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~ "'Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Valley News Glenwood Springs Post Independent OOOGJ9 Page 1 of2 City moves forward with whitewater park plans Greg Masse November 18, 2004 Glenwood Springs is moving forward with plans to build a whitewater park despite the threat of a lawsuit from the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool. But rather than shunning the pool board in reaction to the threat, City Council members have initiated talks to try and come up with a mutually acceptable solution. Along with these City Council-pool board member talks, Glenwood Springs city manager JeffHecksel penned a letter on Nov. 11 to each of the Hot Springs Lodge and Pool Board members informing them about the city's plans for the whitewater park. It also explained the scope of the project. "After hearing from members of the City Council about these discussions, it is clear some members of the board do not have complete information about the activities being undertaken by the city," Hecksel wrote. He wrote that the scope of the project, at this point, includes just one feature located at the confluence of the Colorado and Roaring Fork rivers near the pedestrian bridge. ~ Print Friendlv l2:SI Email This StOry Cotomdo H~ Real F.st!uc Company . Virtual Tours A",ulable at www.coloradoheritage.com ON PRIVATE CUL-DE-SAC LOT! $136,125 More From Valley News [;] City moves forward with whitewater Dark Dlans ill Catch and release ill Corrections 11.18 [;] Final decision on TRIDENT on hold ill News briefs ill Businesses reDort a qood hunting year [;] Freshman initiation ill Final tallv is in "I am concerned that some board members believe the city is pursuing some project much larger in scope," Hecksel wrote. Ba1comb and Green attorney Tim Thulson, who is representing the pool while attorney Scott Ba1comb is on vacation, called Hecksel's letter "an entreaty to share information and see if there is a mutually-satisfactory solution. " "I think this is a step back from the clanging of the war bells," Thulson said. The controversy began Oct. 27 when Scott Ba1comb wrote Glenwood Springs city attorney Karl Hanlon a letter on citing concern that if the bed of the Colorado River is disrupted from park construction, the mineral hot springs that supply the pool with its water could be damaged. Pool officials are also concerned that the whitewater feature could cause water to back up into the pool's drainage pipe, which empties into the Colorado River below the Interstate 70 116 exit. Ba1comb also wrote letters to Great Outdoors Colorado, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Division of Water Resources expressing concern about the proposed project. http://www.postindependent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic1e?AID=/20041118NALLEYNEWS...l1/18/2004