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<br />OBSER~TrON #4 -- The current system of ~ermittinq, adiudication, and <br />deve~opment is too cost~v and is inefficient. <br /> <br />Our current system for developing water is simply too <br />inefficient. While the past decade has produced vast improvements in <br />water resource technology, modeling, and efficiency, the legal system <br />for perfecting our rights and obtaining necessary permits is <br />increasingly used by opponents of water transfers to make water <br />developments nearly impossible, and extremely costly. <br /> <br />The standards and accountability of water law must be preserved <br />(I am not suggesting otherwise). Our efforts, however, today and <br />throughout 1993, must be devoted to streamlining the legal process and <br />making it less cumbersome, not more cumbersome and difficult to <br />provide water for the Front Range. <br /> <br />I personally find it offensive that such a large portion of my <br />City's water budget must be spent on the non-productive activities of <br />litigation, rather than on developing water resources for my citizens' <br />future. This is particularly worrisome to the Thornton Council and <br />myself in light of Amendment *1. And speaking of Amendment 1... <br /> <br />OBSER~TrON #5 -- The uncertain task of deve~opinq Front Ranqe water <br />has become a~~ the more uncertain with the passaqe of Amendment ~. <br /> <br />If this Conference had been held last October, the most critical <br />issues we would have discussed are water authorities, basin-of-origin <br />concepts, and. many other familiar topics. <br /> <br />But, November 3, 1992 changed all of that. As a municipal <br />officer, I now have new marching orders. My orders are to deliver <br />necessary services to my constituents under the constraints of tax <br />spending limitations. None of us are sure what all of the <br />ramifications of this "new order" will be for the water utility <br />programs. But needless to say, the level of uncertainty in Front <br />Range water development has increased! <br /> <br />In conclusion, Thornton and its fellow cities in the Front Range <br />face many serious challenges to the fulfillment of our sworn duty to <br />provide sufficient water to meet future demands. As we welcome 1993, <br />Thornton, and I believe the majority of front-range municipalities, <br />also welcome efforts to help each of us address those challenges. If <br />I can be slightly facetious, let's not shoot ourselves in the acre- <br />foot in our efforts to precipitously address a very complex and <br />extremely emotional issue. <br /> <br />Thank you. <br /> <br />Written questions and comments for Mavor Carpenter <br /> <br />1. What assistance from the state did Thornton receive in pursuing <br />its Northern Project? <br /> <br />2. There has been virtually no <br />Northern Project; why is that? <br />. Engineer. <br /> <br />environmental opposition to Thornton's <br />Same question regarding the state <br /> <br />15 <br />