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<br />)urango Herald Online <br /> <br />UJ2232 <br /> <br />I::";;, ,>>11," :~""{:'j<"" '; <br />~". V, qtiQn B;~tals , <br />.. .. ,.' 'MOU~,. ., OR:' <br />" '. <br />..,' ...." , '. ~ ,,,,,,,c:. <br /> <br /> <br />I- Diversify <br />I- Expand <br />I- Relocate <br /> <br />La Plata County, Colorado <br />offering <br />old Wcsl valucs <br />New West Economy <br /> <br />t; La Plata <br />Economic <br />Action <br />I . PcutrwMp <br /> <br /> <br />C2l Email this article to a friend <br /> <br />October 5, 2003 <br /> <br />A-LP meeting may be illegal <br /> <br />By Charles Ashby <br />Herald Denver Bureau Chief <br /> <br />-.;.;.; A closed-door meeting <br />.- attended by proponents <br />0.: of the Animas-La Plata <br />Project may have <br />violated Colorado and <br />New Mexico open- <br />meeting laws, said <br />la_ <br />. _ _ "* , opponents and a news- <br />-~ media lawyer. <br /> <br /> <br />Phil Doe, of Denver, chairman of the Citizens Progressive Alliance, <br />said an Aug. 14 meeting at the Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio was held <br />without notifYing the public, Farmington resident Steve Cone, a <br />member of the alliance's board, agreed. <br /> <br />Page I of: <br /> <br /> <br />News <br /> <br />MichC!e~ <br />Nargi <br />Hames <br /> <br />~ <br />"'."....11- <br />FrItl1'\ds <br />Family <br /> <br /> <br />''I <br />~, , <br />IJURANGO <br />L;"!'.(';"../(" <br />lll;rao" ' <br />..... .~. .a~.. .... <br /> <br />The meeting was attended by at least 44 members of 12 public and private entities, <br />including the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes, the Southwest Water <br />Conservation District, the Animas-La Plata Conservancy District and the San Juan Water <br />Commission in New Mexico, according to a sign-in sheet. <br /> <br />The groups, which also included representatives from Durango and the state of Colorado, <br />met to discuss why costs for the water-storage project had gone up by $162.1 million, a 48 <br />percent increase. <br /> <br />Under Colorado law, any time a quorum or three or more members of a local public body <br />meet, whichever is fewer, the public must be notified and allowed in. New Mexico has a <br />similar law. The Colorado law covers conservation and conservancy districts, <br /> <br />lttp:llwww.durangoherald.comlasp-binlarticle _generation.asp?article _ type=news&article yath=/news/03/... 10/16/200: <br />