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<br />S.W. WATER
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<br />ID:970-259-8423
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<br />NOV 27'98
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<br />16:~8 No.003 P.02
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<br />:transfer 'ofland;':!o A;.tjp. '
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<br />. Qy.Bret Bell' could gee ie, " Hoch siid:' ":1i~;:~'.x:,:.:
<br />'. Herald Si.ffWriter . TIi~dty'iS in the :pnx~l.o(.
<br />. . olilajn_in~ .the properlY j~{i~~i.iiii:'
<br />f Apuraiig~ city'.official~ /jues-' norch; . at. .'ehe base"ofcSmelter .
<br />.tioning the trariafer of 46 acres of . Mouriii'i~,"-; also . paii"'ofi:5he~
<br />land south of Durango tei the Ani- 'c1eanup,".project. HOth said..riia1ls .....
<br />!!Ias,La J'lata Water Cori.eiYancy "2000 has approached the city about' .
<br />District - land to be used lor the cO'ls.0'c:.ting',!,;bike.trail. 'oii:.'th<:
<br />proposed A.LP.pwnp.lngpl,\ot and properlY com!-~cli..ng Roosa.Av~n~.e'.
<br />~. ncw CllUnty equestnan center. ..[0 .Doqo. Park:.Cranting th~.)ilnd .to. .:.'
<br />7:-11>e . pj-uperty, locared on the the.. A-LP DislriCI' makeS. scctinng . .
<br />. west bank. of.thc AnilllaslUver and thOse e...emerics riiore' diffkul~' hc ....
<br />slretching [reim Couniy Road 211 . said; becai,.e :iU.A-LP bOard'riiem,:;:'
<br />. ijeu Bodo IndllSU'ial rark to . be'", have 10 do is say "No":',':',:,.:..\:X:';
<br />:a1lovc' Gateway park,'once' 'held Hoch also"qnestione4 ili(ijgllt~'.
<br />taffinale ponds 'that were used in of the Colorado water lioard",Jo' \.
<br />.' '~he di.posal of byproduclS froin a deed the land 10 the A:LPDi.riict:. . C
<br />'uranlum mill that operated on Undcr ~le Cleanup RCt's guidelines::' '.,. HERA1.O!\.IS.~ ~IOERATc;HISO~'
<br />the property between 1945 'and .the land din only be .tran<fcITed tt(:;..}'HE SHI\.DE:Q,,~etlon of land w~e. .
<br />1963, In 1990, [he Department of ~nolher governniencalent,i.ty;Wit?-~';.:.}leededlo..~he 'Anlmae.Le Plat.
<br />'Energy condemned and cleaned 10 the ltale and can be wed only:.... .Water Conse~v.e.l!cy'. Dlslrl.e!. In
<br />. the 5ieeund'er provision! of the .. for public purposes.' '.:' .~ :..:.::;:":.':',:::::::. AUgU8L Tha. proposeC! ~,I)!!n.a8.1A
<br />Uranium Mill Tailings R.,diation . Because. M.P' DislriCl' 'boardt PI'!.le Pr~Jeet PI!,mpl!l.1I..Rl,8nt and
<br />:Control ACt, inembers . iue appolilled.and not.'<LA ~'sIS Counl)r eq~e~!,l.~1\ center'
<br />".: '~l ~pring."' :the cOlorado: .eleclc~r "Hoeh questioned. )tJe~.:)o:.~.. ~I~',~ to.~ ~~.~~'"'~ ~~ th~ 4~ f
<br />'Department of Health gave tille of'bOard'Otatus as a body of govern.":: ~~!e~.~o.iJ.l~ .ot.purenllO,: ... '"
<br />.Ihe land \0 the' Colorado Water . mentand wondered whether the f~~. the'. A:LP District. disagreed:
<br />. 'cOnservation Board, which signed ~lISfer,,""dSJollowing.rhc.spirit of .:"He' said the'A~LP Diltiicl is a . i
<br />'it over to the A-LP district 'in the Jaw, .... .... . quasl-governm~nlill' einily thai
<br />~Ugu'L 'r th.ou~hl. loral~?vemment. has taXing authority un~er stalc.
<br />:. Durango Planning Director .hOlller gel It per pro,viSlons of the law. . ': .
<br />Crcg Hoch questions that tr.nsfer, UM'tRA act: Hoch .aid, ..... ,:
<br />. . . '.' .... _.... .. -I don't know how much more
<br />~a)'mg the city was imerestcd in at . 'Members-. oL.the ...Colorado... .......... .... .
<br />1 '.' '. ...... '." . ...,.... . governmental you can be, Mayne.
<br />ea,t . piece of the property blll wa.. wat~r .b."ar,d, ",:c.rc :<'\l(.~t;the office . laid, ' . '.' .
<br />"itver. given the opportunity to' Mond3y:.and ',l\le.daY"and could . . . . .' " .
<br />make lIS coue for the land. not be-.r~lic!led for comment. But .. I" rial!' 'C.oun.ty CommiSSIoner
<br />?: ~Theygave it away .bctore. we. . hankE'!':~S:irit"Mayne.; aLlorney .. See I,A~D, Psge16A " .
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