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� •,,�' c1 Reawb o n Engineering &. Pl o n n i ng 485 Arapahoe Avenue boulder, Colorado 8 o3 02. June 21, 2002 Cynthia Covell 2350 Colorado State Bank Building 1600 Broadway Denver, CO 80202 -4920 Dear Ms Covell, (303,2545-5883 Phone/ Fax 710 < 'J The purpose of this report is to provide information regarding the water rights application that has been filed by the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District. As the designer of the Whitewater Park, I have extensive factual knowledge of and expertise regarding how and why the Whitewater Park was designed. As an avid kayaker, I also have extensive knowledge of how the Whitewater Park will be used. I have designed many such Whitewater Parks around the country, including Whitewater Parks in Salida, Golden, Steamboat Springs, Aspen, and Boulder, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; Asheville, North Carolina; Ogden, Utah; and Green River, Wyoming. The Whitewater Parks I have designed have hosted numerous national and international competitions. Based on my experience as an avid kayaker and a kayak course designer, it is my opinion that this Whitewater Park will be one of the best in the region. It is my opinion that the Whitewater Park will function best at high flow rates. High flow rates will turn the Whitewater Park into a facility capable of holding whitewater events, and will result in the highest amount of use by the general public. It is my opinion that water flows of up to 2,000 cubic feet per second ( "cfs ") is what draws the most boaters from many areas, and that the boating experience and the operation of the Whitewater Park are best at that flow rate. Water flows of up to 2,000 cfs is put to beneficial use and there is no waste. The Whitewater Park will attract many boaters at 250 cfs and above. However, the quality of the Whitewater Park will be enhanced as flows increase. In fact, higher flows make the Whitewater Park the recreational attraction it was designed to be.