2007-09-24_REVISION - M1981112 (3)

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,~ The impacts to the adjacent properties aze very minimal, which can be attested to by their very side-by-side existence for some fifty years. The mining operation does not create dust because the mining activity is a hydraulic dredge operation. The South Platte River and the owner's office and maintenance complex provides a buffer to the farming operation to the north. To the east, the Rainbow Bridge and State Highway 52 provides a buffer to the City Pazk. To the south, the evaporation ponds of the Western Sugaz Company, which aze part of an industrial operation that employs Builders Aggregate periodically to excavate the ponds as process water evaporates and the processing of sugar beets leaves a residue. To the west, the nature azea has benefited from the mining operation because the actual mining activity uses approximately twenty acres out of a possible eighty acres. Game animals migrate on and off the property to the nature azea on a consistent basis. The owners periodically allow individuals, during non-operating times, access to the property to view game and birds that nest on the rest of the property. FUTURE LAND USE: It is the intent of the property owners to mine the property and to reclaim the mined azeas to industrial sites for various general contracting uses. Eventually, the sands and gravels will no longer to profitably mined, the pond will filled in, the land leveled, and the property will be used for the concrete business and general civil construction company and a yard for construction equipment, storage, and maintenance. This process will start after the mining has been completed. It is estimated that the operation will continue for another twenty-five yeazs on this site. The buffer of land between the South Platte River and the completed mining operation will remain untouched and wil! continue to provide a natural buffer to the river. It is expected the river will flood and reclaim some of the property by meandering as it has for years. The southern boundary of the mining site will be graded to 4:1 slopes as indicated on the Reclamation Map. The balance of the site will be relatively flat land to accommodate future industrial uses. This will provide positive runoff of the site and runoff to seep through the sandy buffer area and return the runoff to the river. The buffer area adjacent to the river is native grasses and small woodland trees. This strip area will be approximately 30-feet wide. The entire azea will be re-grassed using the a native mix as prescribed by the County Extension Agent. Any weed grow will be addressed with the County Agent will the reseeding process starts and will continue under the guidelines of the County agent.