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MR. STAPLETON: Mr. Valdez, as you know, we had taken some action in that regard, but your statement will be in written form in the minutes of this meeting. Thank you. MR. SPARKS: Mr. Valdez, I might add, since you were not able to be here earlier; we reiterate our-statement that we will not.interfere- with your water rights or anyone else's. We think you are fully protect~d by the constitution and the laws _ of this state. However; we made all offer this. morning to: the previous speaker on this subject that if there are practices being carried on down there new .in the way of water uses which are not embodied in~court decrees~ we're willing to recognize whatever those~practicesare by stipu1ation~ so that there's no question that we're not going to interfere with your water rights. So, if you can come up with any stipulation you would like us to enter into with reference to yqur current practices, we would certainly enter into such stipulations and give you all the protection which the-law affords you.' MR. VALDEZ: Well, I think. the stipulation that should be emphasized is that the Division of Wildlife already has a one-tenth undivided interest in.' all of the water, so for them to apply for any. additional water is- facetious. ... . The minimum stream flow concept should be: limited to the.right which they already have, and that's the only stipulation which we can agree with, and any other sort of compromise is., not feasible in out way of thinking. ~... . MR. STAPLETON: Mr. Valdez, I suggest that with this offer maybe you can get together with Mr; Sparks and see:ifthere is: some area you can agree on that you. think will. be .he1pfu1.. Just if you do me. that courtesy of.meeting, with him, I think that might be :he1pful. - -- ~ MR. VALDEZ: All 'right. Thank you.. MR. STAPLETON: We will go to the consideration of the floodplain reports, agenda item 3. Mr. Sparks, is there anything unusual in any four of these flood information reports? MR. SPARKS: Nothing unusual, Mr-. Chairman. These are standard flood information reports prepared, particularly in.the case of the Big Thompson, with very meticulous details, Because of the very.tragic flood that occurred there on July 31st of the past year, we set up some special procedures to identify thef160d hazard in that .area. We had numerous agencies involved: . The county officials, the planning officials in Larimer County. We brought in theUnite-d States Geo- logical Survey, Bureau of. Reclamation, the Federal Insurance Adminis- tration:and consulting firms. to agree upon a method of arriving at the floodpl:ain hydrology of the Big Thompson Canyon. We have. put in more meticulous detail into the Big Thompson report and explored it in more -22- I I