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~ Le~D RECLAMATION BOARD MEETING .- ~~~ ~IIIIIIIIIIIIIII January 21, 1974 999 The Board convened at 9;00 A.M. Pionday, January 21, 1974, Members preesent were Norman Blake, John Rold, and Andy Deborski, said members constituting a quorum. The meeting was chaired by Norman Blake. 1. The United Mineral, Ltd. application was reviewed by Robert Jensen. The area is one mile east of Greeley. Decker Drilling showed 15 million tons of mineable gravel within the permit area. Several areas within the permit area have already been quarried. The overburden is three feet thick with twenty- eight feet of sand and gravel. A railroad spur will be built for tr~msport- ing the material to Denver by unitrain. The reclamation plan is to i~uild a Water Sports Country Club for Greeley and the college. A PUD plan h+as been submitted and the area may eventually be annexed to Greeley. Almost the entire permit area is in the flood plain of the Cache La Poudre River. Dikes will be built along the river. John Rold questioned the impact of the dikes (and channelization on upstream ponding. Mr. Jensen said they would hire a f'r competent hydraulogist to provide a report on these matters. (We will receive ~~ (',~ a report for our file). They will also offer to deepen the river with their RW,~ dredge, so that the channelization will improve the flow. Mr. Mel Denner, attorney, stated they have approval from Weld Count~~, subject to certain PUD conditions. It is zoned for agriculture which a11ow:3 mining. They also have obtained a special use permit. The plan was also ap~~roved by the City of Greeley, with certain conditions. All landowners in and on the periphery of the area were notified and a hearing was held. These people signed petitions of approval. There is still a hearing to be held with the County Board of Planning Commissioners. United Minerals hopes to begin dredging by the spring 1974. They would be dredging and conveying at night also. This would be a special use request with the County. The PUD plan would eventually call for revegetation and home and a»artment sites. Tests conducted in nearby wells showed there would be no affect on the wells from. the operation. John Rold made a motion, seconded by Andy Deborski, to approve they applica- tion of United Mineral, Ltd. contingent on county approval and agreement with the operator, plus the hydraulogist's report on the flood plain modification. The bond was set at $61,500. The motion carried. 2. Doug Case presented material on Specification Aggregates' application on the hogback on the outskirts of Golden. The original excavations come under the old act. John Rold mentioned that he thought the stockpiles were getting larger. Doug Case stated that the n-eather had not been too cooperative and that one-half of the material is being used as riprap for the Chatfield dam, and the rest for aggregate, road base material, and fill material.. Their affected area now covers 6b acres, The area is zoned C-Z commerc:ial and their reclamation plan calls for terraces for buildings. Landscape engineers recommended low-type vegetation.