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Home My WebLink About730943.tiff asp ,g „.4, ..- I a... '. "a- OFFICE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1‘ 1 Fif PHONE(3031 353-2212 EXT.221,222 8. 223 P.O. BOX 758 kr °. GREELEY,COLORADO 80631 1 0 COLORADO April 17, 1973 • The Honorable John A. Love Governor, State of Colorado Colorado State Capitol Building Denver, Colorado Dear Governor Love, The Board of County Commissioners , Weld County, Colorado , hereby officially requests that the area flooded due to the Latham Reservoir dam failure be declared a disaster area. Land flooded is approximately 4, 365 acres, including Kersey, a town of about 600 people . Since the majority of Kersey residents are senior citizens with limited or fixed incomes there is no possible way that they can absorb their esti- mated $1 million damages . A small community such as Kersey would find it a great financial burden to reconstruct their sewage lagoons to meet state health standards , for the minimum reconstruction cost estimated by the chief sanitarian of Weld County Health Depart- ment is $120 , 000 . 00 . A major emergency exists regarding the Kersey school system which serves a vast area. The school will not be able to reopen for at least a week due to major damage which has lately been discovered. At this point, heating systems in the school are not functional and the time and cost necessary to repair them are not known. Total estimated damage to the school is $400,000. Definitely every effort should be expedited to restore this school system quickly. Extensive farm damage- -not only present, but future- -is estimated at a minimum $2,182, 500 . 00 . Because of damage to cement irriga- tion ditches, irrigation laterals , farming land, loss of irriga- tion water for the approaching 1973 season and the anticipated drop in 1973 farm production for the flooded area, losses will far exceed the present estimated damages . WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS r 730943 s a Engineering consultants to the President of the Latham Irrigation Company report it is improbable that Latham Reservoir will be repaired and able to store water for the 1973 farming season, nor possibly for the 1974 season. Unfortunately, Latham Reservoir also serves as a major flood protection reservoir for the area which it just flooded. It picks up runoff from a very extensive area south. Therefore, we think the State should definitely consider the possibility of a corps of engineers assisting in the rebuilding of this reservoir based on needed long- range flood protection. The Union Ditch flume south of the Latham Reservoir ditch received an estimated $5000 .00 damage due to the flood. Weld County road and bridge losses are estimated at $200, 000 . 00 . Total damage estimates ($1,000,000 .00: Kersey;: $120 ,000 .00: Kersey sewage lagoons ; $400, 000 .00 : Kersey school; $2, 182, 500 . 00: farm damages ; $5,000 .00: Union Ditch flume; $200,000 .00 : Weld County road and bridge losses) due to the Latham Reservoir flood are $3,907, 500. 00 . Sincerely, Glenn K. Billings, Chairman Board of Weld�County Commissioners --7/77„ /, � -G1 .