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Mr. Kim Headley, Director Department of Flanning and Zoning December 14, 1998 Fage 3 (4) "The Special Use will not adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare." This operation will be located south of the St. Charles Road in an area substantially removed from the public. There should be no affect on public health, safety or welfaze. The Slate Legislature recognized the value of mineral reserves by passing the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. The original was passed in 1972 as H.B. 1529 and required reclamation permits for all mines existing at that time, as well as those developed in the future. This act was amended in 1976 by H.B. 1065 and is now C.R.S. 34-32-101. (1) legislative declaration reads as follows: "It is declazed to be the policy of this state that the extraction of minerals and the reclamation of land affected is further declared to be the policy of this state that both such activities should be and aze compatible. It is the intent of the general assembly by the enactment of this article to foster and encourage the development of an economically sound and stable mining and minerals industry and to encourage the orderly development of the state's natural resources, while requiring those persons involved in mining operations to reclaim land affected by such operations so that the affected land may be put to a use beneficial to the people of this state. It is the further intent of the general assembly by the enactment of this article to conserve natural resources, to aid in the protection of wildlife and aquatic resources, to establish and protect and promote health, safety and welfaze of the people of this state." Special Publication 5-A "Sand, Gravel and Quarry Aggregate Resources Colorado Front Range Counties" by S.D. Schwochow, R.R. Shroba and P.O. Wicklein, prepared by the Colorado Geological Survey in 1972, as required by H.B. 1529, mapped aggregate reserves in Pueblo as well as other front range counties. The broad classification for most of Pueblo County aggregate deposits is of the Mesozoic Era - 70 to 225 million years old -consisting of continental and marine sedimentary rocks. This site was further classified as T-4. "T" denotes Stream-terrace deposits: Older stream deposits now preserved as benches flanking present stream courses. Smaller and less distinct terraces are included with valley-fill deposits. `'4" denotes coarse and fine aggregate resources that were not evaluated because of inadequate exposures, lack of drill-hole date, location, access, poor potential, areal extent, or a prior land use that excludes the possibility of recovering aggregates.