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<br />I1eCer1!:.>er 18, l'n9 <br /> <br />~x. Joel CantriGk <br />1st r',!lsistant !\ttorn':;y t:;cneral <br />for Natural Resouroes <br />Office of the )',ttorney General <br />1525 Sherr'illl Stroet, 3rd Floor <br />Denver, Colorado 30203 <br /> <br />Re: ~Of':G o~ nan0~~ly <br /> <br />Dear ttr. Cantrick: <br /> <br />The ~;latcr suppl:.' proicct for tile town of fumgely wae authori:!:$d <br />from Oil Sbale FUll;'! :11~'n8'{ in 1975. The project he>s since then <br />b",..m built c'.Ili: tlle C'nclo5"'(' (~eed (Apper,,'~ix A) h~.6 been submitted <br />to thr; Colcr3.:3o;~ater Conservation goan') (e,,'eM according to the <br />contract between Ran('fely and OtiCr; (l!.ppenr.\ix i'i). <br /> <br />The project, howaver, as it was built, appears to be defective <br />in certain ways; (~ue t9 this the tOWll of Ran,?el)' has refused to <br />pay the consulting en~ine~ring firm of Meurer, Serafini, Meurer <br />(M5M) all th~ &ngineorin~ fees agreed to. As a result, MSM <br />have sue~ Rangely to recov~r all englneerinq fees plus damages <br />allegedly we('{ to thAm. <br /> <br />CwCIl, not being involved early enouqh in the project, could <br />not co~ent on the contract already aiql\e~ between Rangely anti <br />MSM, also cO'II'llllents by our stafr \.$re not always 'l:\)llo"!le~ ]:,y thQ <br />engineers of M~~. <br /> <br />Since, as ment10ne~ earlier, the proiect as built i~ not <br />funct.ionlnq properly, the fOllO><finsr '1~",at1ons arise: <br /> <br />(al <br /> <br />Should C"KC8 accept thQ deed as submitted and request <br />that it bs rocordoa? <br /> <br />(b) <br /> <br />If L,e dead 8ub~i~tad is not accentabie ~o ewes and <br />subsequently to the State of Colorado, what &~ the <br />next steps that should be taken to protect Stat.e int.erests? <br />