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<br />Tuesday, Octobe
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<br />San Luis receives S20,OOOwater gra
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<br />By WANDA DIETRICH
<br />CourterCorrettpondeat
<br />'N LUIS - Water was again at the
<br />of the agenda at the San Luis
<br />'lIell meeUng, held Wedne!day. The
<br />1cil heard from Dave Pacheco that
<br />proposal the town made to the state
<br />fund a $20,000 comprehensive
<br />lnage study was rocce:ssfuJ, and that
<br />cnUre f20,OOO win be made
<br />:i1able to the town (rom the state.
<br />'ucheco reported that although the
<br />.lley win be made avaUable,lt ~ not
<br />li1nble to the town yet. Before the
<br />":n can put the work out lor bids. they
<br />"rst receive and sign a contract
<br />.. .ne state. dctaUing nU oblIgatJoru.
<br />~ contract should amv! in about
<br />ce weeks to a month.
<br />I'acheco further announced that the
<br />-Iarndo Water CoruenaUon Board
<br />11 prr.-vlde technical as.,lstance to the
<br />wn. In a letter Pacheco read to the
<br />.uneil, Larry Lang of the Con-
<br />rvnUon Board offered the assistance
<br />hi~ board and advl,ed that the town
<br />.t lake any action until the contract 15
<br />lmed.
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<br />Mnyor Joe EspinOUl asked U that
<br />icant that the council Js to do nothing
<br />.r a while, until the state contract 15
<br />:ceived and signed. Pacheco agreed,
<br />:.}'ing that "none of us are experts" In
<br />'Ie-~e matters, and that they shouJd
<br />..a it until the experts get here, to do it
<br />;ght.
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<br />Pacheco advised that when the study
<br />'I completed, money to act on the
<br />Jfoposals may be available from the
<br />'mpact Assistance Fund, or the
<br />.)ommunJty Development ~Iock
<br />":rants. If the l!Itudy I.l!I completed by the
<br />. part of January, Pacheco advl!ed
<br />council to make a bid for some
<br />t..:DBGmoney.
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<br />Espin01.8 advised representaUves of
<br />~ wo engineering fInns, Armstnmg
<br />t~ngineerlng . and Agro Engineering,
<br />'.vho were attendJng the meeting that
<br />.,Ithough Ute council was not going to do
<br />3nylhfng unUl the Urne we! right, they
<br />... 1"flve their Uterature, and teU
<br />they can do.
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<br />"That's about aU we can do tonight,"
<br />he said,
<br />In a related matter, Pacheco
<br />reported that the town's request for
<br />emergency funding to Instnll a
<br />drainage system around the town has
<br />not been acted upon by the go\'ernor.
<br />Normally, the town would be con.
<br />sldered for funding of t.hi:J naturc, but
<br />the rectnt disaster on 8erthoud Pass,
<br />where a boulder cru!hed a bus ond used
<br />the entire budget for that fund, there is
<br />none available for the drainage system,
<br />or anything else, for a while.
<br />Chri.s Man of the Water and
<br />SanitatJon District asked the board
<br />about the legality of cesspools, and If
<br />there are laws regulaUong the dWllpln~
<br />of row sewage Inside the town. He
<br />stated that uThere are people in toy..n
<br />w:lng t'tsspoois."llnd worried that Ulty
<br />could be health nnd snfety haz3rds.
<br />"Jt's not right," he said.
<br />'I11e council a~reed that they should
<br />help deal with the problem. Aftcr some
<br />dlscusslon, It wns decided that the town
<br />should try to do away with cesspo\Jls
<br />completely. They decided to start by
<br />writ1ng those people who have
<br />cc!'!poob letters quotinl! the ordinance
<br />againrt them, and requesUng that they
<br />be removed.
<br />In other business, EsplnozR an.
<br />nounced that a group of disabled
<br />veterans from Denver will be In San
<br />Luis to repla~ the nags that were
<br />stolen from the (ront of the Town Hall.
<br />He stated that there will be a parade for
<br />which he hopes to get a band, then a
<br />flag raising ceremony. He suggested
<br />that the town feed the particfpants
<br />lunch.
<br />The council voted to feed them lunch.
<br />Discus,ing the tolm" building that
<br />they have been corulidering renting,
<br />City Attorney David Grnham gave the
<br />opinion th8t the town could not legally
<br />rent the building to a privatc entity. It
<br />was decldtd to rent It to the new
<br />Chamber of Conunerce.
<br />The signs that are to be pllt up on
<br />either side of town wcre not puoUshed
<br />by the Jocal paper. fhe)' will be
<br />pubU.shed th1a. mont!., and the bids
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<br />opened at the next me.,Ung. Laura VlgU
<br />suggested that It be pubUshed In the
<br />Alamosa paper also, as more people
<br />receive this. paper. The ~ouncU decided
<br />to publish the signs In both papers.
<br />Ernest Duran reportei:l to the council
<br />that the new town trash pickup has been
<br />pruchased and Is In service. He
<br />suggested that It might be nice to paint
<br />uSan Lws" en the side.
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<br />On the .subject of trash plck.ups,
<br />E~nest Quintana quesUoned the legalIty
<br />of having the city pick up only business
<br />trash, and supply the cans. The council
<br />stated that the painted trash can! are
<br />supposed to be for people's litter. After
<br />discussing the problem, the council
<br />decided to take the cans away from the
<br />local husinesses, and have them get
<br />their own cans.
<br />Espinoza cautioned that the cans will
<br />have to be removed from all
<br />businesses. with no exceptions.
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<br />Espinm8 Infonned the council that
<br />Fr. Pnt VAldez had npproached him
<br />abllut the town buying the first of the
<br />Stations rl the Cross for the new
<br />Stations of the Cross Park that the
<br />church Is working on. Loyola Taylor
<br />questioned If It would be a vlolaUon of
<br />separation of church and state laws.
<br />The council decided to contact Its at.
<br />tomey for an opinion on the matter.
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<br />The council requested to Wl11lam
<br />Martinez that he come up with the price
<br />for makin~ Christmas dectlratlons for
<br />the to\tn entrances. He promJsed to
<br />have them by the next meeUng, ()c..
<br />tober21.
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