Wednesday, March 19, 2008

ECP; Water Rights

At last night's city commission meeting, during the public comment portion, a commenter remarked that when he attended the ECP board meeting this month, there were three new agreements mentioned between ECP and SME about which he previously knew nothing.

He asked the city, especially in light of it being Sunshine Week, to make those agreements available to the public. We'll see.

Secondly, during the same comment portion, local attorney, Stuart Lewin, discussed the loss of 50% of the city's historic water rights and how serious of a situation this is. It is my understanding from his comments that the city has until the first week of August to appeal current decisions. He recommended the city hire a water rights attorney to defend these rights.

One comment he made, which I had not heard before, was that the company hired by the city to be the city's consultant in these matters (I'm assuming Water Right Solutions), had a conflict of interest and had previously indicated such.

What was that conflict of interest and what role, if any, did it play in the current state of affairs in which we find our water rights?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As a general rule, anything Stuart Lewin says is suspect. I wouldn't take his word for the sky being blue.