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the other areas. We need to develop a plan that allows for more high density and limit lawn <br />irrigation. <br />If CroivdeN: I echo what everybody has said. I applaud this effort and listening to <br />lc~lowledgeable people articulate their thoughts has been impressive. Somewhat surprised to <br />see so many common threads. P. Binney mentioned the interconnectiveness of all of us. If the <br />east slope agriculture starts to be impacted, what happens to our agriculture? We depend on <br />east slope feed lots, etc. Impacts to east slope agriculture will be felt in North Park. <br />C: Thick: It is important to have this discussion. This exercise is 10 years too late. The issues that <br />everyone has brought up are important to us. We are interconnected and North Platte may be <br />willing to investigate making water available to the rest of the state. But only if we could get <br />some benefit from this. If we do a project we will need the state's involvement (not changing <br />water law, regulations) to help streamline the regulations so that the projects can go forward, <br />assistance with financing, where the water use can occur. I hope the exercise doesn't stop <br />here and we can continue this dialogue. <br />S. VandiveN: I apologize for offending those in urban areas. I don't thii~lc that unlimited growth <br />on Front Range is a good idea. I believe if we don't do something then all pipelines will lead <br />the Front Range even if we have sprawl vs. high rises. We need to ask the question if adding <br />another 3 to 7 million people is a good idea. My comments were a value judgment. I hope <br />that we can be balanced and that we don't swing from one side of the pendulum to the other. <br />This discussion needs to be balanced. A tax for the urban areas is not fair to the rural <br />communities. Some of our compact obligations could be used for environmental issues we <br />are faced with may take some storage to deal with this. We should manage our compact <br />obligations in a way that benefit our river corridors. What are the unintended consequences <br />of drying up agriculture -riparian areas for example. One of the hardest things is to find <br />young people to come up underneath and discuss these issues. We need to incorporate some <br />thoughts from younger people. <br />P. Binney: A group of us from the Front Range (Front Range providers). The mission that this <br />group has is to protect the public health and provide reliability for population and the urban <br />environment. Put a perspective on this that is not positional but a part of the policy setting <br />stage in Colorado. We put together a series of thoughts of what it means to be an urban <br />provider in these systems. How are we going to provide for our customers' needs? The state <br />needs to be cogiuzant that 10 urban counties provide 75 percent of the state's GDP. <br />W. Van~le~schue~e: The real question is - 5 to 10 million people between Pueblo and Ft. <br />Collins? <br />A. Davis: This is really interesting of all that has been said. Who is the decision maker? You are <br />all the decision makers in your communities. State vs. local control - in my mind you are the <br />state. The state is not going to act independently of the local concern. Who is young - my 2- <br />1/2-year-old son. We all have a responsibility to that next generation to discuss these issues <br />now. A decision not to act is a decision. You all have access to more minds. There is no <br />reason why this group can't articulate a vision. <br />9 <br />