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Standard road engineering damonetrates that the roads will need to be paved to withstand the <br />increased, heavy truck traffic. <br />Ia general, haueportstioa and related safety wacerne clearly dictate that chaaga be made to the <br />roads, bridges, highway entrants sad ways of egreu before a 112 Permit u iestted to King Mountain, <br />not sRar. <br />e. Aesthetic and Recreational Cancems <br />The detrimental effect that an expended gravel pit will have on the aasthetios of the area <br />sttrroundirtg dre ranch lands is clear, First, the expanded opestion of the gravel pit will canoe a <br />subetaatiel increase in noise. Likewise, the inreaasted increase in truck (sad other vehicular) traffa <br />w1ll inevitably result in ittareased duet, which will reduce viability and impair the ability to ergot' rho <br />Brea. <br />From s roaroational perepeotive, Egeria Park is heavily used for recreational purposes, <br />including honebaok riding, hr'Idng, gilding, enowarobiliag sad hunting. A gravel pit expansion of the <br />nature proposed by King Mouutein will inevitably and advergiely affoot the aosthetiee and recreational <br />use of the retch ]ands. and Topanae generally. Agricultural land values are very limited. Property <br />valttae are 3 to 10 times egi high w agriaulttue alone would support -these recreation enhanced lead <br />values are loot with incroaeod gravel trucks. <br />f. Water 1'ssues <br />King Mountain dooe not own industrial water rights necessary for aan-irrigation purposes (i.a, <br />operation of as expanded gravel pit under a 112 Permit or to mitigate the impaeb of the proposed <br />expansion). ~n particular, King Mountain currently ueaa a pomp and 4inah pipe m Sll water trucks <br />(1500-2000 gallons each) several times a day Weer the confluence of Bgeria and Smith Creeb for dust <br />suppression. In addition, we believe that Ring Mountain owns the Morse Ditch water right, decmod <br />for 1 cfli for irrigation uses, with en adjudication date of November 20,1890 and an eppropriatioa date <br />of July 18,1889. Id. If them ie a Dell on Egaria Creek, the uadecreed use would be required to cease <br />ae each use would mean that King Mountain is using the watertight for indushial pttrpoeaa for which it <br />ie not decreed, <br />In short, any water right that King Mountain may own cannot be used fur its proposed <br />expanded gravel operations until and ualeu it is changed by the Water Court. And even )f the Water <br />Court approvae a change is place sad type of use, and a change in the point of diversion, Colorado law <br />does not permit a change in the time of use Accordingly, King Mountain's water rights, is any form, <br />will never be evalleble for use outside the historical irrgaton season. <br />Xlns Mouetata'i Prlar Perforsnenn Shorr/d Be Considered. <br />Even though on a small scale, King Mountain's prior porformaace as a gravel pit operator in <br />ltoutt County indicates that it L not a roliable operator. For instance, King Mountain was using a <br />"temporary pit entrants" as a long-tarn entreats m the gravel pit, which is is an avea more dangerous <br />location than the former atrtraace. Further, is the summer of 2005, King Mountain's employees ware <br />