1999-03-08_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 (2)

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GEOFFREY P. ANDERSON Cheryl A. Linden, Esq. Office of the Attorney General Natural Resources Section 1525 Sherman Street, 5 Floor Denver, CO 80203 Deborah Quinn, Esq. Assistant County Attorney 503 E. Main Street, Ste. 302 Aspen, CO 81611 BURNS, FIGA & WILL, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW PLAZA TOWER, SUITE 1 030 6400 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80 I I I March 5, 1999 Re: The Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, et al. v. Mid - Continent Resources, Inc., et al. v. State of Colorado, of al. Pitkin County District Court Case No. 97 -CV -131 -3 Dear Cheryl and Debbie: F A 79 , T f n r� MAR 8 1999 TELEPHONE (303) 796-2626 FACSIMILE (303) 796 - 2777 DIRECT (303) 4 14 --6989 Enclosed is a copy of a letter sent by Robert Delaney of Mid - Continent Resources, Inc. to Kevin Riordan, District Ranger, Sopris District, White River National Forest regarding the remaining private property in Coal Basin. Mr. Delaney's letter suggests that Mid - Continent and the Forest Service pursue an exchange of the remaining Coal Basin private property which would leave the entire Coal Basin mining site within ownership of the United States Forest Service. I believe this is a result that can benefit all parties to the litigation, as well as the Forest Service itself and the general public interest. Therefore, I think we should strongly consider working toward a settlement that will include such a land exchange. In order to facilitate a settlement along these lines, I believe that it is important to include the Forest Service in our mediation that we are planning to schedule for late April, assuming of course the Forest Service agrees to attend. Another potential attendee for the mediation is Adam Poe. Mr. Poe was closely involved in the other land exchanges in Coal Basin and is adept in working through the Forest Service bureaucracy in bringing such land exchanges to fuition