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<br />health, we have extensive Department of Health resumes and surveys, and <br />all of it is detrimental. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The growth in the area has been approximately twenty percent, I would <br />say in the town, approxima~ely twenty percent a year, which is something. <br />We have a water moritorium on the outer town limits, the outskirts. /'.. <br />And until we get a'new system in, we can't have any new growth that way. <br />I don't.know whether we necessarily want it or not, but it's there. <br />We have had uo turn down one large multiple unit, something like this <br />Holiday Inn type of thing, that wanted to ~o into the outer edge of <br />the town, also a large supermarket. I don, t know just what type, but <br />on the type of King Soopers or Safeway or something. <br /> <br />We do have an annexation program incorporating all the outer reaches <br />that we can. I made the trip to Craig and to the other impacted areas <br />and learned a tremendous amount of what not to do and what to do, if <br />possible, as far as meters, plans, and so forth like that. Since we <br />don't have something in that area, we need control from the standpoint <br />of services for the town of Hotchkiss.. <br /> <br />The town of Hotchkiss right now is getting to be kind of a bedroom type <br />of thing for one of the large mines, Westmoreland. I think most of <br />you, if you are aware of the impact in the area - the growth, I don't <br />have to go into that from the standpoint of the mines, which are <br />anticipated opening~ And some of them, I am beginning to find out for <br />myself, are just practically back of town. <br /> <br />Incidentally, when you were discussing the,Overland~ if I could go <br />back to that for a minute, I know that they might need water'from that, <br />and I was wondering how this ten percent business could affect them <br />and whether they would get it from the Overland or not. But Westmore- <br />land is having its water problems in drilling wells up there. They <br />are falling short of their goals. They're going.to have to take agri- <br />cultural water, as I understand it from talking to them the other day. <br />Water is a very definite priority in our community. We certainly need <br />your help in the construction of our system. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Any questions? <br />(No response.) <br />Hearing none, thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. <br /> <br />MR. LEINSDORF: Mr. Chairman, I move approval of this project. <br />MR. BENTON: I will second it~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Any further discussion? All in favor, signify by <br />saying "Aye." <br /> <br />(Unanimous "Ayes.") <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Opposed? <br />(No response.) <br /> <br />-41- <br />