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Applicant: wm,R.Stoddar d
Address of Appljcant: 2s75 115 road
Special Use: Site for extraerion proeessin of natural resourees 3.02 .03
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Existing 'loeation ll2 SZ NE See.?4. Loeation /f3 SE.SE NE Sec.15,l./2 SW See.14
Requi rements:
l. Plans and specificatjons for proposed use r. Road access2. Letters of approval from utility companjes' sewage and wate
and other jnformat'ion deemed necessary.
3. A vjcinity map dravrn to scale depicting the subiect property, location and
use of buildings and structures on adiacent lots.
4. Names of owneri of record of such lots. Notice containing information
described under paragraoh 5 shall be ma'iled to all owners of record of
lots adjacent at leist five (5) days prior to hearjng by certified return
rece'ipt mai 1 .5. Notice includ'ing the name of the appiicant, description of the subiect lot,
a description oi the proposed specia'l use and the time and place for the
hearing shall be given in the newspaper.of.general circulat'ion in that
port'ioi of the County at least fiftebn (15)-days prior to such hearing time.
Appficant shall borne the cost of advertising.
6. Al,iee,of-twenty-five dollars($25.00) shall be charged for each application
and shal I be s ubmi tted wi th the app'l i cati on .
This Special Use Permit is in compliance with Sections 4.03 and 7.03 of the
Garfieid County Zoning Reso'lut'ion and as per appljcation.
List al1 property owners within 200 feet of subiect property lines.
Citv of Gl,enr.'ood Srrrings.C.B.Bel l&Leonard RippyrRick BroerlhurstrCalrrin c^H'
Lega] Discription; Atl in T65rR89W,6thP.I'1. Existing location lllrSE SE Sec.12.A/p/*o o /r h r, Are/pb
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NW NI.l See.23rNE NErSE NE Sec.22
Attach map showing all improvements (present and proposed)
djstances and area. Show all innprovements on your property
property w'ithin 200 feet of your boundary.
and al1 pertinent
and adioining
The above information 'is correct to the best o
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Appl can t Wm.R. Stoddard
Date:Special Use
Special Use
Reason for
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BOARD OF COUNTY
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SPECIAL USE
PLAN FOR PROPOSED USE
EXTRACTION OF MATERIALS IN ALL THREE LOCATIONS. DIRECT RE}IOVAL OF
PIT RUN MATERIAL FOR ROAD SUBBASE. SCREENING AND CRUSHING FOR OTHER
RODD MATERIAT,S. STOCKPILING FOR fl]TURE AND IM}IEDIATE USE. SITE RECLAHATION
tfHEN oPERATI0NS ARE C0I'{PLETED AS REQUIRED BY LOOKoUT I'{OUNTAIN RANCHTBLI!,
COLORADO MINED LAND RECLAMATION.
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PIT#3 5.03.08 |nrurr*rAl opEMTroHs rupAc*,t,rn,
. EXTRACTION AND PfrOCESSING
(.I)LOCATED ON THE WEST SrDE OF THE LOOKOUT HOUNTAIN RANCH, THE HATERIALS
TBE LOCATED ON THE SURFACE & ITIILL BE REMOVED ON A NEAR LEVEL GRADE.
PIT RUN, SCREENING AND CRUSHING, AND STOCKPILING FOR ROAD BASE AS
I{EEDED. SCHEDIJLE OF OPERATIONS I{ILL BEGIN AS SOON AS ALL PERUITS
^..TTED,HOPETULLY TI EDHAVE BEEN GRAI{TED,HOPEN'LLY THIS SPRING. TtrI.IE SHOULD NOT EXCEI
TEN YEARS. HOPEFI'LLY OPERATIONS CAN BE CO}IPLETED AS SOON AS THE
LOfrOUT UOUNTAIN RANCH IS DEVELOPED. OTHER DEVELOPERS AND GARFIELD
COUNTY ROAD SUPERVISOR EO}'LBY HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN AN
OPERATION IN THE SPRINC VALLEY AREA.
