PERMFILE138033

• Permit No: M1989092
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/30/1989
• Doc Name: LIMITED IMPACT OPERATION 110 APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

'I , DAVID E. ARCHER
& ASSOCIATES. INC.
11CGIBTFI~[D UND SURV[YOR
109 MIlCO[ ST.
' CASTLE ROCK. COLO. 80104
' PHONE [phone]
DAI;LANDS kANCH
' ' PROJECT NARRATIVE
Oaklands Ranch is a Use by Special Review Application to al-
low the extraction of an alluvial gravel deposit from a portion
of thEr Curtis family property in Section 1, Township 8 South,
Range E17 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Douglas County,
Colcrado.
' The Curtis family owns over 80U acres of property on both
sides of State Highway Na. 105 through this area. The parcel in
' question consists of lU.C10 acres on the West side of West Plum
Creek, about 1/4 mile West of the highway and a mile and 1/4
North of Wolfensberger Road. Most of the area around this 1U.OC~
acres is along the creek bottom and is utilized for the produc^
' ti on of hay and grazing of cattle. This particular parcel rises
about 4.0 feet above the creek and is currently unuseable. A
wheat field ad3oining on the West is now mostly overgrown and not
' in production. Zoning of the property and everything around it
is A-1. The end use of the property will be for the production
of hay.
It is important to put the scope of this request in perspec-
tive. There is estimated to be less than 300,000 cubic yards of
material available from this site. The life of the deposit is a
mar.imum of 10 years. This is half of the life and about 7Y. the
' volume of the recent Aerostar proposal. As opposed to the large
commercial proposals employing dozens of people and machines,
this request is a family venture with two ranchers who live on
' site doing the work. Water for dust control will be purchased
from the Town of Sedalia so existing ground water will be unaf-
fected and, no additional waste water system is required. Th=
end result (a hay meadow) is as important here to the family as
' is the extraction of the gravel.
Material in this deposit consists of gravel that meets State
Class 6 Roadbase Standards. This material has the prop=r mixture
' of binder and fines and is damp enough for laying right from the
pit. Currently no location in Douglas County is able to supply
Class b Roadbase malting thi=_ deposit unique and important. E::-
' traction is proposed to begin at the Western side of the SG.GU
acres and progress toward the East, minimizing any visual impact
the extraction may have. Material removal would begirt after ap-
proval and continue as demand dictates. A three to one slope i=_
' proposed for the Western and Northern side of the 10 acres and
this slope will be seeded and revegetated as soon as possible.
Ultimately, when the Eastern portion of the site is removed, al-
lowing vision into the area of etraction, a fully establi=_hed
revegetated slope is all that will be seen.
Any extractive land use is accompanied by much the same con-
' terns. The single largest factor controlling these impacts is,
of course, the magnitude of the proposal. At a total of 3UU,000
cubic yards the impacts of this request can be readily managed.
This narrative will review and address concerns about:
' 1. County Master Plan Concurrence.