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of the following Resolution:
moved adoption
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION N0.2010- Q
Resolution In Support of the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan
WHEREAS, water is a critical natural resource to the environmental, social and economic
well-being of the Roaring Fork Watershed; and
WHEREAS, a collaboration of local governments, government agencies, non-profits,
associations, and citizens have come together to form the Roaring Fork Watershed Collaborative
Water Group; and
WHEREAS, this collaboration has undertaken the writing of the Roaring Fork Watershed
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Ruedi Water and Power Authority (RWAPA) is the sponsor of the Roaring
Fork Watershed Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal and County governments in the Roaring Fork Valley are
members and supporters of the Ruedi Water and Power Authority; and
WHEREAS, RWAPA and Roaring Fork Conservancy have been working diligently on the
Roaring Fork Watershed Plan since 2008 and have completed Phase I of the Plan, the State of the
Watershed Report; and
WHEREAS, RWAPA and Roaring Fork Conservancy are currently in the midst of Phase II
of the Plan which will produce recommendations for future water management in the Roaring Fork
Valley; and
WHEREAS, the Plan has engaged and involved hundreds of citizens of the Roaring Fork
Valley through many meetings, presentations and other activities publicizing the Plan and soliciting
contributions to and discussions of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, those efforts have resulted in broad support for the planning process and
significant. and extensive public input into the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the local governments and agencies with responsibility for water management,
treatment, delivery, development and conservation wish to formally endorse the concepts of
resource sustainability, environmental quality, public safety, recreational value and aesthetic appeal
that are the objectives of the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO:
THAT the Eagle County Board of Commissioners hereby express their support for the
watershed planning process and their intent to thoughtfully consider the recommendations of the
Plan and to adopt those recommendations which they may find appropriate, feasible and beneficial
to their respective communities and the watershed as a whole.
MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Eagle County Board of Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the 18`" day of May, 2010
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, by and Through Its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By:
County Commissioners
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Peter F. Runyon
Commissioner
Commissioner ~~ I~-u--~-- seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll having
been called, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Fisher i~-v-'~
Commissioner Stavney V~-~-'^
Commissioner Runyon '~5~~
v
This Resolution passed by vote of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle,
State of Colorado.
Clerk to the Board of