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Other considerations also suggest that the Pazk is located in an ideal location: <br />• It is located directly adjacent to the central business district of Salida and the lower <br />section of the reach finishes in an existing City Pazk. <br />• Parking facilities are located in and around a boat ramp that sits mid-way through the <br />pazk. <br />• The City has attained right-of-ways for access along the entire reach of the pazk. <br />• The City of Salida has an avid boating community <br />Uses of the Salida Boating Park <br />In my opinion, the pazk has been a dramatic success and has become a major contributor <br />to the ]ocal economy. Since improvements have begun at the park usage has, in my opinion, <br />increased dramatically. During flows at the higher end of those claimed the river appears to be <br />in almost constant use. Top level boaters from around the state and country visit the site and use <br />it extensively. The completed pazk continues to host the FIBARK events, which now features <br />events in both the Upper and Lower holes, and also hosts training freestyle and slalom experts, <br />commercial use, and is scheduled to host parts of the downriver nationals this summer. <br />The Boating Park has been and will be very popular and has and will host numerous <br />events. This project already has been a tremendous success and has seen a tremendous amount of <br />usage due to the quantity of water, quality of whitewater, and easy access from many <br />communities in the region. At lowest flows, the Boating Park is mainly used by tubers, canoers, <br />floaters and novice kayakers and rafrers to practice their skills on moving water, the site is also <br />one of Colorado's only low water slalom training sites. At higher flows, it is used for events, as <br />well as for play, boating, slalom, downriver etc. <br />Use of the Boating Park occurs at many times throughout the boating season. Due to the <br />centralized location and large group of active local boaters, this site already hosu major <br />whitewater freestyle events that encourage visitors to the Town. When flows are adequate, use <br />of the Boating Park for a vaziety of types of boating occurs, including kayaking, canoeing, <br />rafring, inflatable boating, and other such general recreation uses. The pazk is designed to <br />accommodate all of these users but sees higher use, and therefore more benefit to the <br />community, at the higher end of the flows claimed. <br />-5- <br />