HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-081-05/17/1994-ROOSEVELT NATIONAL FOREST SHEEP CREEK RESERVOIR WATER RIGHTS WATER STORAGE RESOLUTION 94-81
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
REGARDING THE SHEEP CREEK RESERVOIR WATER RIGHTS
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins owns a water storage right and a
conditional exchange right at the Sheep Creek Reservoir site; and
WHEREAS, the City has never been able to store water in the reservoir
because the dam for such reservoir was washed out many years before the water
rights were transferred to the City; and
WHEREAS, the reservoir site is located within the boundaries of the
Roosevelt National Forest and would require federal permits for its
rehabilitation and operation; and
WHEREAS, rehabilitation of the dam does not appear feasible, nor desirable,
because of its inaccessibility, its small size, and its potentially
environmentally sensitive setting; and
WHEREAS, protecting these water rights causes the City to expend funds
without any concomitant benefit to the City; and
WHEREAS, the Water Board has reviewed the Sheep Creek Reservoir water
rights and has recommended that the City should no longer pursue the protection
of these water rights.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized to no longer pursue the
protection of these water rights associated with Sheep Creek Reservoir and to
allow the same to become abandoned.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City Fort
Collins held this 17th day of May, A.D. 1994.
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