7. DESERT COLOR IS A
MASTER PLANNED
COMMUNITY
๏ผ 3,350 acres
๏ผ 5,900 housing units in
phase 1
๏ผ Residential, Commercial,
Recreation, & Resort Mixed-
Uses
๏ผ Pedestrian-Oriented
๏ผ 200-acre Dixie State Campus
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11. WHAT ARE AGGREGATES
โข Sand
โข Gravel
โข Crushed Rock
โข Recycled Concrete
โข Recycled Asphalt
โข Leading mineral produced in US
12. NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION
โข Paper
โข Glass
โข Medicines
โข Fertilizer
โข Cosmetics
โข Toothpaste
โข Electronics
โข Paint
โข Synthetic Fibers
โข Chemicals
โข Chewing Gum
โข Water Purifying
โข Wastewater Treatment
โข Sandcastles
13. TONS OF AGGREGATES
โข 400 tons to build a typical home
โข 15,000 tons to build an average school
โข 38,000 tons to build 1 lane mile of interstate highway
14. WHAT MAKES A GOOD AGGREGATE
โข Toughness: Absorb energy & resist fracturing
โข Durability: Resistance to freeze/thaw & wet/dry cycles
โข Soundness: Resistance to disintegration, fewer voids
โข Abrasion Resistance: Hardness
โข Shape
โข Contaminants
โข Economical Production
15. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
โข Aggregate industry is tied to local market
โข $0.10 - $0.68 per ton per mile
โข Price doubles at about 23 miles
โข Plentiful but not uniformly distributed
UDOT I-15 Technology
Corridor Project
If aggregate, concrete, & asphalt were hauled from
Stockton rather than Point of the Mountain
โข $91,000,000 increase in transportation cost
โข $67,000,000 increase for aggregate
โข $27,000,000 increase for concrete & asphalt
16. INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
โข Environmental Compliance
โข Water
โข Dust
โข Encroachment
โข Unfriendly Regulations
โข Expansion & Greenfield
โข Local Control vs State Control
โข Consideration of Aggregate Resources in Plans of Growth
17. HB288 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MATERIALS
โข A county, city, or town may not adopt, enact, or amend an existing
land use regulation, ordinance, or regulation that would prohibit,
restrict, regulate, or otherwise limit critical infrastructure
materials operations, including vested critical infrastructure
materials operations (Utah Code 17-41-402)