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MINUTES OF
THE MEETING OF THE WATER
BOARD Held November 9, 1970, at 4:30
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P.M. in the Council
Room.
Present:
President Norman Evans,
Fred Feit, Harvey Johnson, Owen Moore
and Dugan Wilkinson.
Also present were City Manager Coffey, Assistant City Manager Mike DeTullio,
Mayor Carson, Councilmen Kruchten and Chilton, Director of Public Works Liquin,
Superintnedent of Water and Sewer Eddie Hilgenberg, City Attorney March and Ward
Fischer.
The meeting was opened by Ward Fischer who presented the following report:
The North Poudre Irrigation Company
AVERAGES FROM MORT BITTINGERS REPORT
Joe Wright Average Annual acre feet 981
Michigan Ditch 1913 to date Average annual acre feet 2285
Total 3266
Larimer Co. No. 2, 1951 to date 7048 - 146 = 49 per share x 9 shares
= 441 acre feet
Mercer
1951 to
date 4554
- 146
= 32 per share x 9.83 shares
=
314.56
acre feet
Arthur
1951 to
date 5680
- 1500
= 3.78 per share x 125.25
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ahares =
473.44
acre feet
441.00
acre feet
314.56
473.44
1,229.00
acre feet
......Total average acre feet
3266
1229
2037
President Seaworth suggested that we had offered to exchange on averages.
Therefore we offer to exchange Joe Wright and Michigan Ditch for their 9 shares
Larimer Co. No. 2, 9.83 shares Mercer, 125 114 shares of Arthur and a credit of
2037 acre feet. As they acquire more of this stock, they could transfer it in
place of this credit.
Lawrence F. Cox, Sec., Mgr.
The North Poudre Irrigation Co.
He stated that the proposed contract that he and Arthur March had been
working on with the exchange of the North Poudre Irrigation Company looks real
good at this time.
• After some discussion regarding the trading of water, it was agreed that
the City preserve at least 10% of water stock for use of ditches through the
charges of the Golf Course and the Cemetery. Mr. Johnson indicated again that
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• the City should have storage in the high mountains and Fort Collins is the only
city on the river without storage facilities and felt that this agreement would
be advantageous to the City and in his interpretation, we should have a high
mountain reservoir.
It was explained that should a reservoir be built, the expense would be
enormous at this time. Ward Fischer stated that he recommended unqualifiably
the transfer of water instead of building a reservoir. After some further
discussion regarding the construction of the Green Mountain Dam by the Bureau
of Reclamation, it was stated that this would be an advantage to the cities,
howev er , this is several years away. Motion was made by Johnosn, seconded
by Feit, that the City Attorney and Ward Fischer put forth every effort to
draw up a workable contract by the City and North Poudre Irrigation Co. so that
it may be presented to the Water lbard and Council for approval. The Chairman
put the motion which was unanimously adopted.
Secretary
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