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<br />july 5, 2{)(~O
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<br />Mr, Lm \")' l,n,llg
<br />Cr'u(\l".3UO Wlllf.;1' Conservation Board
<br />n 1 ('ell~(;HT1i'LI Building
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<br />R I:' Em/Jrg~(}9 A:ssistancc for Skyrocket Creek Deflection Structure
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<br />011 henillfof't\w Ouray City Council, I am requesting emergency assistance from the
<br />( '\-\"CB (0 ulJahle the City to build the Upper Skyrocket Creek Defh:ction StlUcture
<br />R.dlabiliwti\Hl Project Ouray has been working with the Army Corps of Engineers since
<br />1(;.).1 Oll II w; pI ujed, but feels as though their cooperative spirit has waned as the design
<br />I(~I lhc ::;tl'llchlft' ha~" htlcn reviewed through the Corps' "management ladder," Because of
<br />the \.~Kcdkini rdlllionsllip and many years of success that Ouray has experienced with the
<br />('weB. ('fly C'PIll1l.:il i~ requesting assistance with expediting the constmction (,)fthis
<br />vi :,:11 proj{~d m this construction season.
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<br />j'tw COfp~ hw~ ,:ompld(;d its environmental assessment and archaeological investigation,
<br />,'lIlil has <l!w,'~J(It.'d its design several times during the past three years. These amendments,
<br />1I,']u;j\ r'I;'\\."~: I't"qllt(;(\ as the design is referred upward through their management structure,
<br />h.l'; trH;1 \"'a~;e(llll;': cost of the project from the original $133,000 to over $300,000. This
<br />lw,'" I'c~ult.l.'d in the City's financing portion ofthe project to increase from an original
<br />il.)(".1l shaH: 01"$,16,550 to over $90,000. The amended designs seem to be the result of
<br />"TlI.~iHC,;I'" wh,) hi'IVC never seen the site adding unnecessary design elements. The ACOE
<br />.IJlll'IKll..'t! de:-;i)~l'l rt'quires a much larger reinforced concrete structure, rather than a rock
<br />..HId m01'1~\r wall. We feel confident that the original design would be effective for the
<br />r. '. \ " . '> pmpus...'~i and that the project can be c.xeclIted more appropriately without the
<br />\~.'~ I,~ral \lv~L,jght ,mil procedural requirements, which increase the cost unnecessarily.
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<br />.. , :<~)x "~l",'< . 1~O SIXTH AVENUE. OURAY. COLORADO 81427 · 970-325-7211
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