Re: Agenda Item 9, Board Meeting, Recreational Instream Flows, Policy Discussion

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T pa cy*eQ=!z some Vl.*aves and 'cotes =,:M spin- squirt and cart- rec-eacion and at- are the first things Lac_; t- n `-,ns, with improving `:abl;'L_51L -nad river restora- c second. O1 paddling in zle ol vrlo i c Su mmer Games, nadld'le snorts have become `as-Les' - ecea - . , on tr; �ust L a: snort in the ' ' 0 1 rv, ac- 3 Outdoor Retail Co- aUtl�,n of America. ,o.v L travel;,na ' in : sear c"- of whitevater fun have . been - .ar l -eted by an increasing f Colorado t nu == o owns hoping U a "c:!ar or two from the A a ,a n -here's a re alization at the cciorful kayaks can en- LC e a downtown riverfrorit, d:_awing even more spectators than :)ari;C;-an . S. b a raving success; abso- tuze -; 'ar[astic," says Charlie Fa- uoiden's director of parks and �v _ i 'ro two ,ears ago saw Lath �`s parik e;-_siP become reality Tl- I.e sevea small 4 rops Lacy de- sie are crowded "Vith kavakers .every day. _�L 11 1. any given time, two d ozer soectators are gathered on the creek's bank, sitting on the flat ce' t I : the water, eveing l; L C, Avery move o � * '-ayakers' river Popularity ti—e a summer, the 9 ,000 to 3.000 and for ra- This weekend, " the world's best sta'om , ava'- aEh- several Olympic a competition for ""s a oa:i s and rec di,-ector. I a bull i 's-eve with this project,' lan says. "You think it's fun for I L "'s ;ust as exciting co e on snore. Parks and nil ind I always say ywa do this %vere 300 white- c i r n s :P, r.he United t rocks - o .-;e Golden park for a !unc- Teak. "Look at them. Hoax much Is i. 7..ac worth?" Brinairio =ore Deoole io town Was the prima impetus for Vail, I nere cons on a- 32 WAN whiiewa[er Dark in Gore Creek in Vail Village is scheduled to becrin in Oct As many as 1 10 percent of Vail's summer "; summer guest [L� s go ra and the new wi park "allows Vail to be positioned as a mecca for whitewater," says Joel Heath vice president for v isitor services at the Vail Vailey Tourism and Conven- tion Bureau. "This is probably ore of the most welcomed issues I have wi th,' stood , , in front - )I , the council t L .1" says Heath, addixig that the past success of the annual Jeep Whitewater Festival, which is this weekend in Vail. helped garner support for the new park. great benefit is getting 0 locals who used to live in Vail but now live down valley to come back into the village and maybe grab a beer and dinner." Kayaker David Persolia of Cleve! gates the churning water through