THE OPERATION SHALL BE DESIGNED AND OPERATED IN COMPLIA}IBE IdITH ALL
APPLTCABLE LAI{S & REGT'LATIONS OF THE COUNTY,STATE,& FEDERAL GOVERN-
trENTS, Al{D WILL NOt HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT Up0Nr
(A) SURFACE RUN-OFF - THE LOCATIOH IS ON TOP OF A RIDGE & IdILL BE
A EXTRACTED ON A NEAR LEVEL GRADE. IT SHOULD NOI CREATE ADDITIONAL,t
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$[RUX-Ofr , IN FACT , IT SHOULD SLOtl ANY RINTOFF.
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GROTJND I{ATER- SHOT'LD BE TOO DEEP TO BE OF ANY EFFECT
- -.s*s(Ehpusr- sHouLD Nolr CREATE MUCH OF A PROBL,BM TO ANACENT LAND AS
.sTd .ffiffr* rs sucH A TARGE opERArro,s AREA ANy DUsr sHouLD sErrLE.-$S$[b.:LffT;;,,:.::'L c.uply r.rrrH RULES oF coLoRADo ArR poLLUrroN
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I{qISE- THE OPEMTION AREA IS IN AN UNPOPULATED TJNDEVELOPED AREA.
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IT I'IILL BE UNLIKELY THAT SGIEONS I{ILL VE}{TURE UP THE
HILLSIDE TO LISTEN TO TRUCKS AND GRAVEL CRUSHERS. THE
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THE GRAVEL IS ANTICIPATED TO RE USED IN THE LOCAL SPRING VALLEY AREAI
TRUCK TRAFFIC SHOULD NOT CREATE AIIY PROBLM{S UNLESS UNAUTHORIZED
PERSONS COI..IE ONTO THE HAUL ROAD. I HOPE TO ALLEVIEATE SOME OF THE
ROAD PROBLEMS IN THE SPRING VALLEY.
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(I) SUTT CIENT DISTANCE SEPERATES USE FROM ANY IMPROVEMENTS. ADJoINING
PROPEBTY SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED.
(a) Stre neHAstlrrnrrOl.l- THE AREA HAS BEEN BURNED OFF'-THERE ARE FEttl OR
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.t\,; ,.. -{tu:,so TREES. THE sori, coNSERvATroN HAS RECoITMENDED A cRESTED wHEAT GRASSr\ ,,\F"IPd.q.aY
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ASPEN OFFICE
0241 VENTNOR AVENUE
ASPEN, COLORADO 81611
CHEYENNE OFFICE
3130 HENOERSON DRIVE
CHEYENNE, WYOUING 6200I
GLENWOOD SPRINGS OFFICE
P.O. BOX 1286
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 8160I
STEAMBOAT OFFICE
P.O. BOX 5220
STEAMBOAT VILLAGE, COLORADO 80499
KENNETH R. WRIGHT
WILLIAM L. LORAH
RALPH L. TOREN
RICHARD D. JOHNSON
FRANK J. TRELEASE
MARILYN M. STOKES
DAN E. VERWOERT
WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS, INC.
ENGI NEERING CONSULTANTS
2420 ALCOTT STREET
OENVER, COLORADO 8021 1
(303) 458-6201
Glenwood SPrings
P.0. Box 2.l9Tel. 945-7755
Apri1 8, l9Bl
Davis Farr
Garfield County Planner
20.l4 Blake Ave.
Glenwood Springs, C0 Bl60l
Dear Davi s:
Contrary to the impfication 'in the Glenwood Post article on
the front page of the April 7th, l98l issue concerning the Lookout
Mountain Ranih, Wrjght Water Engineers is not assocjated with, and
has not worked for, the Lookout Mountain Ranch Venture.
Very truly yours,
WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS, INC.
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cc: Ray Baldwin
Garfiel d County Commi ss ioners
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April 10, 1981
Mr. Davis Farrar
Garfield County Planner
20L4 Blake Avenue
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Dear Davis:
I have reviewed Mr. William R. Stoddard's applicatiorr for
a county special use psamil for a gravel pit operatic,n
on the back side of Lookout Mountain above the City. The
City's concerns with regard to this request and others
before the County from Mr. Stoddard in this area are
many. The various proposals will be reviewed by the City
Council on April L6 at its regular meeting. For thepresent, please consider these comments from staff.
