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<br />CDiIIiCIL BILL ICU. 1989 <br />RESflllfiI~l <br />RESflI1TiZQi 2D. 1589 <br />A . RESflID1.TCt1 QT OPPaS'PPIQi '10 THE E~AlZSIQi ~ MII~II[dG ACl'iNPP17[ Qi PR~FA7Y <br />AI11~lR 70 l~At~II'100 ~"°~•:~ <br />WHEREAS, the Castle Concrete Concrete Company with a business address of 7250 <br />Alleghany Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919, has on March 3, <br />1989, submitted an application to the Land Reclamation Board at 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Deriver, Colorado 80203, to amend its <br />regular (112) mining permit at the Snyder Quarry, Permit No. M77-210 <br />under provisions of the Colorado Mined Reclamation Act, C.R.S. <br />Section 34-32-101, et. seg. and the rules promulgated herewith, and <br />WHEREAS, the Snyder Quarry also known as the Black Canyon Quarry or the <br />Manitou Quarry contains approximately eighty acres of mined and <br />unmined property located off Colorado Highway 24, a short distance <br />to the north of the City limits of Manitou Springs, and <br />WHH2FAS, the Castle Concrete Company intends to remove all vegetation and <br />soil from approximately 8.36 acres in the northwest corner of their <br />property to enable the mining of limestone for use as a construction <br />material, and _ <br />WBBfII~1l.S, the process of mining the limestone contenq~lates use of a so called <br />benching technique which will facilitate the ultimate reclamation of <br />the acreage, and <br />S, the process of reclaiming the acreage after the limestone has been <br />extracted involves the placement of rock spoils and top soil on each <br />bench level to support the growth of grasses, shrubs and trees, and <br />W~l.S, from several vantage points throughout the City and the region the <br />mining work will be highly visible to residents and visitors who are <br />extremely sensitive to and offended by, the destruction of natural <br />beauty inherent in the spectacular rock formations surrounding <br />Williams Canyon, and <br />WBffi2EA.S, the Castle Concrete Company stipulates in its application that it <br />will be impossible to avoid rocks falling into Williams Canyon and <br />that "minor visibility problems" will result from Honing the South <br />Peak, and <br />