BOARD00718

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: Flood Section - Chatfield Reservoir Drought Declaration
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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THIS t~:ITRACT. made this 3rd day of April, 1979, oy

and Uet~een trl~ St~te of ColorDdo for tne use and benefit

of the ~cparttnent. of IMtural Resources (Oivisi_on of ParK's

and OutOoor Recreation uod Colorado Water Conservation Uoard)

h~rain~fter. referred to as the "Stale," and the city ano

County of Denver, aetioy oY' and through its Board of Water

Commissioners, a nlunicitJc11 corporation, hereinafter referrea

to as toe "Contractor,"

WHER~AS, authority exists in the la~'and funds have

been or ~il1 U~ ~udyete~, appropriated ~nd otherwise made

Dvailablc and a sufficient unencumber"'ed balance thereof

re~.in. available ~~~3ient in fun1 number ~~~____

~/L account numoer~_~~~t____, contract encumbrance.nu~Der

eli!1Z2",; and

WHE~EAS, reGuired approval, clearance and coordination

i'as been accompl ished from ,)nu -..lith appropriat,e ag.encies:'

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~HeREAS, th~ Unite~ States, acting through .the United

States ArolY Corps.of Engine~rs, h~s construct~d Chatfield

R~servoir on the ~outn Platte River in th~ vicinity of Littleton,

Color~dO, and has alloc~ted storaye sp,)ce therein to maintain

a permonent pool of waler whi~h may fluctuate between eleva-

tion 5,432 feet dOOVC mean sea level (26,634 a.f.) and eleva-

.tio," :;,423 feet above mean sea .level (15,.849 a..f.), and is

exp~ct~o to avera~e a~pro~imat~ly 20,000 acre-feet for fish-

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