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<br />"EXHIBIT G" <br />Reclamation plan and map <br />a. Reclamation of this affected land has been planned and imple- <br />mented to provide the amenities for land use in the ~`orm of a <br />site development project. Feasible land use, in accordance <br />with the designated C-2 Zoning, motivated site development <br />planning and acquisition of this property. The currant re- <br />clamation proceedures are in essence the activation of the <br />chosen land development and use plans. <br />Although the total acreage in this parcel of land is approxi- <br />mately 200 acres, the plans provide for over one-third of the <br />area to be undisturbed. 125 acres will be subjected to some <br />degree of reshaping, leaving over 70 acres which will. be undi- <br />sturbed, which will provide part of the open space planned for <br />in the development. 117 acres of the 125 acres will eventually <br />be affected by the mining operation, but only 85 acres will be <br />involved to any extent by the rock extraction processes. This <br />117 acres is that portion of the property involved in the re- <br />clamation plan, and this is subdivided into approximately 7 <br />acres devoted for the terraces on the highwalls, 5 acres for <br />the backslopes on the highwalls, 5'~ acres for backslopes other <br />than the highwalls, 1~ acres for reconstruction of Jackson <br />Gulch, and the balance, 98 acres, for commercial development, <br />which includes, building sites, parking, roads, walks, and <br />open space. <br />b. The reclamation plan relates directly to the mining operation <br />and will be achieved coincidentally with the mining operation. <br />Initial studies of the shape of this property indicated that <br />substantial reshaping of the terrain would be required to pro- <br />vide suitable building sites and develop acceptable land use. <br />Reshaping of part of the land will involve only the normal pro- <br />ceedures of cut and fill of existing soils. The reshaping of <br />those areas underlayed by the crystalline rock formation re- <br />quires the reduction of the surface to accessible levels by <br />quarry mining. This entire mining operation was instigated and <br />specifically planned for the predetermined transformation of <br />the natural terrain, which is essentially the reclamation plan <br />that will develop economically feasible land use. Re3uction <br />of the surface, by the orderly extraction of the Comm=_rcial <br />aggregates, has established interim productive use of the land <br />for the duration of the mining operation and subsequeZtly will <br />provide for it's reclamation. <br />In conjunction with the extraction process the featur•=s of the <br />highwalls will be established. Each backslope of the highwalls <br />will be stabilized by the removal of any loose or unsecure mate- <br />rials, which may be subject to errosion, in accordance with the <br />requirements of the Colorado Bureau of Mines. There .is pre- <br />sently conclusive evidence that the highwalls created by the <br />current mining operation are inherently stable and resistant to <br />prolonged efforts of errosion. The location of the highwall was <br />specifically selected in order to provide for a harmonious con- <br />fluence of the highwall with the undisturbed land. A.Lso terraces <br />will be established in the face of the highwall during the course <br />of the mining operation. These terraces will be spaced at in- <br />tervals not exceeding 50 feet in elevation and so des:~gned as <br />to preclude the formation of extended and continuous ]~orizontal <br />lines across the face of the highwalls. Each terrace will be <br />at least 20 feet in width and will slope from the outer edge <br />to the highwall to further resist errosion and contro:L water <br />runoff. It is intended that the highwall have the apI>earence <br />of exposed rock faces and ledges. Intermittent revegetation <br />of these terraces is planned. Stockpiles of topsoil tore being <br />accumulated for this purpose. A selection of woody p=_ants and <br />grasses recommended by the Soil Conservation Service will be <br />used. Final terracing will begin at the highest elevation and <br />progress to the lower elevations as the rock is extra<;ted at <br />each level. Dressing of the highwall above each terrace will <br />be completed the terrace shaped and graded, and revegetation <br />of the terrace surface be instigated. <br />cont. <br />