From my review of Mr. Stoddard's application, it woul.d
appear the County, under its zoning regulation could and
should reject the application for being insufficient. There
are numerous shortcomings. The impact statement provides no
design information or explanation of the project's operational
characteristics. Only the vaguest construction scheclule
is suggested. No site rehabilitation p1an, or securi.ty
guarantee therefor, are offered. It is not possible to
conclude, based on the applicatioR, that the operation shall
minimize undesirable environrnental effects beyond ther
boundaries of the property in which such uses are loc:ated
(as the County is required to do under Sec. 5.03.08 of the
Zoning Resolution).
If the County chooses to accept the application and t:o
consider the project on its ovun merits, the above-merrtioned
criticisms continue. In addition, there are these concerns:
Access: A1t special uses in the County are obJ-igated
to provide "safe, convienent access for the
use" using rninimum design standards ol: the
Letter- F arr ar / FernandezApil 10, 1981
Page 2
Watershed:
Airport:
Garfield County Road Specifications (Sec. 5.03.L2).
The access route for this project, Co.Rd. 115 (Red
Canyon Rd.) is dangerous and should not haveits traffic volumes increased.
The application offers the City no assurancesthat watershed damages will not oecur. In fact,the issue is not addressed. If you. will referto the attached ilap, the proposed gravel pitsits directly above and easterly of the debrissource areas which inflicted such damage tothe City in L977 (as outlined in "Debris-Flow
Hazard Analysis and Mitigation: An Examplefrom Glenwood Springs, Colorado", Mears,
Colorado Geological Survey, L977). Mr. Stoddardnotes in his application that the area has been
"burned of f - there are few or no trees". I^Ihilehe may take this to mean that his job ofrestoring the area to its original conditionwill be easier (because the area is alreadydegraded), the City looks at more denudedslopes as directly increasing its chancesof suffering more mud f1ows.
We understand that a "side benefit" of thismining operation will be the creation of a flatarea suitable for aircraft operations. TheCity sees no benefit in this. A recent analysisof the City's airport reveals no need for analternate site. The existing airport cancontinue to fulfill its function indefinitelywith larger aircraft to be served out of theGarfield County (Rifle) Airport (study by Mr.Matt Delich as member of the Bob Komives team,land use planning consultants for the City).A recent public meeting on the airport wasvery will attended; airport users unanimouslysupport continued existence of the airport.If creation of an airport is to be part of theCounty's evaluation of the application, Mr.
Stoddard should be required to provide ananalysis of the site's suitablility for air-port purposes. Elements of such an analysis
should include obstructions, winds, weather,
access and evaluations from experienced, profess,'ional pilots.
Letter- F arr ar / FernandezApril 10, f981
Page 3
Visual Impact: Without exact boundaries it isn't p-ossible to
a.iu*ine possible visual irnpagts from the gity'
It is an adopted city goal tb "Protect critical
viewsheds of' the city". Any further,degradation
of visual hillsides Erom the City will be
unacceptable. This holds also for increases
in air- pollution, namelY dust.
To close, let me cofltrnent on two other proposals from Mr.
Stoddard now before the CountY:
New Access Routs - the County should reject any-
proposal to construct a new access r6ute from the
irroiosea gravel pit whicl-r.erosses-;the. face, of th: r:1'"iiif;-"t-lt "-."'"t-ciiy limits . Whether the route descendsCliffS at the eaSL Ufty Il_mAES. Wnetrner LIle ruuLe t.rEDL;ErruD
a;;;a;=r-cufch-oi-to tLe Glenwood Shopping Center :i!.1 :l:likelihood of the applicant formulating an acceptable design
is extremely remote.
2. Subdivision Exemptions - the requests from Mr. Stoddard
and Mssrs. cox should be carefully examined. The
public liabilities in approtlng more possibilities
for residential developmbnt in-upper Red Canyon would
appear obvious. The Cbunty must adopt a clear policy
tbiyard subdivision in this area. App_roval ^of . the
subdivisions would fly in the face of the Goals
and Policies and Management District documents being
considered by the Couity as part of its Comprehensive
PIan.
The city intends to have a representative aE the April 20
County bommissioners hearing bn,these requests. I thank
you again for the referral and discussion.
