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S'p- z <br />17ENVER VVATE~ <br />1600 West 12th Avenue • Denver, Colorado 802043412 <br />Phone 303-6286460• Fax No. 303.6286478 <br />July 31, 2003 <br />s~ml~-~+ <br />Mr. Harry Posey <br />Division of Minerals and Geology / <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: MLR Permit No. M-1977-153, Reclamation Pit No. 1 (Hazeltine Pit) <br />Dear Mr. Posey: <br />The City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver <br />Water) and the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (South Adams) acquired Lot 1, Block <br />1 and Lot 1, Block 2 of the A. F. & Sons Subdivision in 1998. Acquisition of the property was subject <br />to the right of the miner, Albert Frei & Sons, Inc., to complete its mining activities. Extraction of <br />minerals from the property has now been completed. <br />Denver Water and South Adams are currently developing the necessary construction plans to improve <br />the property for use as a water supply reservoir. The first step toward improvement of the properly will <br />be construction of a slurry wall liner. The slurry wall will be extended to include other adjacent <br />properties which will be part of the reservoir project. Work on the slurry wall is expected to commence <br />later this summer. I will provide additional information regarding the slurry wall under cover of a <br />separate letter. Representatives of Denver Water and South Adams are available to meet with the <br />appropriate personnel of the Division to discuss our constmction and improvement plans for the <br />property and also to discuss any permit requirements which maybe necessary. <br />In order that the permit for the property may be in the owners' names, and in order to facilitate the <br />planned improvements, the Transfer of Permit and Succession of Operator form for Permit No. M-1977- <br />153, signed by the current permittee and the appropriate Denver Water official is enclosed. The $125 <br />application fee is also enclosed, together with the fully executed Performance Warranty. The Board of <br />Water Commissioners of the City and County of Denver 1s a municipal corporation of the State of <br />Colorado, and pursuant to 4.1.2(2) of the Rules and Regulations of the Mined Land Reclamation Board, <br />the Board submits a written guarantee in lieu of a financial warranty for the property. <br />If you have any questions regarding the enclosed, please call either Michael L. Walker, Attorney, at <br />303-628-6460 or James H. Weldon, Engineer at 303-628-6657. <br />Sincerely,~j /~ c~-~ <br />`y~ l=/ x <br />lc ael L. Walker, Attorney <br />Enclosure <br />cc: Jim Jones, Water Systems Manager, SACWSD <br />John Hamilton, P.E. <br />James H. Weldon, Engineer <br />Timothy J. Beaton, Esq. <br />Ben Frie, A. F. Frei & Sons, Inc. <br />CONSERVE <br />Patricia L. Wells, General Counsel, Legal Division <br />