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<br />At this same October 31 st meeting, employee Bill Green advised CWCB had the <br />authority to loan funds to any incorporated entity. <br /> <br />Comment: Records have not been found clarifying why Carl Zimmerman, <br />a State Soil Conservation Board employee, facilitated (his word, not mine) a <br />meeting called by federal employee Duane Johnson. The telephone directory <br />shows that Mr. Zimmerman lives within aMID and is served by MML. His <br />authoritarian handling of this meeting suggests his direct involvement in the mis- <br />appropriation of public funds. <br /> <br />November 8, 1996, William D. Hamann, a licensed professional engineer, and <br />writer of the MML feasibility study wrote to Jim Rooks suggesting that OMID <br />modify their accounts to reflect that only MML water users pay for the cost of re- <br />habilitating MML. This is the letter that triooered this investiqation reauest. <br /> <br />Comment: It appears that the purpose of this accounting change is to <br />show that MMLE collects fees and charges from MML users, not aMID. <br /> <br />November 21, 1996 aMID gave public notice in the Grand Junction Daily Senti- <br />nel that the feasibility study for the MML project had been completed and was <br />available for public review. <br /> <br />On December 2, 1996 MMLE and CWCB entered a loan contract for $871,000 to <br />convert the 22,500 foot long MML from an open ditch to a pipeline. This contract <br />number is C 1532723. <br /> <br />Comment: This contract states the $871,000 will be used to rehabilitate <br />the entire MML - not just the 8371' phase 1 MMLE contracted with Mendez. <br /> <br />At the January 30, 1997 OMID annual meeting Jim Rooks stated that the 8500' <br />first phase of MML was about 70% complete. If funds become available, aMID <br />(not MMLE) would complete phase two and three. <br /> <br />February 19, 1997 five OMID landowners filed civil complaint in Mesa County <br />District Court asking that persons involved in the MML project be required to <br />comply with the law in a manner that does not injure others. This case is number <br />97-CV-112. <br /> <br />March 6, 1997 this case was removed to United States District Court in Denver <br />under # 97-CV-526. <br /> <br />March 25, 1997 Mendez Inc. submitted it's final payment request bringing the <br />total cost to rehabilitate that third of MML crossing the golf course to <br />$886,715.35, or $113,285 less than the total amount the Governor approved for <br />aMID, not MMLE, to rehabilitate the entire lateral. <br /> <br />10 <br />