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TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO TRACK, MAY 2008 BOARD MEETING, AGENDA ITEM#20:
<br /> TAPE 1 -TRK 2
<br /> BOARD STATEMENT:
<br /> BEGIN- 1:19:42
<br /> "DIRECTOR WILKINSON, "...I THINK THE EFFORTS TO DATE ON THE WILD AND
<br /> SCENIC POTENTIALS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES IT
<br /> TAKES TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF EFFORT. AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE
<br /> STATE HAS TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THAT. AND IT WAS MY, I GUESS, VISION
<br /> WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AND WE APPROVED THE $400,000 THAT THAT MONEY
<br /> WAS TO BE USED IN ANY AND ALL FACETS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE STATE
<br /> EFFORT AND, FOR THAT MATTER, THE STAKEHOLDER EFFORT TO,UH, MOVE
<br /> THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE
<br /> STAKEHOLDERS BE INVOLVED. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, UH, BE AT THE
<br /> TABLE...I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS BEEN WORKING...UH, BE AFFORDED
<br /> THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE INPUT. AND AS FAR AS WHETHER THAT BE
<br /> STAFF RESOURCES, WHETHER IT BE RENTAL OF FACILITIES TO HAVE THE
<br /> MEETINGS,UH, TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, ETC., UH, I THINK
<br /> MY...MY INPUT TO YOU WOULD BE IT BE VERY BROAD. AND THAT,UH,UH,
<br /> REALLY, YOU AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OUGHT TO HAVE THAT DISCRETION ON
<br /> HOW BEST TO USE THAT, GIVEN,UH, THE BOARD INPUT...
<br /> ...I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE THAT IF THESE FUNDS ARE NOT ADEQUATE, AND I
<br /> SUSPECT STRONGLY THAT THEY WON'T BE BY THE TIME THIS GETS THROUGH,
<br /> BECAUSE OTHER, UH, EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN REGARD TO
<br /> ALTERNATIVES FOR WILD AND SCENIC, I KNOW ON THE ST. VRAIN RAN FOR
<br /> OVER TEN YEARS. I CAN'T SEE THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE SOLVED IN ONE
<br /> YEAR,AND I CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE EXPENDITURES IN FUTURE
<br /> YEARS AND I WOULD SINCERELY HOPE, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
<br /> ACTIVITY TO THE STATE OF COLORADO, THAT,UH, THAT THERE WOULD BE
<br /> ADDITIONAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED. AND I THINK, AT LEAST AS A BOARD
<br /> MEMBER, I WOULD SURE SUPPORT MONITORING THE FUNDS AS THEY ARE
<br /> EXPENDED AND IF THERE'S, UH,A GOOD FAITH EFFORT OF BUDGETING FOR
<br /> FUTURE ACTIVITIES THAT INDICATES ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED OUT OF
<br /> THE CONSTRUCTION FUND, I THINK IT OUGHTA BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECTS
<br /> BILL FROM THIS TIME FORWARD AS LONG AS THERE IS A, UH, A NEED FOR THAT
<br /> TYPE OF A THING, WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
<br /> WE HAVE, AS A BODY, SAID FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT WE WANT TO HAVE
<br /> THE DIALOGUE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND DO IT, I'LL CALL IT THE
<br /> "STATE WAY,"UH,RATHER THAN A FEDERAL MANDATE ON DESIGNATION OF
<br /> WILD AND SCENIC AREAS. AND IF INDEED WE'RE SINCERE ABOUT THAT
<br /> COMMITMENT AND INTERFACE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE OUGHTA
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