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. HILL & ROBBINS ATTORNEYS AT LAW 100 BLAKE STREET BUILDINO 1441 EIGHTEENTH STREET DENVER. COLORADO 80202 DA VIO W. ROBBINS ROBERT F. HILL ~~~;[)7~ TELEPHONE I/lf( V;} ~J?f?!} 'D. ~8WD J...!t~ n:. '. '..'/)?1C"->~., ECECOPIER ", \ ,>!. , _~7 '-296-2'88 --- ,) I" ) {'.~ ',::/8..1 ,..,.....vll/i-::':"---. f ,. ". ""Rdc-:-" / .;,..1.1,"',...... r;:1/'"'(< :- ..l'-}.l""~,:', j f;tI.~1;- . . : l :2,l! ~:"~IT CJ,<jiYD DENNIS M. MONTOOMERY KARJ;;:N A. TOMB BOBBEE J. MUSORA VE RONALD L. WILCOX December 3, 1984 Mr. J. William McDonald Director Colorado Water Conservation Board state Centennial Building, 8th Floor 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 4It Dear Bill: Re: Bear Creek Lake storage . We wish to inform you that the Cities of Englewood and Littleton would like to be considered as applicants for a percentage of the available storage space in Bear Creek Lake. The reason for our desire to acquire space is to have water available for the maintenance of stream flows throughout the reach of the South Platte River from its confluence with Bear Creek to the Burlington Ditch. We have made a proposal to the Platte River Greenway Foundation and Central Colorado Water Conservancy District to work together with them in securing this objective and to share the storage space and costs under a formula which has yet to be developed. On behalf of Englewood and Littleton, I would like to encourage the Board's staff to participate with the two Cities and the Platte River Greenway Foundation in looking at this possibility because it would also have substantial benefits to the potential for an instream flow throughout the Metropolitan region. As you know, Platte River Greenway has applied for an instream flow. as well as storage space in Chatfield Reservoir. '1 am of the view that the Water Conservation Board is the appropriate entity to obtain that