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Company offers to resurface reclaimed 59th Avenue; Oliver County to consider formal transfer
Summary
A mining permit holder told commissioners a two-mile stretch of 59th Avenue runs through reclaimed permit land and proposed placing scoria and surfacing the route; the company would then ask the county to formally accept the road. Commissioners asked staff to locate historic road-closure resolutions and title records before any transfer vote.
Representatives of a mining permit described a two-mile section of 59th Avenue that passes through land that was formerly a mine and has since been reclaimed. The permit holder said the roadway has been used by farmers, ranchers and the public and proposed hauling scoria to low spots and resurfacing the route before asking the county to formally accept the road back into the county road system.
County staff flagged that a prior road-closure resolution and permit (number 2802) exist in the mining permit record and that the county must research historical documents to establish authority and any conditions for transfer. Commissioners asked staff to look up prior resolutions and title records and to work with the county road superintendent on standards and acceptance procedures; the company agreed to return with a resurfacing proposition once scoria is applied.
No final transfer or funding decision was made; staff and the permit holder agreed to continue coordination and bring a resurfacing proposal and formal transfer request to a future meeting.
