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.~ has an expected cost of $1.3 million and the expected cost of Alternative #2 is $1.4 million. Ben Urbonas stated that UDFCD would be willing to defray some of the these costs, but that the agency would not build structures the Denver Water Department should be engineering and constructing for its future operation of the Howe Reservoir and the series of reservoirs to the north of the Howe Pit. 4. Jessica Barbier (Denver Water) and John Hamilton (Muller Engineering for South Adams County Water & San.) both agreed that they would not be opposed to routing the First Creek flows through multiple ponds. However, they preferred the spillway to the South Platte River be located at the Road Runners II Pit instead of [he location shown on ICON's plans. 5. In general, Jessica and John agreed Denver Water's future plans for its operations of the three reservoirs (i.e., Howe, Hazeltine and Roadrunner) after mining had not progressed far enough for Denver Water to work with the mine operators to seek conforming amendments to currently effective reclamation plans. They would discuss the spillway location alternatives further and provide the UDFCD with a direction to take if it differs from the current plan. A new plan may consider passing First Creek low flows through the pits, provided water right agreements can be reached. It was recommended to contact Dick Wolf, at the State Engineers Office, to discuss water rights. 6. Ben mentioned that the UDFCD would cooperate with the other entities, such as Denver Water, if a new plan was in progress for this area. However, the priorities for this project would continue to focus on relocating Bull Seep back to a stable condition and reestablishing channel grades that support growth of the surrounding vegetation. 7. Scott Franklin (US Army Corps of Engineers) added that he still recommended pursuing a third alternative that involved relocating the Bull Seep onto Denver Water's property alone, thus removing it permanently from Ken McIntosh's property altogether. This alternative may include filling in a portion of the Howe Pit and reconstructing the slurry wall pond liner. John Hamilton recommended using a cost of $3.00 per square foot as a starting point for estimating the potential cost of relocating the reservoir liner. 8. Ken McIntosh added that he was not opposed to [he Bull Seep channel on his property as long as the channel was stable and the damage was repaired. He primarily objected to the dirty dewatering flows and the First Creek overflows. John Hickman of Mobile Premix clarified that discharges from [he Howe Pit are authorized by state permit and that such discharges should be essentially clear. John indicated that he was unaware of dirty water being discharged from [he operation. 9. Bruce Humphries (State of Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology) added that the current alignment of Bull Seep has been noticed by the Division as a possible violation of the mine operation's approved reclamation plan. He mentioned that if the northwest corner of the pit is too close to the South Platte River, it may have to be moved. Bruce also stated that the Division and the Mined Land Reclamation Board would review any revised Howe reclamation plan [hat reflected the outcome of the cooperative UDFCD process. C \W iNDOW S\TEMP\B~B meeting tloc