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<br /> <br />"A <br />river <br />is more than <br />an amenity <br />iUs <br />a <br />treasure." <br />Justice Wm. O. Douglas <br /> <br />CHAIRMAN <br />Joe Shoemak~r <br /> <br />VICE-CHAIRMAN <br />TREASURER <br />Ted Bendelow <br /> <br />Bill Avery <br />Bill DeGroot <br />Edna Doyle <br />Carol Gossard <br />.Marjorie Hornbein <br />Glenda Lyle <br />Steve Metcalf <br />Philip Milstein <br />Jack Shapiro <br />Judith Wray <br />John Zapien <br /> <br />MAYOR OF DENVER <br />Federico Pen a <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br />Jeff Shoemaker <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />THE <br />GREENWAY <br /> <br />October 31, 1984 <br /> <br />I'i;fi?$jj <br />I"} ;1/17, Wf?9.t:) <br />,. 0'/0 ,,,/ /,5Y' .. <br />cq{~OJt,q'^ ',If i984"'rJ~ <br />'Jy" vo u I!J <br />{:<ii;'C V4/'r . <br />, 1'1/ S ':1( <br />OA" <br />"r'D <br /> <br />Mr. Bill McDonald, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />Dear Bill, <br /> <br />It has been brought to my attention by Scott Tucker, <br />Executive Director, Urban Drainage and Flood Control <br />District, that there is currently some discussion being <br />held on various solutions to the excess storage problem <br />currently existing in both Bear Creek and Chatfield <br />reservoirs. <br /> <br />As you know, I have been involved over the last ten <br />years as Chairman of the Platte River Development <br />Committee, and the Platte River Greenway Foundation, in <br />revitalizing the South Platte River in Denver. Over the <br />last decade, we have seen the restoration of the River <br />banks and channel, the construction of an 11 mile hike-bike <br />trail (which, by the way, should reach Chatfield reservoir <br />by 1988), and the creation of a series of riverside parks, <br />ranging in size from 2 to 15 acres. <br /> <br />One of our goals has always been to provide a more <br />uniform amount of water flowing along the South Platte in <br />the Denver-metro area from April to September, thereby <br />greatly improving the River for water related recreational <br />activities. The Platte River Greenway Foundation has <br />already overseen the construction of four white-water <br />boatchutes between W. Alameda Ave. and 20th Ave., and has <br />notched or removed numerous smaller checkdams and drop <br />structures. These efforts have resulted in the South <br />Platte in Denver being viewed as a first-rate boatable <br />River for the canoe, kayak, and rubber raft enthusiast. <br /> <br />I would like to work with you to bring about two <br />changes in the water release policies of Chatfield and Bear <br />Creek reservoirs, both of which would alleviate some, if <br />not all, of the excess storage situation: <br /> <br />PLATTE RIVER GREENWAY FOUNDATION <br /> <br />1666 S. UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, DENVER. COLORADO 80210 <br /> <br />(303) 698'1322 <br />