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Gunnison Airport. At this location, which is also near the Gunnison <br />County water treatment facility, the County owns much of the land west of <br />the river. <br />5. Gunnison County approached the Applicant, the Upper Gunnison River <br />Water Conservancy District and ultimately reached an agreement whereby <br />Applicant would take the lead in obtaining a water right and the Board of <br />County Commissioners would take the lead on construction of the <br />whitewater park. This ultimately culminated in an intergovernmental <br />agreement, Applicant Exhibit 1 dated March 26, 2002. <br />6. Applicant filed its application on March 31, 2002. <br />7. Ms. Curry, manager of Applicant, made a recommendation to the Board <br />on the minimum flow. Specifically she suggested that it be structured to <br />be subordinate to the Aspinall Wilson Subordination Agreement <br />(discussed infra under the Gunnison River). The Board decided that they <br />preferred to go in another direction, that is, with a meaningful water right <br />not to be subordinated up front. Over the course of the summer of 2002 <br />the Board held various public meetings and obtained input from the <br />Board's consulting engineer, Mr. Slattery, to evaluate what flow was <br />reasonable and what potential impact such flow rates might have. <br />8. Mr. Slattery's recommendation broke the boating season, May through <br />September, down by semi-monthly averages. Based on the pubfic input, <br />the Board concluded that higher flows were necessary to satisfy the needs <br />4