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DESCRIPTION Qg S~ For the past year, Cas, Concrete has been <br />'' working on a plan which may provide a solution to all kinds of problems. This <br />solution involves going back to most of the areas currently covered with <br />~ limestone and re-mining the site. <br />First of all it will remove most of the offending limestone material which <br />was left on the surface. Second it would change the color of nearly 90$ of the <br />existing quarry to a ruddy color similar to the color of the ground in the <br />surrounding areas. Third, it would reshape the entire hillside to look less <br />like a severely tilted landing strip, as St vas recently described, to a <br />sloping hillside with irregularities. And fourth, it would alter the aspect <br />from southeast to more easterly which will improve the moisture conditions for <br />revegetation. <br />The basic idea for the plan is derived from the High Pointe Project, a now <br />defunct plan to alter the hillside and produce building sites. But the plan <br />would go beyond that plan and implement even greater alteration of the <br />topography which would result Sn a better revegetation environment and the <br />possibility that eventually the site might be developable to some extent. Most <br />of the site, however, would be reserved as sheep habitat as originally planned. <br />There are some severe problems in the plan however, but these are slowly <br />being worked out through making various adiustments and changes. Throughout <br />the planning process four factors have been kept in full view. One Ss the <br />production of a topography which will look somewhat more natural. This visual <br />aspect involves consideration of color, form, line, and texture as it relates <br />to changes in lighting throughout the day and year. Much computer modeling has <br />been done in considering this and much more is yet to be done. <br />Second is the production of an environment which would be more adequately <br />revegetated as well correction of areas where re-mining would not be possible. <br />This, once again is a guess, but certainly, removing the limestone would be a <br />benefit and what is produced certainly couldn't be any worse. <br />Third, is maintaining the reconfiguration as much as possible within the <br />confines of the current disturbance, prevention of cutting into Queen's Canyon, <br />and the avoidance of any mining within the city limits. At this point the <br />design would only affect about 5 acres which have not been previously affected. <br />11 <br />