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<br />" <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF FLORENCE <br /> <br />e ---- <br />-- <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MUNICIPAL BUILDING <br />300 West Main Street <br />Florence, Colorado 81226 <br />(719) 784-4848 Fax (719) 784.0228 <br /> <br />August 26, 2004 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1580 Logan Street, Suite 750 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Re: City of Florence 2005-2006 Non-Reimbursable Project Application, Oak Creek <br />Reservoir Feasibility Study <br /> <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br /> <br />Attached is an application in the amount of $200,000 to assist the City of Florence, <br />Town of Coal Creek, Town of Rockvale and Town of Williamsburg with funding of a joint <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and City of Florence Feasibility Study. <br /> <br />The Feasibility Study's cost to the participating entities is $448,000. This application <br />amount of $200,000, coupled with the entities contribution of an additional $248,000 will <br />insure that the Feasibility Study, currently underway, is completed. Only by completing <br />the Feasibility Study will we know if a joint flood control and water storage reservoir, the <br />Oak Creek Reservoir, can be constructed. <br /> <br />Flood protection, storage of decreed water rights and recreational activities could all <br />accrue to citizens in the region. <br /> <br />The citizens of Florence, Coal Creek, Williamsburg and Rockvale have currently funded <br />a $13,000,000 water treatment project, currently underway, to comply with EPA and <br />State drinking water standards. The cash to fund this ongoing Feasibility Study has <br />been drawn down by these current water treatment projects. <br /> <br />Stalled efforts of the Southeastern Water Conservancy District with the Preferred <br />Storage Options Plan and Enlargement options limit regional members such as <br />Florence, Canon City and Pueblo West storage options. <br /> <br />This Feasibility Study will determine the future of this reservoir, and determine its <br />potential to a postulated reach of citizens in the Arkansas Basin from Canon City to <br />Pueblo West, includingf1fie',Federal Correction Complex of four prisons located in <br />Florence. ,. <br /> <br />~in erelyyourr. ( \ ) <br />~/II) fJ/'\. J <br />Lf~U)v\J .l/LV.~/f'.!vd <br /> <br />Thomas H. Piltingsru <br />Florence City Manag r <br />