C153773 Misc Communications

• Contract/PO #: C153773
• Contractor Name: Morrison, Town of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 9
• County: Jefferson
• Bill Number: HB 95-1155
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Report

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources

721 Centennial Building
131 3 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADO

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Roy Romer
Governor

December 27, 1996

James S. Lochhead
Executive Director, DNR

Daries C. Lile, PE.
Director, eWeB

Mr. Ronald McLaughlin
McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd.
2420 Alcott St
Denver, CO 80211-4813.

Re: Morrison Feasibility Plan Update

Dear Ron:

We have reviewed the Feasibility Plan Update, Raw Water Supply Improvementsfor the
Town of Morrison dated December 1996 and have the following comments:

A great deal of information regarding the Town and it's water system has been provided
in the November 1994 Feasibility Analysis of Water System Improvements by WRC
Engineering and in your July 1996 Master Plan, Water Supply System for the Town of
Morrison. The problem we are having at the moment is sorting through the information
in these two documents and your recent submittal to arrive at an understanding of how
the planning process has proceeded over the last two years as well as trying to make a
final determination of feasibility.

In some cases, there appear to be contradictions between the two reports. Should it be
necessary for us to go back to our Board at any time in the future, we would be unable to
explain those apparent contradictions, some of which formed the basis for the staff
recommendation to the Board.

The last time we presented this project to our Board was in November 1994 and that
presentation was based on the information provided to us by WRC. ( I do not believe that
we received an addendum dated November 1995 by WRC as referred to on page I-I of
your Feasibility Plan Update.) Your Water Supply Master Plan is helpful in describing
what is being proposed at the present time.

What is missing from our perspective, however, is a single unifying document (the final
feasibility report) that: (1) describes the planning process and the evolution of the Town's
project from that originally presented to our Board in 1994, (2) defines the critical issues
for the Town's raw water supply planning over the next several years, and (3) responds to
the major requirements of the CWCB Construction Fund Guidelines which were sent to
you in October along with a checklist of feasibility report requirements.