BOARD00970

• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/1993
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos. Partial.
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Ilni.l'g hoard. :::if.r~,lHi8 and was a [or- r~ormer Mayor W.i1Ii~m McNichols
-r city counclTfi'la...:! agreed. "He loved this city and he had
V1i1stcin was a visionary whose develop- great visions of its future. . . . He was ~he
:ot projects helped tUTn Denver into a only man I've ever known who pul the cIty
ljor metropolitan city, friends and asso- ahead of his own life."
,les said yesterday. Milstein was born in Denver. He gradu-
_'a~ the person who had the vision ated from East High School in 1924 and
'" at Was needed to make the city received bachelor of science degrees In
"1 r mountains," said Alan Canter, civil and architectural engineering from
-mer director of planning for Denver. the University of Colorado. In 1973, he re-
e was influential in getting things done." ceived a master's degree in urban planning

Milstein served in the U.S. Army Re-
serve from 1942-1967. lie taught college
courses at the University of Colorado at
Boulder and Denver, and at Metropolitan
State College of Denver.
He was the redpient of numerous engi-
neering and community-service awards
and was named the only living historical
landmark in Denver in 1984.
In 1958, Milstein was elected to the Den-

Please see MilSTEIN on 48

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The 0._ POfiiJ Ktlnl Melrel-'1;
te water bOGt from Rift Raft of Aspen tests the Roaring Fork Rlver'yesterdBY.-. .

lOR BEcKONS

Rafters turn out
as flood watch
is canceled

with lower 60s above 10,000 feet.
Dangerous waters forced Jef(erson
County officials yesterday to ban rafts,
lubes and innatable crafts from the South
Platte River from Foxlon Road and County
Road 96 lo Deckers, Clear Creek from Col-
orado 119 to Golden and Bear Creek from
Evergreen to Morrison.
_. Delta County, a sheriff's dispatch-
c~ no road, bridge or river prob-
1(,. ite HIe high-running Gunnison
Riv e same was true in Mesa County.
where lhe Colorado River dropped slightly
off the 50,000 cubic feel per second it has
been running for the last few days.
Rafting companies, meanwhile, said the
high water combjned with the boliday
weekend attracted large numbers.

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"The rivers are all up," said Robin
Kleinschnitz. an owner of Adventure Bound
River Expeditions of Grand Junction. "This
is the best water we've had in seven years.
It's going to be just a fabulous summer."
Skiers, meanwhile, had (un at the (ew
Colorado rt:sorts that are keeping upper
lifts open. With rivers and creeks running I
high, there wasn't a whole lot of fishing ex-
cept at low-elevation reservoirs. -Campers
found themselves blocked by snow from
some of their favorite spots but filled up
the ones lower down.
Trail Ridge Road across Rocky Moun-
tain National Park was plowed open for
the holiday. with parts of the road lined
. with 20-foot -walls of snow.
In Grand Junction, many residents en~
joyed the National Junior College World
Series, held In the Western Slope city the
past 3S years.
The first day crowd, pegged by tourna-
ment officials at 8,700, could be the start of
a new attendance record at the week-long,
lO-team t01J.rnament.
Denver Post Staff Writer Sieve Lipsher
contributed to this report

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Villages
fear for
creek

Glenmoor wants
water for golf course

By Bill McBean
[)enVlIf Post Stall Wntllf
The relatively meager flow of Little
Dry Creek has become a big point of con-
tention for residents of Grt:enwood VilIag~
and Cherry Hills Village.
They worry that Glell.moor Country
Club's need to keep its golf course greel1
will dry up the creek, Which meanders
through tlie villages befOre flowing into
the South "Platte River.
Two yeqrs ago, the coulltry club filed a
claim in 'Water court requesting permis-
sion to divert 10 cubic feet per second (cfs)
from Liltle Dry Creek. A study by oppo-
nents of Ute plan shows the average flow
of the creek is
only about 4 cfs.
: The Court is
'still considering
the club's re-
quest, so 110 wa-
ter has been di-
verted. But if the
. diversion plan
,wins ap(:lroval,
village residents
say they could be
robbed of a
prime asset.
"We live on a
four-acre plot,"
said Gail Pappas
of Greenwood
Village. "We
bought the property because the creek
runs throllgh it. We enjoy the wildlife. We
have foxes out here and lots of birds and
fl.lccotlRS. "

'All of those
old'cotton-
wood trees
and willow
trees would
eventually die
if the creek
wasn't there.'
Georgie Fe/nandes,
Cherry Hills resident

Barney White, attorney for the country
club, said many Glenmoor members live
along Little Dry Creek, and they don't
want the water dried up any more than do
opponenl$ of the plan.

He said Glenmoor filed for the diversion
because it would allow the c1uh to fill up
several small reservoirs for use in late
summer, when its High Line Canal water
is cut off by the Denver Water Board.

In addition to trying to get a decree for
creek water, White said the club has insti-
tuted water-saving m~asures. A new,
more efficient sprinkler system recently
was installed, and the club is reseeding the
golf course with strains of grass that Use
less water.

But oPPOnents point out that Glenmoor's
main source of water, the High Line Ca-

Pt08se See CREEK on 48

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