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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORJ\DO <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br /> <br />Department oi Natural Resources <br />I 3 I 3 Sherman Street, Room 71 B <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: 13031 866-3311 <br />TDD: 13031 866-3543 <br />fax: 13031866-2115 <br /> <br />March 12,1999 <br /> <br />Mr. Ralph Morgenweck <br />Regional Director, USFWS Region 6 <br />P.O. Box 25486 <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver, CO 80225 <br /> <br />Dear Ralph: <br /> <br />At the February meeting of the Platte River Cooperative Agreement Governance <br />Committee, you proposed language regarding payment of property taxes in response to a <br />request form the Land Committee for additional guidance on this issue. At that meeting, I <br />indicated I was unable to agree to your proposal until the matter could be considered <br />further within Colorado. I also expressed reservation about making commitments on the <br />property tax issue until the Governance Committee had addressed the "third party impacts" <br />question. <br /> <br />In light of recent discussions on this matter in Colorado, Colorado would agree to the <br />following concept: <br /> <br />Colorado agrees that it will pay, for property used for Recovery Program <br />pwposes and which is owned by it or by an entity in which it has <br />appropriate control and recoverable equity, an amount that is equal to the <br />property taxes which would otherwise be assessed on such property if it <br />were owned by a private party. If, as the result of the consideration of the <br />issue of third-party impacts, the Program agrees to pay for such impacts, <br />Colorado reserves the right to reconsider this commitment to pay property . <br />taxes. <br /> <br />I look forward to discussing this with you and the rest of the Governance Committee on <br />Tuesday. <br /> <br />uy, <br /> <br />-DOugl~ObOtham <br />Assistant Director <br /> <br />cc: <br /> <br />Governance Committee Members, Vernon Nelson (Land Committee Co-chair), <br />Rhodell Jameson (Land Committee Co-chair), Dale Strickland <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br /> <br />Bil10wens <br />Governor <br /> <br />GregE.Walcner <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />Board of land Commissioners. Division of Minerals & Geology/Geological Survey <br />Oil & Gas Conservation Commission. Colorado State Parks. Soil Conservation Board <br />\.Vater ConservJtion Board. Division of Water Resources. Division oi Wildliie <br />