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WHAT ACTION WE ARE GOING TO TAKE. HE NOTED THAT ENGINEER BEINDORF WILL <br />BE AT THE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS BELIEVED THE COUNTY IS NOW IN A POSITION TO <br />TERMINATE THE MORATORIUM AND FACE THE ISSUES AS THEY COME BUT SUGGESTED <br />THEY WAIT FOR THE ENGINEER'S COMMENTS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY OFFICIAL <br />ACTION, AND COULD JUST LET THE MORATORIUM EXPIRE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED. HE FELT THAT A NUMBER OF THINGS HAVE <br />BEEN ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE MORATORIUM PERIOD AND BELIEVED WE NOW HAVE <br />A BETTER GRASP ON PROBLEMS AND, HOPEFULLY, SOME SOLUTIONS._ <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED TO HAVE FURTHER DIS- C <br />CUSSION WITH ENGINEER BEINDORF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE REACHING ANY <br />DECISION ON THE MORATORIUM. <br />THE BOARD, THEREUPON, RECESSED FOR LUNCH AT 12:00 NOON AND <br />RECONVENED AT 1:40 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ANNOUNCED THAT BECAUSE OF THE BOARD'S CONCERN <br />OVER THE HYATT MINING OPERATION, HE HAD ASKED ATTORNEY CALVIN BROWN TO <br />MEET WITH THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS TO REVIEW THE SITUATION <br />AND THEN GIVE THE BOARD HIS LEGAL THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER. HE EMPHASIZED <br />TO THE BOARD THEY THEY ARE AN APPEALS BODY AND HE WOULD NOT ADVISE THEM <br />TO GET INTO A DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AT THIS POINT. <br />ATTORNEY BROWN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE MET WITH ZONING <br />• <br />DIRECTOR WALKER AND REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE HYATT MINING OPERATION <br />-AND ALSO WENT OUT TO THE SITE AND CHECKED IT. HE STATED THAT IT APPEARS <br />THERE WAS AN INITIAL MINING PERMIT GIVEN IN 1972 OR 1973 AND THERE WAS <br />TO BE A 13' CUT-OFF. IN 1977, THEY CAME BACK BEFORE THE ZONING COMMIS- <br />SIONIBUT IN REVIEWING THE MINUTES, IT SEEMS THERE IS A BIT OF CONFUSION. <br />ATTORNEY BROWN STATED THAT, AS HE RECALLS, IT WAS PURELY TO OBTAIN THE <br />•.t PERMISSION TO "DAYLIGHT" BETWEEN THE TWO MINING OPERATIONS. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN THAT NIGHT, THEY <br />INADVERTENTLY LOWERED THE ELEVATION ANOTHER 10', AND HE BELIEVED THIS <br />WAS OVERLOOKED. ATTORNEY BROWN NOTED THAT THERE WAS A REPRESENTATION <br />THAT THIS HAD BEEN•BEFORE THE MINING REVIEW COMMITTEE, ALTHOUGH THEY <br />CAN'T FIND ANY -MINUTES TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS. HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE <br />33. <br />w Boa 39 FACE 87 <br />APR 4 1979 <br />