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<br />.003099 <br /> <br />PAGE 10 <br /> <br />THIS IS THE AGENDA HHICH NEEDS OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. BUT THERE <br />ARE OTHER AREAS ON HHICH HE ARE HORKING AND ABOUT HHICH YOU SHOULD <br />KNOW. THEY ARE NOT LISTED IN MY AGENDA BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING <br />ADDRESSED PROPERLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. PERHAPS AT SOME FUTURE DATE <br />STATE ACTION HILL BE NECESSARY, BUT FOR NOW I BELIEVE.HE ARE MAKING <br />PROGRESS LOCALLY. <br /> <br />THE FIRST SUCH ITEM IS FOSTERING GREATER COOPERATION IN THE DENVER <br />METROPOLITAN AREA. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A WATER <br />ISSUE, BUT HATER IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF IT. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT <br />HE REALLY HAVE NO "SYSTEM" FOR DELIVERY OF HATER IN THE METROPOLITAN <br />AREA. HE HAVE, INSTEAD, AN AD HOC COLLECTION OF ENTITIES, OF <br />DIFFERENT POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL ABILITIES.. DELIVERING RAW OR <br />TREATED HATER FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND UNDER A WIDE RANGE OF <br />ARRANGEMENTS. <br /> <br />THE TWO FORKS SITUATION IS A GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROBLEMS THIS <br />CAUSES. THE PROPONENTS OF THE 00 FORKS PERMIT -- THAT IS, THOSE <br />WHO ACTUALLY HOULD BUILD THE DAM -- INCLUDE 1HE DENVER WATER BOARD <br />AND 42 SEPARATE WATER PROVIDERS. EACH REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT <br />INTEREST AND HAS DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WANTING TWO FORKS. SOME WANT <br />NEW WATER. SOME HANT NEW STORAGE FOR OLD WATER. SOME WANT <br />BARGAINING CHIPS. SOME WANT TO COMPETE MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR <br />DEVELOPMENT. SOME WANT TO OWN THEIR OWN WATER SUPPLY SO THEY NO <br />LONGER HAVE TO RELY ON DENVER. <br />