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<br />" <br />... <br /> <br />RECEIVED (!j <br />DEe 0 ~ 2003 <br /> <br />Porzak Browning & Bushong LLP <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />Glenn E. Pottak <br />Michael F. Browning <br />Steven J. Bushong <br />,P. Fritz Holleman <br /> <br />Attorneys <br /> <br />a t <br /> <br />Law <br /> <br />Lawrence J~ MacDonnell <br />Of Counsel <br /> <br />929 Pear] Street, Suite 300 · Boulder, CO 80302 <br />303443-6800 1I Fax 303443..6864 <br /> <br />Kristin Howse Moseley <br />Kevin J. Kinnear <br />Jason R. Dunn <br />Amy W. 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 Sherman 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, A van, Beaver Creelc, Edwards and the Cordillera development. 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 MOU with Aurora and Colorado Springs, and the proposed MOU with Denver (see <br />enclosed Rocky Mountain News editorial). <br /> <br />Also enclosed is a recent commentary 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 SWSlt 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 />fd8103 <br />