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KEN KESTER <br />State Senator <br />201 Grend Avenue <br />Las Animas, Colorado 81054 <br />Capitoi: (303) 866-4877 <br />Home: (719) 456-0603 <br />FAX: (303) 866-2012 <br />ken. kester.senate�state.co. us <br />��nu�r <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1580 Logan Street, Suite 750 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: City of Florence Grant Proposal, Oak Creek Reservoir <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />COMMITTEES <br />Vice-Chairman of: <br />Health, Environment, Welfare & <br />Institutions <br />Local Govemment <br />Member of: <br />Business Affairs & Labor <br />� The City of Florence, and the towns of Coal Creek, Rockvale and Williamsburg are <br />-� pursuing a joint water storage and flood control reservoir on Oak Creek, west of the City <br />of Florence. Florence is pursuing this reservoir on behalf of the regional errtities, and is <br />requesting a grant from CWCB for $200,000 in furtherance of this reservoif. <br />The City of Florence and the Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have <br />entered into a Feasibility Study for this project, whic� is a 50/50 cost share. It is <br />estimated now that the °regionaP costs for storage will be $7.7 million, and $2.6 million <br />for flood control. The Corps pays for 65q6 of flood control, but 0°� for storage. <br />This reservar has far-reaching benefits for the entire Arkansas Basin. Pueblo West and <br />Canon City have expressed interest in potentially partiapating in this projed with <br />Florenoe. Decreed storage ofi 2,250 acxe-feet, coupled with flood control, will be a <br />positive economic benefit to the region. <br />The grant request of $200,000 appears reasonable given the scope of this project, and <br />would greatly assist Florence, its regional partners, and potentially Pueblo West and <br />Canon City. <br />Srntt��e C�httmb�er <br />Sfttt� nf �nlnrtt�n <br />