PERMFILE130607

• Permit No: M2003037
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/8/2003
• Doc Name: Objectors Witness and Exhibit Lists
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

®® Banks and Gesso, LLC
June 9, 2003
Montrose County Punning Commission, and
Richard Gibbons, Director
317 South Second Street
Montrose, Colorado 81401
720 Kipting St.,Suite117
Lakewood, Colorado 80215
[phone]
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www. banksandgesso.com
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RE: .Special Use, Haldorson Sand and Gravel Mine (3U-03-0014)
Response to Planning Commission Request for Addttlonat Wrttten
Information as Outlined 6y the Commission
Dear Commission Members and Mr. Gibbons:
Following please find ouritem-by-item written clamcations, as requested by Mr. Gibbons
per his letter dated May 23, 2003 and as per our understanding of the Planning
Commission concerns as stated during the fast public hearing on May 22, 2003:
t -landscape Plan Detail -Since Montrose County has no specific written and
adopted landscape standards that are-part of the zoning ordinance and applied equally .
to every Special tJse applicatien in the :Courtly, we wilt try to address the County's
concerns as best we can:
Berms -The berms wilt be located as indicated on the submitted mine plan. They will
be located between the property boundary and the mining setbacks surrounding the
properly on the north and west, with one larger berm located at the southwest comer,
again as depicted on the submitted documents. The standard berm will vary in height
from five feet to approximately eight fleet. To attain a more aestheticalty pleasing visual
effect, the berms will be undulating-and not constructed in a straight line. The berms will
be constructed from both topsoil and overbwrden from the site with side slopes of
approximately 2:1 and these will be constructed sequentially as we move through the
property and have to store these materials.. The only exception will be the south berm
that wilt be constructed immediately from Phase t materials. These slopes {2;1) wilt
aAow the berms to be seeded with adry-land grass, the type of which will be determined
based on recommendations from the Shavano Soil District {and subject to approval from
the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology). Seeding the berms will help control
water and wind erosion from the berm and also help keep-the topsoi(fertile and in a
usable state for reclamation. The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geok:gy, as part of
their review, referral, and approval process wilt dictate the exact seed mixture to be
utilized. once approved and issued, the Applicarrt will provide the County with a copy of
the Division of Minerals and Geology Permit that dictates reclamation practices to be
utilized (including the landscape berm since the berm is essentially a place to store
overburden and topsoil). The timing of berm placement was addressed in the
application material submitted. Since the sand and gravel cannot be mined until the