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RESOLUTION N0. 21
Series of 1990
R RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BLACK LAKES RESERVOIR PROJECT
PROPOSED BY THE VAIL VALLEY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT,
WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
WHEREAS, the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District (VVCWD) has submitted an
application to Eagle County for a 1041 permit to enlarge Black Lake No. 1, located
near Vail Pass, to accommodate an additional two hundred twenty-seven {227) acre
feet of water storage capacity; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Vail approved Resolution No. 6, Series of 1988, in support
of the proposed Black Lakes Reservoir Project, subject to certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, the VVCWD has participated with the Town of Vail and Trout Unlimited in
a stream habitat improvement program far Gore Creek and contributed ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) to that program; and
WHEREAS, the operation of the proposed Black Lakes Reservoir Project has been
modified, with the support of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, so as to optimize
the use of project water for fishery benefits during the winter low flow period; and
WHEREAS, the VVCWD augmentation plan, as decreed by the District Gourt for Water
Division No. 5 in Gase No. 82GW328, contains a clause which would allow the Tawn of
Vail to reopen consideration of the plan if the Council finds the project does not
operate as anticipated and stream flows have dropped below those expected, resulting
in damage to the fish population or other forms of adverse impacts; and
WHEREAS, the VVCWD has proposed mitigation of 4.5 acres of wetlands lost at
Black Lakes with measures that will restore and enhance over ten {10) acres of
wetlands within the Gore Creek Valley to the benefit of riparian habitats,
fisheries, water quality, and scenic and heritage values; and
WHEREAS, the VVCWD has implemented a comprehensive water conservation plan to
encourage efficient utilization of water resources for all uses within the Uai1
Valley;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL,
COLORADO, that the Tawn Council supports the development of the Black Lakes
enlargement project with the following conditions:
1. The VVCWD shall be responsible for restocking fish in Gore Creek if a
significant fish kill occurs through the diversion of water from Gore Creek. The
Colorado Division of Wildlife shall be solely responsible for determining when a
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significant fish kill occurs. The fish stocking program sha11 be done in accordance
with direction given by the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
2. The VUCWD shall enter into an agreement with the Town of Uail committing to
the terms and conditions set forth in paragraph 1 hereof; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of Vail believes that
the VUCWD has met reasonable standards for protection of the environment in planning
for the development of the Black Lakes project.
INTRODfiCED, READ, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of August 1990.
Kent R. Rose, Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela A. Brandmeyer, own Clerk
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