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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Committee for continued maintenance work on the Cherry Creek dam facility, All Corps <br />work on the Dam Safety study has stopped until a technical review has been completed, <br />The Corps has not, however, requested any funds at this time in order to perform an <br />independent review of the NWS PMP study, The Corps may request such funds in March <br />or April after they have reviewed and approved a scope of work for an independent review <br />of the PMP analysis as prepared by the NWS, <br /> <br />. The Corps is willing to disclose and share the NWS work tasks with Colorado interests, <br />They would also be willing to cooperate with the Working Group to the extent possible <br />under Corps guidelines, but it was made clear that any "joint" study effort would likely not <br />happen under existing federal government procedures and policies. Bill did not see much <br />of an opportunity for a change in the NWS values, <br /> <br />. Leslie Julian of the NWS has drafted a scope of work for a peer review of the PMP study, <br />and has transmitted a copy to Dick DeBono (Corps of Engineers, Washington D,C, office), <br />The Corps would select and hire an objective consulting firm to do the peer review, if they <br />decided to actually move forward with this approach and secure funding, <br /> <br />. The Corps is very interested in resolving this whole Cherry Creek issue, and would be <br />willing to cooperate with Colorado interests, to the extent possible, in order to do so, <br />However, the flexibility of the Corps seems to be very limited, <br /> <br />. Bill Miller stated that operating under "legislative mode" is more restrictive than operating <br />under "study mode", Members of the working group then pointed out that operating under <br />"study mode" didn't seem to help Colorado interests in any way" Group members noted <br />that the Corps does not seem to be willing to listen to local concerns, <br /> <br />RESPONSE TO CORPS PRESENTATION <br />. Following Bill Miller's presentation, much discussion and debate occurred during the <br />meeting between Miller and the Group, <br /> <br />. All hope seems to be lost for embarking on a joint effort with the Corps to obtain a site- <br />specific PMP analysis (a,k,a, peer review or independent review) for the Cherry Creek <br />basin, This is due to existing Corps' dam safety study guidelines and policies, <br /> <br />. The Working Group is in a position now where a State/Local site-specific PMP study is <br />necessary in order to protect Colorado interests, <br /> <br />. In an effort to salvage the discussions of the meeting, Lang proposed that a "Project <br />Framework" be drafted to provide direction to the Working Group, The objectives for this <br />effort are: <br /> <br />2 <br />