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~,.. , <br />1~1CUE OF WO!ti1EN VOTER III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII / <br />~~r THE PIKES PEAK REGION sss <br />OLORADO SPRINGS. COLOkADO <br />Lec. 21, 1577 <br />To the 1•:inad T.:r~?.t docia,aa-ion Board <br />iii.: The Castle Coucrnte Company's applications to extend minins <br />operations in I~lc;~n's Canyon and Fikeview :quarries. <br />I am Lae Gie.:.1Gr•, IJ:tural Resource Chairman for the League of <br />_ l•Jomen Voters of *.i;e ril:es Pealc Region. <br />Fir:,t, we rran:, LJ thank you for holding these hearings in Colorado <br />Springs, and so ,.i.~ouing for more loco comment during the proceedings. <br />'.de do feel that Ll;is i~ un awkward time of ,year to Ue holding such <br />hearings, and thy': d:: ':' rt~etings tend to exclude a lar~°a serment of <br />the population. ~ ho}:a that future scheduling will tai:e this into <br />account, <br />The League hus saver,~.l concerns kith the e.:pansion of the Castle <br />Quarry ODEr2t'.O11S, ~i'~76 t)aSt aCt1V1t1eS of these euarrles have coas~ceraoly <br />detracted from tl«. scenic vista of the front r=pre which is one of <br />the prime attr^ctiGns icr the tourist i:zdustr-:, yCne or more of tine=_e <br />m1neS iS Vi51~J _'e _'I`Gi; :;GSt Places 'n file Y1:'_e5 Pea>; regi On. The f11 t1 Ve <br />dust from t'.Zes~ o. E.•; cicas is a frecuant, risible detraction frcm <br />the esthetics ~r .::u :,:~,.,ntains, :.nd ccrtainl-{ does not _nprove the <br />ai.^ Cuality D1CL(1i'o ltl tIIe regl O'_1. F2st B"=ort5 at re C1 a71ati On :'13Ve <br />not }teen parti< i:iar i y :;.,;;oessful, and dust control .._^s see:! di fficult, <br />when 1 v .S attC..i. tcd _° ~ X11. <br />;re eues~_~.:, ;,:,a n;.ility of Castle Co.^.crete ~o per_cr-r Ir:ac:_ d_f?'erently <br />than it has i'. tJ:. rr:_t. :restoration of t'.:is 1°nd .s C_f=lcult, <br />expensiVa, and ',_L~~ ~:~-~ yeors. In i^e mein ti:;e, es~eciaily :a_th <br />erpanded o~er_ i.ns at tha cuarries, d~-~a-e will increcse to ,.he <br />esthetics, ~.il' .;t_..11L°, 7d 3eneral Cuc'1i:7 of life 1n.t.^.e Pil{es rCaiS <br />Regi0:3. ?Or ~:?r 7JOd 0I' tl:e enure rejlCn, the _ iJrnS : ea.: League Of <br />Women ~JOterS J. .)G5..3 1.ue expansion Of .he Castle Ti'ii:^in~ opera~iens <br />in the area. <br />Lee iecler <br />127 "via 'laliecito, <br />..ani t Oll A _\\ <br />1~ •_I~ <br />1' <br />r <br />`r <br />1 <br />l <br />I~ <br />t. <br />~` <br />C <br />i <br />i <br />. ~ <br />1 <br />i <br />