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A That was they key goal of developing the park in the first place. <br />Breckenridge intended to build a world class, full- range, not minimum, whitewater park <br />Timothy J. Gagen, Town Manager, Town of Breckenridge, v VII, p.57 <br />"The Town Council's vision, which was part of the discussion about what we <br />were trying to create, revolved around creating a - - the words that were used were <br />first class, world class, facility that would match the economic goals and the <br />tourist -based goals of the town and in essence, the discussion centered around <br />creating a facility that would offer a wide range of opportunity from the very <br />high -end competitive competition, attractive to all of a tourist base of visitors to <br />the beginner so that we could train or teach people, much like skiing. You have <br />the green to black runs. They wanted a whitewater park that would create all <br />those opportunities within the town of Breckenridge." <br />Timothy J. Gagen, Town Manager, Town of Breckenridge, v VII, pp. 61-62 <br />Q I believe you testified that Council indicated that it wanted a first class, or <br />world class facility, is that correct? <br />A That's correct. <br />Q Did they indicate why? <br />A Well, we were - - first, the town of Breckenridge, I think, has a reputation <br />of doing things well. We've built one of the finest recreation centers. <br />We've build one of the state -of -the -art ice arenas. So, we were planning, <br />if we invest money, we want to do it well and so from that perspective, <br />that's always a key goal of the council if we're spending any dollars, to do <br />it well. And secondarily, our tourist based economy, we've been trying to <br />attract that wide -range of all types of users, just not the - - you know - - the <br />skier but the summer visitor, the family, so all aspects of our recreational <br />amenities is to try to meet the demands from the very high end to the very <br />beginner end, so that we will offer the full range of recreational and visitor <br />amenity that we can." <br />Timothy J. Gagen, Town Manager, Town of Breckenridge, v VII, p.62 <br />Q Was there ever any intent expressed by Council to build a minimum size <br />course? <br />A Never. <br />AB0007 -2- <br />