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A RESOLIITION OPPOSING <br />A MINING OPERATION <br />IN AALDO CANYON <br />AHEREAS, Teddy Roosevelt, after visiting the Colorado Springs <br />area, said that a "description of the scenery banY.rupts the English <br />language"; and <br />WIiEREAS, President Reagan's 1985 Commission on Outdoor <br />Recreation determined that the top three adult outdoor activities <br />are: (1) walking for pleasure; (2) driving for pleasure; and (3) <br />sight-seeing; and <br />AFiEREAS, recent confirming research by the Colorado Tourism <br />Board has determined that the number one reason people visit <br />Colorado is scenery; and <br />WHEREAS, Colorado Springs' greatest single asset is its <br />natural environment dominated by the mountains and foothills with <br />all their recreational possibilities; and <br />WIiEREAS, the Pikes Peak <br />destination and gateway for <br />vacationing Americans; and <br />Region is a year round recreation <br />foreign visitors, athletes and <br />WHEREAS, President Reagan's Commission on Outdoor Recreation <br />concluded that "American social values have changed dramatically <br />over the years, affecting recreational needs..." and that "Quality <br />is the watchword for the 90's and beyond..."; and <br />WHEREAS, many businesses have based their decisions to <br />relocate in the Pikes Peak Region to varying extents on the quality <br />of life here; and <br />WHEREAS, recreation is big business creating jobs and economic <br />vitality in this community; and <br />WHEREAS, protection of environmental quality is important to <br />the life-style of our residents and our guests who visit here; and <br />WHEREAS, there is before the E1 Paso County Board of <br />Commissioners an application for approval of an oven pit gravel <br />mine in Waldo Canycn west of Colorado Springs; and <br />AHEREAS, Waldo Canyon Trail receives high usage from the <br />citizens and guests of Colorado Springs; and <br />E}:TRA ITEn9 NO. 2 <br />