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<br />Montezuma County
<br />Board of Commissioners
<br />Administration Office
<br />Room 302 . Courthouse
<br />J09 West Main Street
<br />Cortez. Colorado 8132 1-3189
<br />(970) 565.8317
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<br />August 26, 2002
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<br />Larry Lang, Section ehief, Flood Protection Program
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room721
<br />Denver. CO 80203
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<br />Dear Larry,
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<br />,We Wish!() than\~ ypuand John Liol!.QfFC}Ii1,A ~nrl,SlilnctvRciule from the Army Corps of
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<br />Engineers for spending time on August 13 with representatives of Montezuma County,
<br />the Dolores River Valley Plan Working Group, the Town of Dolores and interested
<br />citizens on the Dolores River and in the Town Hall. We are writing to follqw-up on the
<br />strategy that emerged from the productive discussions that occurred. .
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<br />Based on these discussions the Montezuma County Commissioners, feel strongly that,
<br />in addition to flood plairi mapping and mitigation planning on the Dolores River from the
<br />Townto.the Forks,.,we need to include the West Fork and the East Fork of the Dolores
<br />River to the County Line. These latter two reaches have significant development
<br />potential and are "Zone A" areas lacking base elevation, Aroapis.en.ql.o.sed,
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<br />Montezuma County is prepared to comml($20,OdO in' cash along with in-kind support
<br />from our GIS and Planning Staff to match $50,000 from the Colorado Water
<br />Conservation Board to conduct the mapping component of the project. We anticipate a
<br />matching contribution from the Town of Dolores as well.
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<br />We are very pleased at the prospect of getting the mapping component underway this
<br />fall. With John Liou's commitment of FEMA funds to address the hydrology and
<br />hydraulic component of the project, we will be in a good position to move forward
<br />expeditiously with the flood mitigation component, presumably using Army eorps of
<br />Engineers Section 22 funding.
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<br />Thanks again for an excellent field trip and work session. We look forward to meeting
<br />again in mid-September to detail a strategy and work plan so that you can move ahead
<br />with soliciting proposals from contractors.
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