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LOCAL STEAMBOAT TODAY Staff to return next week with cost estimates ,- Water continued -from 3 before hiring a lawyer. The water board also could ■ Attorney Tony Lettunich "I think there are other things support a recreational in- stream announced that a lawsuit by Kay and talk to other communities, we that need to be done - ' Romberg channel diversion; which the city - and David Sieverding against thg need to have someone out there said. would own and be responsible for city had been dismissed " in who can explain what we are Staff was directed to come designating the amount of flow Federal Court. The ruling also` looking for. Before we go ahead,. back with cost estimates by next requested. But, dismissed, -tlaims I want- to hire someone," An- Tuesday's council meeting. Coun- Wilson -.. said that The COU made- against for - tonucci said. Some council members agreed Gilman Ste_ ve Ivancie said that will be the time to hire a lawyer. claim would have to meet the board's .� riser City Council unanimously pas�50d " President Kevin to the RFP but balked at the idea "I want to be prepared to go definition of an . the. second - reading Bennett, several; of hiring a lawyer now forward and not dillydally," Iv- amount that would of an - Ordinance that = Steamboat lavd Parks, Open Space and ancie said. be "a reasonable Would make firms, county offis legal Recreational Services Director Before filing a water right, the recreational expert - t0 Openly cials, The Steam - r carry boat Chris Wilson said the city does council must first decide whether ence." Pilot & Todayt not need to hire a special water it wants a minimum in stream Kent Ventress, firearms Within the city's insurance, attorney yet and said it has water flow or a recreational in- channel who works with the City limits. company, the Ban attorneys already under contract. diversion; whether the water right' Blue Sky West and Association, Routt Councilman Bud Romberg should be limited on five tribu- is on the committee County Judge urged the council to get- more taries which enter the Yampa working on the Yampa River James Garrecht and employees, information on which water. River in or near the city limits; or Management Plan, said a mini- of the - District Attorney's Office. rights the city should ask for whether it should be a water right mum in- stream flow right would The ruling, filed Tuesday, recomz on the body of the Yampa River. not be enough to cover the water _ mended that the plaintiffs bei Staff requested direction - in the features in the Yampa River that ordered to pay attorney fees and, timing and location of the water the city has built over the past few costs. right filing. Wilson said the city years. He also said data shows "This chain of lawsuits and. has worked with the Colorado - that in order to maintain that flow voluminous pleadings needs to Water Conservation Board on its needed for the features, the city have a wooden stake driven. application for water rights. also would need to file on a por- through its heart," Judge O One of the first steps after fil- tion of the body of the Yampa, not Edward Schlatter wrote in his ing a water right is appearing just the tributaries. decision. before the water board, which In other business: ■ The council unanimously will then pass on its recommen- ■ The council unanimously passed the.,second reading of an dation to the water courts. agreed to form a commission to ordinance that would make it Wilson said the water board look at the possibility of using legal to openly carry firearm would support a minimum in- growth caps. Forming the com- within the city limits, unless oth stream flow right, where the right mission will be one of the recom- erwise posted.. The change in the, would be maintained by the state, mended action items in the code would make it legal again and the water board and Division Steamboat Springs Community to openly carry a firearm on of Wildlife would determine how Area Plan Update. The council sidewalks, streets and private, much water should be adjudicat- also said elected officials should property within the city. The, ed to ensure that the river's health appoint the commission and it council had to change its code in and wildlife environment is kept should represent a broad spec - order to comply with the new intact. trum,of opinions. state gun law.