The seven member Minturn Town Council unanimously approved a $20,000 spend on legal services Wednesday after weighing the proposal from developers of the Battle Mountain project on June 16 and tabling the effort. Along with continuing the consideration of the proposal to a date unspecified, the council also asked staff for more documentation regarding how much the developer owes to the town.
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Minturn Town Council members did not weigh a proposal from Battle Mountain developers for money owed to the town on Wednesday, nor are they likely to any time soon.
Instead, elected officials have decided to hire outside legal services to examine the town’s options when it comes to the funds it owed from the large development agreement and annexation of areas of unincorporated land surrounding town which was approved by voters in 2008. The town went through with the annexation, but the development never materialized.
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Despite the recent onset of rain in Eagle County, drought conditions remain at historic levels, ranging from severe to exceptional across the region.
Eagle County, along with almost all of Western Colorado, has been experiencing this drought cycle for over a year now. And conditions across the Western Slope remain dry enough that late last week, Gov. Jared Polis declared a drought emergency for 21 Western Colorado counties
, including Eagle County.
According to Becky Bolinger, the assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center, these conditions became severe late last summer and early fall due to a lack of monsoon moisture, no precipitation and very hot temperatures. And then, conditions spiraled from there.
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Today
Sunshine this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High around 85F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%..
Tonight
A few clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 61F. S winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Updated: July 5, 2021 @ 6:02 am