-P" Harry S . -Asnley, Commissioner Board of Weld/ County Commissioners Roy DYoser, Commissioner Board of Weld County Commissioners GKB/ck KERSEY RESIDENTS ON WELFARE • CASE NAME: ADDRESS: CATEGORY: RAMERIZ, Antonio P.O. Box 212 ADC-U CHAVEZ, Helen P.O. Box 368 ADC ESPINOSA, Tony Box 203 ADC GRANADO, Belen Box 302 ADC HORA, Shirley 416 2nd St. ADC JARAM7' LO, Paul P.O. Box 38 ADC MARTINEZ, Barbara P.O. Box 261 ADC MARTINEZ, Josephine . P.O. Box 393 ADC M4YFIELD, Mary P.O. Box 135 ADC MIERA, Mary P.O. Box 284 ADC NEW, Dorothy Box 225 ADC PAIZ, Fannie Box 34 ADC PLUMA, Jose Box 34 ADC PLUM4, Nancy Box 214 ADC SALAZAR, Rosary P.O. Box 232 ADC SOLIZ, Lena Box 284 ADC YOUNG, Margaret P.O. Box 105 ADC COLVIN, john H. Box 135. AND HELUS, Calvin General Delivery AND 1MRTINEZ, Gavina Box 71 AND M ERA, George P.O. Box 302 AND MSERA, Reyes Box 302 AND RUBIO, Rose P.O. Box 34 AND BELL, Gertrude Box 255 OAP CA:BEY, Charles Box 322 OA? CAREY, Esther V. Box 322 OAP DINNEL, Amanda Box 45 OAP DOTY, Rosella P.O. Box 132 OAP HENDRIX, Frances Box 6 OAP HUBBARD, Martha Box 211 OAP MEDINA, Federico Box 34 OAP MIERA, Juan J. Box 302 OAP MURPHY, Jhlia V. Box 202 OAP PRUESS, Elsie Box 64 OAP REMIJIO, Nary Box 84 OAP ROMANS, Minnie M. Box 191 OAP SALAZAR, Joe Box 332 OAP SCHULTZ, Olga Box 62 OAP . WINFREY, Zella M. Box 341 OAP Damage Estimates For Ditch and Irrigation Companies In Weld County Company Estimate Person to call Bijou Irrigation Co. $ 22,000.00 Jim Pugh 867-2222 Empire (part of Bijou) 25,000.00 Jim Pugh 867-2222 Jackson Lake Intake 80,000.00 Cecil Osborne 867-6586 Illinois Ditch Co. 5,000.00 George Allard 353-6187 Riverside Irrigation Dist 50,000.00 Cecil Osborne 867-6586 Weldon Valley Ditch Co. 25,000.00 Cecil Osborne 867-6586 Farmer's Independent Ditch Co. 5,000.00 Berle Atkinson 737-2307 Farmer's Reservoir and Irrigation Co. 20,000.00 Mel Sarchet 536-4671 Godfrey Ditch Co. 9,000.00 Jerome Loeffler 284-6430 Henrylyn Irrigation Dist 60,000.00 Ralph Rouse 536-4702 Lower Latham Ditch Co. 10,000.00 Victor Klein 352-5727 Lupton Bottom Ditch Co. 75,000.00*- Ray Sarchet 785-2347 Meadow Island #1 Irrigation Co. 10,000.00 William Mayer 765-2356 Meadow Island #2 Irrigation Co. 90,000.00 Johnnie Ulrich 785-2314 Platte Valley Irrigation Co. 20,000.00 Delbert Shable 284-5486 Union Ditch Co. 50,000.00 John Sitzman 353-0307 Western Mutual Ditch Co. 15,000.00 Edward Fritzler 737-2256 Delta Ditch Co. 75,000.00 Robert Davis Greeley Platteville Irrigation and Milling Co. 40,000.00 John Kunzman 857-2135 TOTAL ESTIMATED DAMAGE $686,000.00 *-Estimate made from aerial observation. n The United States Department of Agriculture , offering emergency conservation assistance in Weld County to help repair damage caused by lake waters from breakage in the Latham dam April 12th , is announcing an initial allocation of $40 , 000 . 00 to Colorado State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Authority for use in sharing with the farmers the cost of removing debris from farmland, grading and shaping eroded land areas , restoring permanent fences for livestock, restoring structures in the form of farm ponds , terraces and irrigation systems and reestablishing permanent vegetative cover to prevent serious erosion . These measures are subject to approval by the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Authority state and county committees . This emergency conservation assistance is designed to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to alleviate conditions resulting from natural disasters and state restoration of agricultural lands to production capacity . $40 , 000 . 00 is the initial allocation; more will be forth- coming to be announced at a later date l., /-' ' , Glenn: Ned Callan called this morning regarding the confusion on the loans ; originally it was thought that Kersey people would not get 1% loans or the $5000 .00 forgiveness clause. The Kersey flood happened before the President signed the law concerning that and so Kersey residents are eligible for the 1% loans and $5 , 000 . 00 forgiveness clause . They should contact the local small business admini- stration office in Denver for assistance in repairing their homes and businesses . They have until July 8th to get their applications in. Hello