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<br /> <br />- <br /> <br />be extremely difficult for entities like GASP to operate. If this occurs then it may mean that each well <br />owner or a coalitions of well owners would be forced to develop and implement individual plans. This . <br />would result in financial and administrative inefficiencies both for the public and the State Engineer. <br /> <br />Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Study update: Our contractor for the Water Rights Study is Brown <br />and Caldwell (Be). BC has received necessary data from all the participating water users except Denver <br />Water. On July 24 a draft report will be distributed to the Water User Group and discussed at the final <br />project meeting on July 31. A final report will be published on Aug. 7. The preliminary results show <br />that approximately 20,000 AF is available for reallocation. This is the high end of the storage pool, but <br />knowing this number will help Colorado State Parks as they plan a Park Modernization Initiative at <br />Trinidad, Cherry Creek and Chatfield State Parks. It is anticipated that, for planning purposes, the <br />reservoirs new operating elevation will be 5,444 feet above sea level. <br /> <br />Cherry Creek Reservoir Marina: On June 4 the Flood Protection staff met with the Corps, FEMA and <br />State Parks regarding a proposal to build a new marina/education center at Cherry Creek Reservoir. <br />FEMA and we were concerned that Cherry Creek Reservoir is a flood control reservoir and the building <br />was being built within the lO-year floodplain. In a flood event the building would be inundated. The <br />CWCB and FEMA encouraged State Parks to seek flood proofing alternatives, mOVe classrooms, <br />electrical boxes and computers up to the top floor, follow and document using the FEMA eight step <br />public involvement process, and require federally backed flood insurance for the new facility. The <br />CWCB staffleft State Parks with Colorado's flood proofing manual, a list ofFEMA publications to help <br />with the design, and promised to work tog\lther and help minimize risks to the new facility. <br /> <br />Cherry Creek Reservoir PMP Study: We are nearing completion of the Site Specific PMP study for <br />Cherry Creek Reservoir. Technical Review Panel Member Gary Lewis of Parsons Engineering said in <br />his review comments of Interim Report #2, "There are two significant issues for this study within-storm . <br />distribution and orographic effects. It looks like the within-storm distribution issue remains unresolved <br />albeit assessed in far greater detail by our contractor, AppliedWeather Associates, than the NWS and a <br />reasonably-scientific "compromise position" is being offered on the orographic effects issue. <br /> <br />It appears the Technical Review panel and CWCB will side with A WAin concluding that the NWS <br />and/or the Corps should accept A W A' ~ results on the within-storm distribution issue. The reasoning is <br />that a detailed study supersedes regional analysis, as Was conducted by the NWS, and should be <br />adopted by the review agencies unless proven inaccurate. <br /> <br />A final project meeting has been scheduled for late August to give the NWS adequate time to address <br />the report and return comments so A W A can address them. The hope is that A W A and the study team <br />can address the NWS concerns in a Final Report Revision and that the final project meeting is not so <br />much a challenge between the two studies but as a vehicle for collaboration and resolution. <br /> <br />Natural Lake Level Recommendation: Mark <br /> <br />Uppendahl, Ted Figure 1: Sheaman Lake Locatlou <br />Kowalski Jay Skinner <br />(CDOW), Shana <br />Smilovits (AGO) <br />and Mark Simpson <br />of the DEO met <br />with the Kerry and <br />Debra Sheaman, <br />property owners <br />seeking a water <br /> <br /> <br />