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,. o a r <br />1 <br />CITY OF BRIGHTON <br />December 5,1951 <br />R E S O L U T I O N <br />MERSAS the City Council of the City of Brighton has been informed that the <br />Department of Interior through the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to construct <br />a flood control and water conservation basin near Fort Morgan at a site called <br />the Narrows Site, and <br />V the City Council has also been informed that a flood control dam has been <br />approved for construction by the Army Engineers at a site near the junction of <br />Pllam Creek and the South Platte River above Denver known as the Chatfield Site. <br />NOW THEREFO L,' BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brighton that the <br />Colorado Water Gonservation Board be requested: <br />1-, To withhold approval of construction of a reservoir at the Narrows Site until <br />a complete investigation is made of the feasibility and cost of constructing a <br />large number of small reservoirs on the tributaries of the South Platte River to <br />prevent damage all along the stream. <br />2. To request the Bureau of Reclamation to give consideration to moving the <br />Narrows Reservoir to a nearby site upstream to permit construction on a smaller <br />plan to prevent 'damage to existing economy. <br />31) To take all necessary steps to obtain the construction of the Chatfield flood <br />control dam before any work is done on the construction of the Narrows flood con- <br />trol dam. <br />4. To act affirmatively and positively to obtain the construction of flood control <br />reservoirs and ti-rater conservation basins where feasible upon tributaries of the <br />South Platte River to the end that all downstream existing irrigation rights will <br />be benefitted. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Colorado ?:later <br />Conservation Board for consideration at its next meeting. <br />I. Zora Schroer, City Clerk, City of Brighton, Colorado do hereby certify that the <br />above is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted by the City Council of <br />the City of Brighton on the 4th day of December A.D. 1951 appearing in the records <br />of said office in the LUnute Book. <br />/s/ Zora Schroer, City Clerk <br />