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Woman: <br />Don Schwin.dt: <br />[unmtelligible] do we have a big version of it?. Oh I tbink it's <br />actually sitting right here. <br />You had a question, Eric? <br />Eric WiIkinson: I just have a couple. You had made a refereaee to a County-owned <br />water plant. And I didn't - in the aFaa of the recreational <br />[i,mintelligible] diversion. Cou1d yau #lesh that out a little brt? Any <br />rela.tionship to the use in. tbis azea or - y referenced that and I didn't <br />catch this - the significaztce of that. . <br />John DeVore: 1XTeIl it's [unmtelligrble] was there's two ways that we acquue <br />propert.y in_the area. One was thraugh the F'AA and the other was <br />acquisition o€land to liuild imdustrial water plant. When you're on <br />site, the old log structure is a storage building foi the plant aad the <br />feaced-in area is the water treatnient plazrt. <br />Eric Wilkinson: 'Ths other question that Y had was it sounds, sihze 1996, that you <br />have intended to build this as an ameuity for the community. Anct <br />you ba.ve decided in 2002 to go out and get the water rights for it to <br />protect it- Is tbat a fair representation7 Was it going to be built <br />anyway, prior to Sena#e BM 216? <br />John DeVore; Yes, yes. <br />Don Schwindt: QK. <br />Harold Mtskel:, ? 4ne more? ' <br />Don Schvvindt: .. One more from HazokL . ? <br />Hazold MiskeL- Mr. DeVore, you said that you found oz the Cotmty found that there <br />is a side-benefit from this, and that is itnproved fish habitat: <br />3ohn DeVore: . Um hum [affrmative response] <br />Harold 11Xiskel: Ha.ve there been any studies done ta confinn t]3at? <br />John DeVore: ' . What Gazy has indicated #o us is that in other whitewater parlcs that <br />bave been bu'lt, what it does is it creates back=eddies. And rt dbes <br />. enhance fish habitats. In fact, that's - our 404 permit doest't xdally <br />_ reference, all right we have a 444 permit for a whitewater gark but <br />it's more of a- it does reference it's a nationat permit uader ha.bitat <br />huprovement. . . <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />September la, 2002 Hearing Transcript <br />Page 23