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<br />OCT. 25, 1998 2:09PM WATER CONSULT <br />OCT-20-SB 10.28 FROK,H.B.W.~. <br /> <br />ID,S?1il 247 eS2? NO, 780 <br /> <br />~.~s <br /> <br />3/3 <br /> <br />The Daily Times Ftt'IIlillg/on. "'ew Muko <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />..... <br />()) <br />w <br />~.J: <br /> <br />Sunday. October 18, 199!!... <br /> <br />Proposals 'draw local> ire <br />Property owners want input"', <br /> <br />said the committees should be OODCqned wirh Ihe biological: <br />aspects of the realmmendatlons, itot 'its effects on develop- I <br />ment., She specificallY,lI1el).lioned people li:ving in subdivi- ' <br />While piau to regulate flows in the San Juan River pro, sions loealCd in the flood plalri who, willhalie 10 meet e"vI- . <br />ceed. some people are upsel those plans ~re beins made ronmental standards at some point. ", ,', , ' <br />without tbe input of people living here. , Sullivan said these people moved' into approved subdivi- <br />Former County Commissioner Mike Sullivan, now wilh sions whiell met standards at the'tlme Ihey were bniJt as for <br />Iltb West Hammond Water Conservancy pistrict, told mem~ all intents and purposes are still legal'ailJar as he knows. <br />bers of two commhtees developing' flow recommendations He was also upset with a cg~ent made by St3llley Pol- <br />for the river they should consider the lives of the people they Jack, who was representing the Navajo Nation. ,', <br />will be aJIecling. Pollack said it would probably be cheaper to purchase th~ <br />Some of the ditches which might be damaged by higher land from those using Ihe :rutley-Manzanares Ditch, than it <br />nOW$ have been in exi$lcnce and in use since the 19th Cen- would to rebuild tbc diversion dam for lhe ditch to allow il <br />lury. Sullivan said, " 10 wil/tSland the higher riverJlows, , _ <br />While he realizes the commillces have a job 10 do and Sullivan said Pollacle is seriously underestimating the,val- <br />muSI comply with fedetal enclansered specics laws, 10 make, ue of irrigated land in San Juan County, " <br />decisions without considering tbe consequences to those His main concern is the decisions on how to proceed are <br />who live Ilere is wrong, he said. , being made by i group of people who do not live here and <br />Sullivan was especially upset by statements made by will not hav~ 10 live W\1h tile repercussions !If their deci- <br />,comminee members regarding effects of higher flows on 'sions. .. :":..:':.'.', " ," <br />property owners, " ,', :rhey come here, meei; ihen hop a plane and go' home, <br />Jessica Aberly, rcpr~ntillllhe Jicarilla Apache tribe, SuUivan saill. ' .. <br /> <br />MARK LEWIS <br />S'l;"n WRITER <br />