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<br />~AuC 19 99 08,03a <br /> <br />Bob Schneoid@r" <br /> <br />970-879-5952 <br /> <br />p,.1 <br /> <br /> <br />III) b ~ V:uJ. <br />'OVW <br />CJJ ~ <br />o L,v{, ,I <br />) ({ 91fiV <br /> <br />AUGUST 19, 1999 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />To: LOWER Elk RIVER Flood AssoclA1l0N <br /> <br />FROM: Bob SChNEidER <br /> <br />YESlERdAY I MET \\<1m LARRY lANG, TOM BRO'WNING, ANd MAGGIE VAN CIJ:Ef <br />\\<1m mE ColORAdo WAlER CONSERVA1l0N BOARd. lHE pURpOSE of mE <br />MEntNG WAS TO INlERVlEW mE CANdidATES picked by mE ewCB fOR mE <br />Job of dOING mE ENGINEERING WORk ANd A UMhEd HydROloGY SlUdy fOR <br />mE 51RETCH of mE Elk RIVER lyiNG 1/2 MILE NORrn of HIGhwAY #40. <br /> <br />HAd mE liME EIJ:MENT bEEN diffeRENT, rnls SlUdy would hAVE INcludEd mE <br />Elk RIVER fROM mE I1s INlERSEClION of mE YAMpA RIVER NORm TO CIARlo.. <br />ONE of mE INlERViEWEES, TURNER, ColliE & BRAdEN Is COMMENCiNG ON A <br />Rood pWN SlUdy lhAT INcludES 1Hls AREA. UNfoRlUNAlEly, mls SlUdy Is JUST <br />COMMENCiNG ANd \\<1U likely bE ~ YEARS IN rnE MAkiNG. \\1m rnAT AS A <br />bACkGROUNd, mE w1ioLE RIVER SYSlEM could HAVE bEEN SlUdlEd. IT SEEMS <br />TO ME, hOWEVER, mAT mE SIllIA1l0N IN OUR 51RETCh would NOT bE CHANGEd. <br />IN omER WORds, I miNk WE would All ENd up \\<1m mE SAME pRobleMS <br />ANd SOIU1l0NS. <br /> <br />IN A PERlEcT WORld, WE would SlUdy 1I1E ENTiRE RIVER ANd do RIVER <br />RESTORA1l0N ANd REMEdIA1l0N. lHls would INvolVE All of mE pROpERlY <br />O'WNERS SO mAT AU of 1HE STAbiliZATION ANd RESTORA1l0N effORTS would bE <br />cOORdINAlEd. PART of mls pROCESS would bE TO 'SOfTeN' mE bENds of <br />51RETChES of mE RIVER by STRAIGHTENING IT. This would INVOlVE 'TAkING' of <br />pROpERlY ON ONE sidE ANd 'GlvlNr" SOME ON rnE ornER. As you CAN <br />IMAGINE, mls would bE A difficulT pROCESS. This Is w1iy I SAy WE ARE lefT <br />\\<1m mE SAME SCOPE of pRoblEMS; 1I1E ALTERNATIVE is pRobAbly <br />UNWORkAblE. <br /> <br />WE dEcidEd TO HIRE 1HE fiRM of icON ENGINEERING [1I1E }Rd CANdidATE WAS <br />MONTGOMERy-WATSON]. lHc COMpntTION WAS clOSE, bUT LARRY liAS WORked <br />\\<1rn iCON ANd felT 51RONGly THAT 1Hey WERE NOT ONly qUAlifiEd bUT would <br /> <br />RECElVEQ <br />AUG f 9 1999 <br /> <br />Sc:bru:ideo,..Moore l'rup.!cti....lnc... M.IlInlt'!I~m"ntDivijjion" JS04!l HllJcA.th Hrlve. Huitt' IH -llolllil-un, Tl!XU& 77U9o.r,Jo~Il11. Ph..,u~ 'i'l:J.~i5.(jJ 1.1_ Fux 7ta.~'IUQblorado Water <br />.. Conservation Boare! <br />