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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />No c01IllOOnt from the Board or no cOllllDent from any of our audience? (No <br />response.) <br /> <br />If not, all in favor in the approval of the final lake rec01IllOOndations <br />signify by saying "Aye." (Ayes. ) Opposed? (No response.) <br /> <br />They are approved. (See Appendix B.) <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: I might say that I am disappointed about the lack of <br />controversy (laughter). <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Let's now turn to the "Preliminaries." Would you tell <br />us how this information is disseminated and where we stand? I take it <br />we will consider these for final recommendations at our Cortez meeting. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: That is correct. Mr. Helton, the chief of our environ- <br />mental section, is here. Duane, will you explain how these were <br />distributed? <br /> <br />MR. HELTON: At this point in time, they haven't been distributed. As <br />we understand our policy, it is to submit them to the board for their <br />consideration and at least a month before the next meeting, we will <br />send them out to everyone we know that is interested. That is our <br />policy, from three to four meetings ago. <br /> <br />MR. ROBBINS: I would like, as a member of the board, to request the . <br />board to change the policy and distribute the proposed recommendations <br />a number of weeks before the board meetings, so that the water users <br />and interested public can present to the board their. objections on the <br />proposed recommendations. <br /> <br />MR. BROWNELL:' Agreed. <br />MR. STAPLETON: Yes, that was the understanding we all had. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: As a matter of fact, that comes as a surprise to me, too.' <br />I thought they were being distributed i1IllOOdiate1y when they were <br />prepared. That was the purpose of having the preliminary recommenda- <br />tions. <br /> <br />MR. FETCHER: Can I say something on that? In our area, Duane and <br />Eddie Kochman came over and had a public meeting concerning this. I <br />thought that was the function of going over these preliminary minimum <br />flows and lake levels. At that meeting, there was input from the <br />public, and I thought that this was the procedure. <br /> <br />MR. HELTON: That was only done with the streams in your <br />was really arranged by you and the Division of Wildlife. <br />given these wide circulation before the preliminary stage <br />has just been in special instances. <br /> <br />area. That <br />We haven't <br />report. It <br /> <br />MR. ROBBINS: The difficulty then that occurs is that the public <br />doesn't start to react to the proposals until the board considers them <br />for final. The board members really are put on the spot of having to <br /> <br />-21- <br />