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Cyntbia Covell: I think our next witness is Gary Lacy. I think we can - t'rary has a <br />Iot to tell you but [unintelligible] the tour. Sa I think we can do that <br />and then try to get him tbrough his presentation by noon. <br />Don Schwindt.? Good. Let's do ttiat. <br />Cynthia. Covell: Cneat. <br />Gary Lacy: . Is this on? Do I have to turn an.ything on or anything? So a little <br />before noon, so 45 minutes until noon. I'm sure I can finish up with <br />my part - thank you - by then. And I don't lnow what the format <br />is. I'd be happy to answex questions during sny presentation. I don't <br />minii getting interrupted if peopie want to do that, that's a11 right. <br />. Otherwise, after tbat is fine. <br />Thanks for asking me ta speak todaq and I enjoyed our time m <br />Puebla and so I'll make it as brief as I can here today. Just a quick <br />background, if you recsli I'm a prafessional engineer registered 'm <br />the state ofColora.do. I've got a B.S. in Fivil hydraulic efigineering <br />fronx Colorado School af Mines and a Master's Degree in public <br />administration from tlie University of W'isconsin. I've been in civil <br />engmeering since I graduated.. I currently own a comPanY? called <br />Recreation Engineer-ing antd Plamiing. I've had that connpany since <br />1983. 1 desiga, manage and plan for tecrea,tional projects, .. <br />particulazly for rivers and streams and rel?.ted type of recrea.tion <br />projects. . <br />As far as whitewater course projeets, T've beeti iavolved in many df .. them - I'm mot sure hovv many:-I'.ast count wW abouf26: .They <br />inchude the Arkan,sas River. Whitewater Park iti Salida; the Gore - <br />Creek Whitewater Pazk in Vai, Colorado; the Tru,ekee River <br />Vhitewater Park in Reno, Nevada; Animas River Whitewater Park project in Fazmington, New Mexico; the South Platte project m <br />Denver; the Current [sP] River whitewater impravement project in <br />. Bakersfield, Cattfornia.; Clear Creek VVlutewater Pazk in Golden; <br />' Run for it Trail [6*P] and whitewater eourse m Aspen; Boulder'Creek <br />whitewater course in Boulder; the Pueblo whitewater covrse in <br />Pu.eblo oia the Arkansas River; the Blue River whitewater cdiirse in , <br />Breckenridge and other ones in Wyoming and suxrounding states. What's invoIved in designing a whitewater course? I lcind of went <br />through that before in the last discussion Essentially, there's <br />variaus ingredients, inchiding identification of the goa1s of the client, <br />whicb John alluded to, of why does this com?nunity m this area want <br />a project hke this; what are they trying to get out of it; the p$ysicai <br />attdbutes of the streani itse]f? is these adequate gradient, adequate <br />Colorado Water Conservation Baard " <br />Septe.mbe= 10, 2002 Aearing Transcript <br />Page 26