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1 <br />' Needs. This use would require that all terraces be kept open and <br />suitable for traffic from both ends. Guard rails riigl~t be desirable. Other <br />additions would make tl~e operation more complete and perhaps more profitable, <br />' such as complete recreation vehicle repair and servicing facilities, water, <br />LP gas, gasoline, and a station for emptying toilet holding tanks. <br />Environmental impacts. Some pollution from oil and gasoline wasr.es <br />' mi.glit: wash into Strain Gulch, but if the operation were properly safeguarded <br />the F~ollution could be minimal, as traffic would be light. <br />' 3. Parking terminal for mass transportation into Denver. The city is <br />].oolc:ing for ways to reduce auto traffic into the city, and people like to <br />live in the rural environme~tt. If these two tt-ends continue, there will be <br />' an i~.~creasing need for this kind of service. The location is good for <br />conun.iters from Turkey Creek, Bear Creek, and even Mt. Vernon Creek, and it is <br />handy to Route U. S. 285 and to Morrison Road into the city. It would make a <br />gnocl location to transfer to mass transportation. <br />' Needs. All terraces would have to be kept open at both ends for <br />drive-through traffic. The terraces would need to be paved and would need <br />' guard rails and fencing. Elevators or escalators might be needed to get <br />drivers into and off the parking terraces. Sanitary facilities and some means <br />of c.ontro111ng storm water and winter snoca would be needed. <br />Some opportunities would also accompany such a development. Family <br />men on the way home would Find a small supermarket handy. A complete auto <br />service station would be a "must." <br />~ ' F.nvirormental "impacts. Considerable oil and gas wastes would wash <br />into Strain Gulch, but not as much as washes from an equal area of highway. <br />' 4. Overni.^.ht ca::pinp "cliff-dweller" style. Overnt.ght campgrounds are <br />springing up evc.r}lahere. Yrorimity to U. S. 285 and Colorado Route 8 make <br />' this site geograuhicaLly suitable. It could offer a unique "cliff-dweller" <br />atmosphere. Whether that would sell has not been investigated. <br />T<eeds. This would require that the terraces be kept open and <br />' accessible with only moderate grades. It would require high, tight fences <br />az-ound tl~e tops of all cuts. It would require water, electricity, and sec:er <br />on each bench. A small plot of soil and grass or flowers at each campsite <br />' would be helpful. A small recreation park and store in the bottom of the pi[ <br />would be desirable, and that would require a patch of productive soil. <br />' Environmental impacts. About the same as for suggestion no. 3. <br />5. Stadium. The completed quarry will have the correct shape, and an <br />adequate flat to naarly flat bottom to accommodate a stadium for football <br />ana possibly other sports. There is lots of parking space nearby. Another <br />an-angement might be to have parking on the terraces, viewing seats against <br />the cuts. <br />' ;deeds. The cuts and terraces would have to be clean and firm so no <br />I! loose rock could fall. Complete vlater, electric:.ty, and sanitary facilities <br />would be needed. If the terraces were to be used £or parking, they would have <br />i~ <br />