PROJ00054

• Contract/PO #: C153473
• Contractor Name: Stewart Ditch and Reservoir Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 40
• County: Delta
• Bill Number: EO 08-08-86
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Contract Documents

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STATE OF COLORADO

EXECUTIVE CHAMlE2S
136 S(ill~ Clopit~ .
Denver, COIOuo..ecnO).17lJ2
Phone (JO)l 8b~.(71

E X E CUT I V E 0 R D E R
PROCLN-IA TlON
DISASTER EMERGENCY IN DELTA COUNTY

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Richard D. ldmm
Governor

WHEREAS, an earth slide occurred on June 15, 1985 and destroyed
twelve hundred feet of irrigation ditch belonging to the
Stewart Ditch Company located in Delta County; and

WHEREAS, this ditch provided irrigation water for 2400 acres of
land, a large portion of which is dedicated to fruit
orchards; and

WHEREAS, the immediate repair of this facility is necessary to
mitigate the long tenn impacts to the fruit industry that
would result from failure to proviae water to these
orchards; and

WHEREAS, the effective del ivery of governmental services in Delta
County is also affected by this earth slide; and

WHEREAS, neither the Stewart Ditch Company nor Delta County has the
resources necessary to address this emergency; and

WHEREAS, assistance from the federal government may be neither
timely nor sufficient to address the impacts; and

WHEREAS,

strict cOr.lpliance with regulatory statutes,
regulations or orders would prevent, hinder, or
necessary action in coping with this emergency; and

rules,
delay

WHEREAS, the suspension of said statutes, rules, regulations, or
orders is necessary to provi de for the preservati on of the
health, safety, and welfare of the general public; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to utilize available resources of state
government that may be reasonably required to cope with the
impacts of this earth slide;

NDW THEREFDRE, I, Richard D. Larrm, Governor of the State of
Colorado, do find that this situation constitutes a disaster
emergency according to relevant state statutes, and under the powers
granted me under 24-33.5-704 C.R,S., do declare a State of Disaster
Emergency to exist in Delta County, Further, under the powers
vested in me unaer section 24-33,5-704 (7) CR.S., I hereby dir~t
implementation of the State Disaster Emergency Financial

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