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RECEIVED <br /> City of <br /> GMAR ?4 ?O i r <br /> ree e <br /> MfNINQ&SAF�l't6M <br /> Peter Hayes <br /> Division of Reclamation, Mining& Safety <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> March 17, 2017 <br /> RE: 83rd Joint Venture; ID #M-1992-069 <br /> Dear Mr. Hayes: <br /> I am writing on behalf of the City of Greeley in reply to the Division of Reclamation, Mining& <br /> Safety's ("DRMS") December 14, 2016 inspection report and the January 12, 2017 response to <br /> that report from Aggregate Industries ("Al"). The City endorses the March 17, 2017 letter <br /> written to the DRMS by Eric Reckentine on behalf of the Boyd Irrigation Company("BIC"). <br /> In addition to the latest letter from the BIC and the accompanying report from Wright Water <br /> Engineers, Inc. ("WWE"), you also have complaint letters dated May 27, 2016 from both the <br /> City and BIC, as well as WWE's initial report. I will not repeat the information you already <br /> have,but rather will add those concerns specific to the City. <br /> The significant erosion damage to the City's F Street agricultural property was,undeniably, <br /> caused by Al's operations. Al admits that. The January 11, 2017 report from AI's consultant, <br /> Tetra Tech states: "We agree that the increased flow velocities led to the erosion of the <br /> reclamation slope,hence the breach of the pipeline and the erosion of the F-Street Agricultural <br /> Field." <br /> Al's operations produced an immense ravine cutting across the City's property. In the long term, <br /> if this ravine continues to expand it could rechannel the Cache la Poudre River and flood City <br /> neighborhoods. In the shorter term, the City has suffered damages in the amount of$470K, <br /> which is the cost to restore the City's eroded property to its previous, undamaged condition. <br /> It is our expectation that DRMS will require AI to restore the City's F Street property to the <br /> condition that would have existed if not for AI's operations. And, that the DRMS will require AI <br /> to perform the stabilization work requested by the BIC to prevent future erosion from occurring. <br /> Water and Sewer Department . 1100 loth Street,Suite 300,Greeley,CO 80631 . (970)350-9811 Fax(970)350-9805 <br /> A City Achieving Community Excellence <br /> S <br />