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.ti • „�' o Recreation Engineer .: �g &Manning Mp 4-85 Arapahoe Avenue boulder, Colorado 8 0 3 0 2 ( 30S).545-5 S83 Phone / Fax Mr. Glenn Porzak Porzak, Browning, and Bushong 929 Pearl St. Suite 300 Boulder CO 80302 December 8, 2000 Dear Glenn: The purpose of this letter is to provide an outline of my testimony regarding the water rights application filed by the City of Golden for the Whitewater Course on Clear Creek: As the designer of the Course, I have extensive factual knowledge and expertise of how and why the Course was designed and built. As an avid kayaker, I also have extensive knowledge of how the course has been and is being used. I have designed many such courses around the Country, including courses in Steamboat Springs, Aspen, Boulder, Reno, NV, and Asheville, NC. The Courses I have designed have hosted many national and international competitions. Based on my experience as an avid kayaker and a kayak course designer, it is my opinion that the Whitewater Course in Golden is a world - class course, one of the best in the region. As such, it attracts boaters from across the front - -range, and, in fact, across the Country. I designed the course to have an optimal flow rate of 1,000 cfs. It is my opinion that Paddling at high flow rates is when the Golden Course functions the best. It is at high flow rates where the Course turns into a world -class facility for international and national whitewater events, as well as use by the general public. As explained below, it is my opinion that water up to 1,000 cfs is what draws big events and boaters from many areas and the boating experience and the operation of the course is best at the higher flow rates around 1,000 cfs. Accordingly, it is my opinion that water at high flow rates around 1,000 cfs is put to beneficial use and there is no waste. EXHIBIT G -50