+n'ad~~~gt4 ~ , <br />bi.1ilt on shout 1200 acres at the site when p~ioiQg it comgieted (m ?4;~1)+ <br />.,' ,: <br />altkwugh it admits that there is no immediate needtlor•tparwater_~ .=:,..•;~:-a.:.:.< . <br />Cement hat been one of the basic building niatdiitlsot`viie~esu d6~aa;sisoe <br />Roman times. Ttttrs, the amourrt of ceooerti a sctcidtg preducps is=+,i^e;®{'0tr;` `: <br />def~ee ofdeve6opment. As we come to ieelize tht•Ydav!a~Opew~t ~'tpl~~is'~;~I19ts _~ <br />'''' t~fF y_ F <br />aau~se of tAapmgt~sivc deterioration of tfie eavuoame~ iR ~ atu~'.~.:.' <br />bepomes neabs~ for us to carefiilly esaprioe each ps~poAat i,:-`;.' "~- <br />developmencto deterrtane not only its short=term benefits, but:atso:~~tc~ug-1~? ~-~._~ <br />. ~iB~ts on all wht-&ve in ourworitl *, ~..,.<'' Y,:,:. <br />The only short-tam benefit of the mining is to-aflow So~a~sE to ~iQC~`. <br />' • `profits, sittcx other locally available (®d abundant)souroes oflitneet~ne~l~nd"eCtate: <br />. v+euld be more expensive to utdiu. lobs are not ae issue, silica: t>fe'm>i>t~'vvauid; _'_:._ <br />maaipg ..:• . <br />~-, employ no more tfian 20 workers, who would be titms6erred fioffi aairi~t" <br />' . • caFeraGOns which would be phased out as mining at Uorve I+7»is ZH firoiig~:t>iQ,>~ '. <br />~. '.`T'hree long-term effects are apparert: ()'T'he dtalrtictiae of a .:.:.'. <br />emiironmettt. Rowe Flats deserves to.be preserved for our d~ndanEt as a,~iie.; . <br />ecological niche, being located at.tbe fimcture of the pcaeies aed tAe 6ooiba~ls'of toe <br />Rocky Mountains. It houses extensive colonies of pnsirie dogs which sgtre at: t prey <br />bare for menu raptors, in particular the endanttaed bald Bartle, the feaiiAirioua,hawk <br />