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RESOLUTION N0. A RESOLUTION SETTING FORTH THE LOUISVILLE CITY COUNCIL'S POSIT][ON REGARDING THE PROPOSED LAND ACQUISITION BY THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City Council has always had and continues to have a deep interest in the presE:nt and planned activities of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Rocky Flats facility; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission is planning to acquire approximately 4,640 acres of land surrounding its existing Rocky Flats facility and has prepared a draft Environmental Statement, dated January, 1972, which said Environmental Statement sets forth that the purpose of said land acquisition is 1;o provide a one to one and one-half mile buffer zone around the existing Rocky Flats facility and to provide a greenbelt around said facility to preserve and enhance the ecological state of the land and to help prevent 1;he cities of Denver and Boulder from merging into a megalopolis; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed, in detail, the said Environmental Statement and, based upon the assumption that the Rocky Flats facility will remain in its present location, is of the opinion that the proposed land acquisition by the U.S. Ai;omic Energy Commission is laudable but is also of the opinion that the Environmental Statement is inadequate in several respects and should contaiin the following provisions in order to assure the integrity of purpose of the proposed project: 1. Assurances and guarantees that the 4,640 acres of land to be acquired will remain perpE~tually in open space and will never be sub- sequently sold and/or used for any other purposes; 2. A commitment to 'limitation on expansion of the Rocky Flats facility. Guarantees should be made assuring that the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission will not expand its Rocky Flats facility either into the land which is proposed to be acquired or into that area of vacant land which presently surrounds the Rocky Flats facility. Any such expansion of the facility would greatly reduce any anticipated beneficial impact of the project. This concern is interrelated with the concern of the City Council that any additional expansion of the Rocky Flats facilitty could have an adverse environmental impact upon the surrounding environs, including the City's domestic water storage supply, the City of Louisville itself and the many neighboring communities. For these reasons, it is the City Council's opinion that the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission should not undertake any additional expansion of its Rocky Flats facility. 3. A delineation of specificity of plans setting forth the extent of development of said land as a greenbelt, setting forth the amount of land to be left in its natural state, and setting forth the program which will be needed for perpetual maintenance. The City Council wishes to express its opinion and preference herein that the majority of said land be left in its natural state; 4. Acost-benefit analysis with inclusion of quantitative measures. Comparative values should be established in order to set forth a fully adequate cost-benefit analysis; and