WSP11031

• File Number: 7630.625
• Description: Wild and Scenic - Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 10/24/1985
• Author: N CO Water Cons Dist
• Title: Citizens Compromise Proposal - HR 3547 - 99 th Congress - 1 st Session - From File Titled Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Governors Position Letters
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Appendix I

RESOLUTION 85-197
JF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLI~S
ENDORSING H.R. 3547 DESIGNATING PORTIONS OF
THE CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER AS WILD ANO SCENIC
AND APPROVING OTHER PORTIONS FOR STUDY FOR
POTE~TIAL DESIGNATION AS A NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

WHEREAS, on November I, 1983, the City Council passed Resolution
83-189 which supported possible designation of portions of the Pouare River
as wild and scenic; and

WHEREAS, an November 18, 1983, the City Council agreed to appoint a
representative member to the Advisory Panel to Congressman Brown on the
Poudre River Wild and Scenic River Designation to consider various
designation options; and

WHEREAS, I)n April 3, 19S4, the' City Council passed Resolution 84-65
endorsing portions of the Poudre River as wild, scenic, or recreational;
and

WHEREAS, in May of 19S4, then Mayor Horak testified before a
Congressional Subcommittee on Publ ic Land and National Parks hearing on
H.R. :5U15, in support of designating sections of the Cache La Pouare a$
wild, scenic, or recreational; and

WHEREAS, on September 19, 1985, Mayor Rutstein testified at a U.S.
Congress He~ring in support of H.R. 566, which would authorize a study of a
segment of the Poudre River for possible aesignation as a National
Recreation Area; and

WHEREAS, the Counc i 1 bel i eves that a compromi se has been reached
between the northern Colorado Water community and local and national
environmental groups in preserving the unique, scenic river canyon portions
of the River while keeping open future water storage options; and

WHEREAS, Congressman Hank Brown has introduced H.M. 3547 for passage
by the Congress which would designate 75 miles of the Poudre River as Wild
and Recreational River and 18.5 miles of River for stUdy as potential
designation as a National Recreational Area; and

WHEREAS, H.R. 3547 leaves the segment of the South Fork of the Poudre
River from a point in Section I, Township 7 North, Range 73 West of the 6th
P.M at elevation 8050 feet above sea level to the easterly section line of
Sect; on 30, Townshi p 8 North. Range 72 West of the 6th P. r1 undes i gnated
under the Wild and Scenic Act for the purpose of allowing the City of Fort
Collins to construct a water storage reservoir known as the Rockwell
Reservoir for which the City has a conditional water storage decree; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COLLINS, that
the City Council endorses and urges passage of House Bill 3547 designating
portions of the Poudre River as wild and recreational and approving other
portions for study for potential designation as a National Recreational
Area.