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City of <br />360 Main Street • Delta, Colorado 81416 • Phone (970) 874 -7566 Fax 970 - 874 -8776 <br />December 5, 2011 <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Dept. of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Annual Report: <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />Thank You for your assistance. <br />Paul D. Suppes; PaFks Director <br />City of Delta <br />Delta CO <br />970 - 874 -7973 <br />RECEIVEb <br />DEC 12 2011 <br />Olvlolon of R©elorngon, <br />Minin0 Q $afoty <br />The City of Delta has recently purchase property from Lafarge West Inc. The City is in the <br />process of creating a park at this location and no further mining operations are purposed for this <br />site. <br />We are in process of filing a Technical Revision to the Reclamation Plan and moving forward to <br />develop the location as a recreation site, which complies with the original reclamation plan. <br />Mining activities ceased in the late 1990's. The City became aware of the property and the <br />owners intent to sell late in 2010 and began negotiations for the property at that time. The <br />property was purchased in September 2011. <br />The original reclamation plan was to remove all waste piles, re -apply top soil to disturbed areas, <br />re -plant grasses to those areas, develop the correct sloping to the lake and its shores, and removal <br />of noxious weeds such as Tamarisk, Russian Olives, and Russian Thistle. It is our intention to <br />file the Technical Revision by the first of the Year and start on the reclamation of the area in <br />2012. <br />There is no change to the map of the area. A new map will be included in next years report as we <br />progress with the reclamation plan if approved. We have enclosed the annual fee, however I do <br />have questions if this fee is to cover 2011 or for the year of 2012? With this being a first -time <br />experience, it would be most appreciated if you could provide us with a standard schedule for <br />reports, fees, and the timely transmission of said. <br />