Sincerely yours,
Director of Planning
City of Glenwood SPrings
806 Cooper Avenue
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Enclosure
JMF/pks
City Council
Meredith Flinn
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9" -{i.ld Coutlfy, and. plomirl* io bdd & on that pnopen}g
tlui-t aw*w4 J wUh to neund. my alneruttu,a obiectUn to devebflrcnt
o{ c}ttae$y pnopettlea aa gnavel ,ti-tz, wilh *le altendonl hetry
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tl aeent lo me 1,4a1" auch" Ceve.bprnent util! aenitual# irr,tea{eae
wi-th my. o.lLel aujognenl u{ *y l,ovely ,at'zn./- homeai* orld. a#h tAaf o{
my pn*tent neig.hboru, ard. ilwt u/ ** {dule ne,i6Abou. 'i}rcpe#ttrr. in
fAi.t vlcini-ty aell,t a.*. a ,orzemitm poLe {on home-ti-tu: pnecitcly beulue
"{ f}n /""u1* vleut4, not onlt of. Sopnu, b*t al/ tle. aurzounCing ic-rt-
l?fr,iJl. ,urvel pitz, utile no Crtr.,bt nece/1ailLy, onwunt. b dCd-ilional
aennt on *4.e, auzfu.ce o{. *hU um4t ulrtch ia a/tttadlt aennned", and.
a<ton lo be fiirz.tlwt aszrtzql -l,naly iL i-4 nrtt in *Le butt butetzetb
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.n necdll4 /qd/ i-dae$. to qurL"ly. nzrtiderA;nl CevdapnenA
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nenC.ea *hnf. pcta*Lailnn rutac!.unq both ur:e.Lea.t and dangenurt fo all
oilwn Lna{{Lc. lluvy gnavel- rruivt Li4.l*belling alanp Qmfu lbad
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lJnited States I)epartmenr of the Interior
BU REAU
Gl enwood
Gl enwood
Mr. Larry Velasquez, Chairman
Garfield County, Board of Commissioners
P. 0. Box 640
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81602
Dear Mr. Velasquez:
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IN REPLY REFER
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Springs Resource
P. 0. Box i009
Springs, Colorado
Apri'l 15, 1981
Area
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Mr. William R. Stoddard has appf iedfor a special use permit to mine and
The application is scheduled for your
The application includes approximately 560 acresspecifically gravel, be'longs to the United States
to the Board of County Commissioners
process gravel on Lookout Mountain.
review on Apri1 20, 19Bi.
of 'land . The mi neral s ,
on approximately 440
to extract and remove
on the attached nrap.
acres: Jh. gravel does not belong to the u.s. on three parce'ls (tzoacres); T6S, RB9I^J, Sec. 14 SI^J%SWk, S.c. 23 NWkNWro, Sec. 24 SWANE .
Mr. Stoddard has requested a permit from BLM
the gravel identified as Sites #t, #2, and #3
The estinrated yardage, accord'ing to Stoddard 's pl an i s :
Site #1
Si te #2
S'i te #3
i00,000 yards
60,000 yards
1,000,000 yards
Sites #1 and #2 are exist'ing pits where a small amount of material has
been removed in past years. site #3 is on the ridge top west of
Glenwood Springs. Enclosed are two letters fronr Mi. John Fernandez,Director of,Planning, Glenwood Springs. The watershed problems have beena rrta jor concern around Gl enwood for many years.
The proposed quarry airport and road proposal on the ridge above town'is on the area which burned in 1975. The floods of 1977-carried debris
and dirt out of those canyons into town, causing extensive damage, asyou know. The Bureau has spent considerable t'ime, effort, and money
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stabal'izing those watersheds. They presently have excellent ground
cover and are reasonably stable.
It is very unlikely that I will approve any proposal to mine grave'l or
authorize road construction on public lands on thjs watershed. The
other two sites, Pits #1 and #2, will be evaluated for the potential
to remove gravel.
Please send to nre any comments or suggestions you may have about all
three pits. Your comnents about water"sheds, roads, viewsheds and
residential developrnent of the area would be appreciated.
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Area Manager
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cc: Mr. Davis Farrar
Mr. John Fernandez
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