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<br />S,W. WATER BOARD
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<br />1D:970-259-8423
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<br />NOV 27'98
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<br />16:29 No,003 P.03
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<br />Land: .City official que.s.ti9hs lap,d ~rari~fer '::':'
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<br />550/160 and beeausie'it won'i.' en~tigh~oo";'be I~fton.the p~~~
<br />Fred' Klatt saId the county never buther any neighbor<. el1y for con.tr.uction of the plan<.
<br />tried to get a piece of the land from Emmett said, "It seems to be an 'During' 'eonstruction of .the
<br />the sute. And unlike Hoch, he said excellent sile, and we are pushing plant. we are going to need to use
<br />ihe ilI'ple:ued mat the A-I.P Dumcl for wc of it." He .aid tlte equestr;- more !han half of the .proper'Y:
<br />. nOW owns the pr<Jp,er"'. an center has. not entered into any' Harri. said. .'
<br />. "I am Jioi ii bll Jii~~ppy iliai the le..c Wiili llie j{:il' District; ~lill{ we ~Oiit miiiii' foi\l:erHi. to ~1It1w
<br />A.I.J' folks got the land: Klatt said, have lx:en' gi\'en IOnl~ verbal a.s5ur- . space for construction by coordj.
<br />. ."1 am .(lfe they:;.ill we It in the be.t ance. by 'tlte board that they are Dating the county facilities with the
<br />intere.t of the people. . looking favorably on It" pumping pl.ilL" .
<br />.. "It helps oIDel a potclitial pro1>- 'Emmell laid Ille task force wanlS Ilm given the up-in-lhe.air
<br />lem at the fairgrounds." to build a facility thal would include namre of the long-5talled pr'!iecl,
<br />Since the uansfer of the land in he"" swls, a rodeo arena, possibly which was first authori.ed in 1~~,
<br />August, a La Plat.' County wk force an indoor arena' and some kind of nobody knoWs when construclici~~
<br />made up ofarea horsemen has been '.' rdcetrack. Exacily who wiD pay for lellO begin..: .. . . ::::::
<br />negouating with.A-I.P hoard memo Illose faciliul" is still up In the air, '. :Pat Scliti,nilcher, division ~J.~
<br />ben .oom the possibility of locating Steve HatTis, president Of the A- ager of the Burc~u o{ReclamaclPiti
<br />a new equestrian center on a piece . 1.1' Di.trict,' said dlstrir.t. board said the bureau will not see~~
<br />o{ the properlY, The wk force W3$ members are willing to cooperate.. e..cmendrom the district to bilila
<br />fonned after 1.. Plata County com. .:rt>c Bureau of Reclamation h.. . ;"'d operate' the pumplugp!i%
<br />mi55ioncn approved a county fair- ..~idthat only ab9ul20 of ihe.46 until afte~.Congre.. has apprcoo:!1
<br />grounds lmpro"'lIlenl plan in Feb- acrcs "f Jand are needed for Ille. .omeform'~fthe !,r.oject. :' '.':~:::
<br />rua.,. that. eliminated many of the pumping plant, .wltiCh would send . But he laId land at the ,oullttl'p
<br />equestrian facilities Illere.. A.LP. project water tei .an . off-5ite end of thc property C'llM be g!fj!ij
<br />Dick. Emmett, a member of the .resel'\'nir in Ridge. Basin.... ".. . .to the county for.: th... equt.~~
<br />wk force, said th. south Durango .. . Harris .said while Ille .di.tritt Is ceilter without i!lter{cring:: .~!I!
<br />parcel is by far the most promising ..illing t.o l~ase the oll!erhalf of tbe pumping plant .o.nstruction,' ::::::;:
<br />location because of ilS central . land .for,' .lbe equesuiall center,'. "That'. area." could .h,e pt6~~
<br />location, ilS proximity. to wilde.... prob.!)!y' for a nominal $1 a year _ without adding to the cost"of:~
<br />.ness aleas and U.S. Highway. fce, .ilS ."!:tloX".concern is tbat . pumping plam. Schllmacher.;aJ!!~
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