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~ III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ~ <br />THE COLORADO COLLEGE <br />CU LU R.AUO SPRINGS, CO LU RA DO flIW03 <br />October 1(, -~"" <br />';olorado ttinin~ 3ecla~ation Beard <br />1?13 Sherman St. <br />men:•er, ~0. °_.02~'?~ <br />IAa_lies ,end •=snt'_zWen: <br />~; <br />~ <br />_ ; i ,; <br /> <br />i. <br /> <br />I ~m :aritinb +,o you in connection :r'_t?: the fc°t'tcomi^.g Hear=slCs ^°rtainin;, tc <br />t^e •1u~tr>•ying O7:"`'~.t10n5 31on~ t!:e front Pane lI1 '',h~ T'1.Ue5 ~'°.3 i', region. <br />I would urge the fclio'~!irti consideratior_s on yo•i: <br />i. Ir gast :airs, in rublic Hearings '.,efore the County '~o:reRissioners and oth=r public <br />bodies, Casty Concrete has mad= offici-l s`_atements that are at v^riance ~:rith <br />•what the firm is presently r=Huesting. <br />2. In my judgr.!ent, shared by many others, the reclamation e?forts to date ha•re 1-,een <br />totally ineffective, <br />3. ',Men I served on the Colorado Springs City Council, '.ae •.iere taken on a tour of tY.e <br />so-called Snyder ',.tarry, and .•ere assu^od that virtually none of the stripping <br />operations would be visible from the Pikes Feak rePion; that they ahuld 6e shielded <br />by borming,etc. Tltis !t1s not been done. <br />4, 1lhile I understand that certain details of hisiness operations have to 'r,e kept <br />confidential, it is not at all clear to me ::hy reclamation time schedules and <br />proposed expenditures for reclamation aurposes fall into that category. I believe <br />the public h•ts a full right to {rsow what is being pror~sed. <br />5, I believe that there should be a reasonable time limit cn permits, Thus, the issue <br />of :~-rtendinC per.aitr shoul~: be subject to reconsideration within a reasonable time <br />frzme, and esten=ion o•` permits shoul'S he contiz~ent on ~,erfermance of what had <br />beep nromisAd i~ the way of reclamation the l~~~st time. <br />6. Fina11°, I urge you stron;,ly to hold the Public Herring ca this issue in Colorado <br />Springs. The firm, its representatives and its attorneys •:•li21 have ne ai_°ficult.•r <br />',ravz].1?.nC to Denver; but .'.ozens of cit3z.^rs •.~ho are vitally concerned would find <br />t':i:, difficult and time-consvmin,;. I ;~ovld urge th ~` t e !fearings be held at ~ times <br />and place which woul~j. °:=:ble members or the =ffectad community to participntA <br />~ffecti.~~e1;r. /' <br />I o_ri °,,°~ Y •~aurs, <br />'~~~ , <br />Fred :. :cnderrann <br />~!7'Zil <br />