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~~ Loveland Pi[ 2/11/00 TST, INC, Consulting Engineers Project Description Overview Western Mobile Northern, Inc., doing business as Lafarge Corporation, intends to develop sand and gravel resources located east and west of St. Louis Avenue, north of State Highway 402, along the north bank of the Big Thompson River (see Exhibit C, Existing Conditions). This is to be accomplished by dry, open pit mining. The surface lands to be mined are contained within four parcels of land. The three parcels west of St. Louis Avenue are owned by Flatirons Companies. The parcel east of St. Louis Avenue is owned by Robert and Peggy Reichert. After the 15-year expected life of the mining operation, the pit on the Reichert property will be reclaimed as lowland wildlife habitat. The pit on the Flatirons property will, by and large, be reclaimed as an open water pond and the remaining affected area will be reclaimed as open space and lowland wildlife habitat. Western Mobile is currently operating a gravel pit adjacent to the northern boundary of Reichert's property known as the Brose Pit. A ready-mix concrete batch plant, owned by Western Mobile Northern (Lafarge) is operating on the west side of St. Louis Avenue on Flatirons' parcel. This operation has been in place since at least 1975. In addition, public sales of stockpiled sand and gravel are currently transacted from the batch plant. Trucks carry sand and gravel across St. Louis Avenue from the Brose Pit to the stockpiles located by the batch plant. The same traffic pattern, number of vehicles, and access points (access points 1 and 3, shown on Traffic Routes Sketch Plan) will be used while mining the Reichert property, stockpiling sand and gravel in the same manner as the existing condition. Concrete mixer trucks (6 and ] 0 yard capacity), employees, and private consumers enter and leave the batch plant area through a separate location south of the Brose Pit access (access point 2). The proposed operation will not change traffic patterns, number of vehicles or access locations until Phase 3 of the mining (see Preliminary Site Plan). At that time, the batch plant will be removed. After the batch plant is removed, an asphalt plant may be placed to the west of the Flatirons' pit, offset some distance from St. Louis Avenue. Public sales will continue to be transacted, and the volume of truck traffic and access points is not expected to change from existing conditions. Normal hours of operation are lam to 7pm Monday through Friday, with occasional work on Saturdays, lam-2pm. For a more detailed project description, refer to the DMG 1 ]2 Regular Use permit application attached to this document. Zoning The Reichert property is zoned Farming, FA. The Flatiron property is zoned Industrial, I. Both these designations allow sand and gravel mining subject to approval by Special Review.