BOARD02497

• Board Meeting Date: 7/14/1971
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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spend any more than was originally authorized
to spend. We are not asking the Corps of
Engineers to spend any more than it was orig-
inally authorized to spend. but we are asking
that those monies be spent in a different way
to acquire the total flood plain. What the
City is then committing to do is to say. 'We'll
pick up the balance of the local bill which is
combined with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
and HUn and we'll agree to pay that cost. So
that there will be no additional expense to' the
state or federal gover~ments. we'll pick up the
balance of it.'

Now specifically. the City of Littleton
requests that the Colorado Hater Conservation
Board and the Army CODpS of Engineers delay any
ac~ion on the propos~d channelization project
until a number of questions can be answered.
The City Council is aware that the proposal ~ill
require voter approval in some fashion or another
by the City of Littleton. To that end. the City
has appointed an environmental task force which
we have asked to secure voter opinion as ~o
whether this is a feasible alternative. That
task force has not yet, issued a final report,
but a preliminary draft would be requested again
because of the urgency of this meeting. They
have completed th~ir deliberations. but we asked
for a preliminary draft. That prelimin~ry indica-
tion was that the task force believes t~e Council
position is sound and would in fact be supported
by the voters of the community. I should also
add that the Littleton Chamber of Commerce has
called a public hearing on this specific topic
to be held September first and second. The pur-
pose of that hearing will be to assist the
Chamber of Commerce in forming their opinions so
that it can make recommendations to the city and
the appropriate governmental entities.

In summary. the City Council cannot proceed
to go through the vote of the people until it
has all the answers to the questions, and I have
enumerated these below here t~ saY these' are the
questions that need the answers. What the Council

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