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• ~• <br />rr.,~ _ <br />October 28, 1977 <br /> <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Sirs: <br />iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />999 <br />The purpose of this letter is to express the Colorado Springs Park and <br />Recreation Advisory oard's concern over the proposed expansion of Castle <br />Concrete's Snyder,~Lennox and Queen's Canyon quarries. Please consider <br />this letter also as a petition for a public hearing on Castle's request <br />to be held in Colorado Springs. <br />The Colorado Springs Park and Recreation Department is charged with the <br />responsibility of maintaining the natural environment of the Garden of <br />the Gods Park as a registered Natural Landmark under guidelines established <br />by the Department of the Interior. The Castle Concrete quarries form the <br />immediate mountain backdrop to this famous park, a gross inconsistency to <br />our stated purpose of "preservation of its natural integrity". Approximatel <br />2,000,000 visitors a year come to the Garden of the Gods, making it one of <br />Colorado's top tourist attractions. Since Colorado Springs is dependent <br />upon the quality of its environment to attract not only tourists but also <br />corporate and research headquarters, we believe that the expansion of <br />Castle's scars on the mountain would have a substantial future negative <br />impact on the economic base of the region. <br />In addition to our general opposition to the expansion of Castle's quarries <br />in full view of the Garden of the Gods, we have several specific concerns. <br />1) The nuisance factors of fugitive dust, borne directly over the Garden <br />of the Gods by prevailing winds, noise from blasting, and traffic of <br />heavy trucks mixed with tourist vehicles, will be aggravated by <br />expansion of the Queen's Canyon and Snyder quarries. <br />2) In the Queen's Canyon Quarry drainage, we are aware of two filter dams, <br />constructed by Castle Concrete, which pose potential flood and erosion <br />hazards in the Camp Creek drainage basin which flows through the <br />east portion of the Garden of the Gods. According to the Colorado <br />Springs Director of Public Works, the drainage structures do not meet <br />either City or State requirements for drainage basins or dam construct- <br />~~ <br />GO~ORRQO IPRIfIG! ~~ <br />PIIYI{ MIO RKAMTIOII WPIYtT111ifIT <br />1400 Glen Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905, relephone:130]1471-6640 recreation, 471-6630 park <br />