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<br /> <br />I <br /> <br />TUESoAy, Jun. 30, 1987 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />4~ <br /> <br />{~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />DELORES ARELLANO shows how high Ihe water was In her <br />basement In San Luis on Tuesday, June 23, She has Ihree pumps In <br />her basemenl 10 Iry 10 control her flooding problem, <br />. (Courier pholo by Wenda Dietrich) <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Water complaints flood council <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />By WANDA D1ETRlCII <br />Courter C~rreflpOlldent <br />SAN LUIS - The San Luis Town <br />. CouncU heard a flood of complaints <br />Thursdfty night from residents upset <br />about water in Ulclr basements. <br />According to a June 15 Soli Co"", <br />serv8t\on Service report, the r.tlusP. of <br />the high water is probably the <br />Irrigation of A hay field norlh of town <br />Bnd Snn Luis' own Irrigation s)'slcm. <br />The report suggests solving Ute <br />problem by repl3cing the hay fi'!ld's <br />rcccnUy.du~ trench with a shnllm'. <br />surface ditch nnd tile drnln, and b)' <br />replacing the town's irrl8aUon system <br />wtUl a concrete dJtch or pipe. <br />After visiting a number of homes with <br />nooded basements, Including one home' <br />who!le adobe walls were crumbling <br />from UtC moisture, the council agreed <br />something must be done to lower the <br />water table in the northeast pnrt 01 <br />town. <br />The councIl decided to contact the <br />representative of the Dos Hennanos <br />Ranch, where the ha)'lield Is located, to <br />see II thc ditch could be replaced. <br />The counell also conlerred with the <br />Costilla County Conunissioners to <br />detennine priorities for spending In~ <br />coming CDBG grants money. Coun~ <br />cllors were asked to decide whether a <br />new fire truck or a town drainage study <br />was more Important lor Ule com- <br />munity, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />While the council lelt both were, <br />fmportant, both Ule council alld the <br />commissioners decided if only one <br />project could be funded, It should be the <br />dralnnnc study. <br />The council anlt commlsslcm nlso <br />worked togetJlcr to crente a CosUlla <br />County Airport Authorit)', ,,'hleh would <br />oversee the cn::llion of Ule proposed <br />Costilla C~lJ11t~' I\irporl. <br />The AI'llOrt Authorlt), will consist or <br />seven members, four nppolnted by the <br />corrunl<.:sioncrs ar.d three by the <br />coulIcll, The cQunly 11I:~/'cell to try to <br />appoinl its IIlnllk'rs from the county <br />area, lmd the city to pick only town <br />resillent.<tlfpo:;:;ible. <br />The connril dl'cldC'd not to grant <br /> <br />special liquor licenses for the three <br />days of the Santa Ana Festival. County <br />Sherifl Pete Espinoza said his goal was <br />to clean up the festival and make It a <br />more enjoyable occasion lor those <br />attending, <br />Espinoza also thanked the council for <br />lending his department a town car. He <br />said the car was In better condition tban <br />the county cars used by his department. <br />The council also decided to publicize <br />again its job opening for town clerk, <br />treasurer and Judge, tiS there had been <br />Borne mlsundersulIldlngs about the <br />posUlon. <br />Persons apptrlng for the job need lIot <br />be resld~mts or the city, as some had <br />believed. but only of the county, <br />