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<br /> <br />Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP <br /> <br />RECEIVED @ <br />DEe 0 ~ 2003 <br /> <br />, .. <br />pi <br /> <br />!f301Qrado Water ConS8IVatiQn Board <br /> <br />Glenn E. Porzak <br />Michael R Browning <br />Steven J. Bushong <br />p. Fritz Holleman <br /> <br />Attorneys <br /> <br />a t <br /> <br />Law <br /> <br />Lawrence l MacDonnell <br />Of Counsel <br /> <br />929 Pearl Street~ Suite 300 · Boulder, CO 80302 <br />303 443-6800 · Fax 303 443-6864 <br /> <br />Kristin Howse Moseley <br />Kevin J. Kinnear <br />Jason R. Dunn <br />Amy W4 Beatie <br /> <br />Vail Office,. <br />846 Forest Road <br />Vail, CO 81657 <br />970..477..5419 Tel. <br />970..477-5429 Fax. <br /> <br />December 2, 2003 <br /> <br />Rick Brown <br />Platte River Coordinator <br />Interstate Compact Section <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Shennan Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Dear Rick; <br /> <br />It was good to finally meet you at the recent Keystone conference. As a follow-up to our <br />brief discussion, I have enclosed a copy of a recent letter sent by the presidents of the Eagle River <br />Water & Sanitation District and Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority asking for Tom Stone's <br />resignation on all water related entities, including SWSI. <br /> <br />As I indicated to you, the Water District and Water Authority have an integrated system <br />tha~ collectively provides water and sewer service to over 60,000 customers in the Eagle River <br />basin, including Vail, Avon, Beaver Creek, Edwards and the Cordillera development4 They are <br />the second largest water providers on the western slope, behind only the districts that serve the <br />Grand Junction area. Together with Vail Resorts, Inc., these entities are the principal developers <br />and owners of Eagle Park Reservoir. They are also the driving forces behind the existing Eagle <br />River MOD with Aurora and Colorado Springs, and the proposed MOD with Denver (see <br />enclosed Rocky Mountain News editorial). <br /> <br />Also enclosed is a recent conunentary submitted on behalf of the Water District and <br />Water Authority to the area newspapers in the Eagle River basin which sets forth the grave <br />concerns of these water providers over SWSI~ Simply put, these organizations fail to see how <br />SWSI can be relevant when it excludes Aurora, Colorado Springs, Denver and all Eagle River <br />providers. Of even greater concern is that a State dictated SWSI "solution" could interfere with <br />the ongoing water negotiations among these entities. <br /> <br />fdB103 <br />