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<br />By BRENT GAADNER-SMTH
<br />"-" Dady Ne.... Sial! Wnw
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<br />SNOWM^SS VILL..\GE - "We
<br />promise: Expanding the snowmaking
<br />capacity at the Snowll1ass ski 3lca will
<br />001 hurt thc fish in Sllowmass Creek:'
<br />That's what !.he Aspen Skiing
<br />Company, who wants to use !.he willcr in
<br />Ihe creek for snowmaking, maintains.
<br />l11al's what the Snowmass Town
<br />Council, who gave the Ski Co. conui-
<br />tional approval to expand its snowmak.-
<br />ing operation, mainLains.
<br />And that's what Uk: PiLkin County
<br />Commissioners. who ha\lc threatci\Cd to
<br />suc thc Snowmnss Town Council for its
<br />conditional approval of Ule Ski Co. 's
<br />snowmaking plans, maintain.
<br />So while the,ljsh might be abk to
<br />breathe easier .With all the assurances
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<br />itiiliildr habitat will be preserved. tlle Whitsitt.
<br />tllfCC ,Clltities embroiled in the issue Whitsitt said the county eOlluTlission-
<br />. cannol agree on exactly how to agree ers wan! 10 see specific language in the
<br />about the fish. It secms U;ey alllo\le fish. ordinance thai says tlle Aspen Skiing
<br />but don't trusl each other. Company will not drain Snowmass
<br />SO TOllA y, twO Snowmass town Creek below the "minimum stream
<br />councilmembcrs, the town attorney and now" as set by the Colorado Water
<br />the town manager will attend a piscine Conservation Board.
<br />pow-wow to describe to the commis., TilE SNOW MASS lawn council did"" ,'.#
<br />sioners just how much they care about . not amend Onlinance 13 Monday night
<br />tIUut, and not incOnsequently, to ask and could nol agree on language for
<br />them not to go ahead with a threatened cither a resolution or a letter to the
<br />lawsuit. eommissioners.-
<br />TIlC .j;ounly commissioners may not TIle town council wants to maihtain
<br />lislen. Unless thc Snowmass town coun- its n~xibility in approving a water
<br />cil amends tllC recently passed Ord!- managemcnt plan as de\leloped by !he
<br />nance 13, which gives tlle Slti Co.condl- Ski Co., and does not want to be held
<br />lional' approVa4 for an expandcd snow- strictly accountable to a minimum
<br />making operation,lhc county lik.e1y will SL"cam flow Icvel as set by the Water
<br />me suit by Friday agairu:t thc town, Conservation ~arcl.
<br />according to Pitkin County attomeyTim "Picking a rigid st.andard is not the
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<br />est to find a way to
<br />make snow and protect
<br />the environment"
<br />Herschel Ross
<br />County Commissioner
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<br />appropriate action to be taken," said
<br />Steve Conner, Snowmass town attorney.
<br />And so the fish forum is cxpectcd to
<br />convene this morning to see what
<br />common ground the three entities can
<br />find about the water in Snowma<.;s
<br />Creek..
<br />"It's in e\lcryOOdy's interest to find a
<br />way to make snow and protect the envi.
<br />ronment." said county comm!ssioncr
<br />Herschel Ross.
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