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Fort Collins claims that, beginning in the early 1980's, it studied the preservation and <br />enhancement of water in the Poudre River for fishery and other recreational water uses, and that it <br />memorialized these studies in written, public documents. Fort Collins Brief, p. 3. Fort Collins cites <br />to seven exhibits to support this claim: Ex. A-17, A -19, A -32, A -33, A -34, A -38 and A -40. Thornton <br />does not dispute that these seven exhibits are written, public documents. However, Thornton <br />adamantly disputes that these documents, all dated after 1986, may be relied upon by the Court to <br />support a February 18, 1986 date of appropriation. As with the signs and notices, documents dated <br />after 1986 do not support, indeed cannot support, Fort Collins' claim that it had formed the requisite <br />intent to appropriate these water rights in 1986 or that it provided notice in 1986 to others of its <br />alleged intent to appropriate. Id. <br />Fort Collins points to two other public documents, Goals and Objectives - -An Element <br />of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Collins, dated August 1977, and the Poudre Area River <br />Concept, Volumes I and II, dated January 1981, to support its claim that it had formed the intent to <br />appropriate a water right at the Nature Center Diversion Dam prior to 1986. Ex. A -1 and A -2. The <br />closest the former document comes to discussing an appropriation of water is at page 22 where it <br />states: <br />Encourage Poudre River water supply management that will maintain flow in the river <br />through the City to the extent feasible to enhance the aesthetic value of the Poudre <br />Trail System. <br />Ex. A -1; Rec.Vo1.III, p. 30, 1. 23 -25. The closest the latter document comes to discussing an <br />appropriation of water is at page I -11, where it states: <br />The City of Fort Collins could obtain a variety of benefits by undertaking <br />comprehensive water planning, including some control of the water flow in the river. <br />Water -based recreation activities, such as boating and fishing need a minimum flow <br />and could provide a major attraction to the river area. <br />10 <br />