1982-02-18_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - M1981302

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Staff Recommendation Docket #SU-81-10 November 13, 1981 Page 13 4) All overburden stockpiles should be revegetated as soon as possible after they are in place. Housing Authority Property The applicant and the City Housing Authority have reached a written agreement. The applicant has agreed to deliver a sufficient amount of pit run to construct a noise control berm on the Housing Authority site and to make a payment toward the planting of trees on the site. Deepe Farm Site and Grove It has been suggested that the Deepe Farm homesite and the grove of trees surrounding it be excluded from the mining area. For various reasons, staff does not feel that this is warranted. The homesite was excluded from the county' s mineral extraction plan an as aggregate resource area simply because it was occupied by permanent structures. This does not preclude the mining of the site, as is evidenced by the Boulder Valley Farm.-critical wildlife area which is excluded from the mineral resources area map but has been approved for mining. The homestead itself has no significant historic value. There is a concern from an aesthetics standpoint in that the grove of mature trees around the homesite in an integral part of the_existing landscaping. The alternate mining plan submitted by the applicant places the site in the last stage of mining. If a replacement grove of trees is planted west of the existing grove immediately, the new trees would have 15-20 years of growth before the existing grove is removed. Operating Hours Staff still feels that all mining, hauling and processing operations should be limited to 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Staff is willing to support maintenance activities from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, but only if these activities are limited to the plant site area which is to be protected by distance, overburden stockpiles and materials stockpiles. It is felt that under normal conditions weekday daytime hours would permit time for maintenance activities. Under peak production conditions when the allotted daytime weekday hours are consumed by production, maintenance could be done during reasonable hours on Saturdays. On Site Security The applicant indicates that: 1) The entire property is currently fenced and posted 2) A lockable gate will be installed at the south gate to the property 3) The old access to the Deepe home site will be fenced off 4) The operations area, including the plant site and stockpiles will be fenced with chain link fence 5) A Flatiron employee will live in the Deepe farmhouse These security measures appear to be acceptable. Prior to beginning operations , fencing and posting of the entire property should be rechecked and any necessary repairs should be made. Chain link fencing around the operations area should be at least six feet in height.