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The project is ordered approved. Senator Noble and Representative Waldow, glad to have you aboard. We've got a change. The Board has reserved space for twenty-six people at a.buffet lunch. The cost is four dollars including beverage - that's .1ight beverage - including tax:and tip. They're setting it up by the window. With that, I think we ought to recess until one thirty. And we'll probably begin then. (Recess;) MR. STAPLETON: We'i1 call the meeting back to order. I We have two more projects to consider. But before we do tbqt, Mr. Gregory, who is the County Commissioner of Lake County, has a short statement he would like to make in regard to minimum stream flow, and he can't be here later on. I am sure the Board would agree that we: should afford him that privilege.. Mr. Gregory. MR. GREGORY: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Sparks, and members of the Board, I certainly want to express my appreciation to you for giving me this time. It won't be long. I guarantee it won't be over five minutes. I am a resident, a life-long res~dent, of Lake County, having been-born there. I have been county commissioner now for ten yearsand,current1y the chairman of our board. OUr board got together and agreed with this statement T am about to make. We want you to consider Lake County's statement on minimum flow requirements in small streams in Colorado. The Board of County Commissioners is concerned about the drying up of the small trout streams in our area~ We are very IIiuch in favor' of any minimum flow plan that could be ..sufficient to sustain life under any conceivable conditions. ' ' As you probably know, we have the'Fryingpan-Arkansas project being con- structed in our county. This is basically the reason for our stand on minimum flow requirements. We have had one incident in the past when a discharge of water from Sugar10af Dam was insufficient to sustain the fish life in the stream that takes the discharge from the reservoir. When this was discovered, the people in Leadville expressed their dis- pleasure to the Board of County Commissioners in a very, very emphatic way and in very emphatic terms. We felt that there would be an adequate flow descend. from: this facility that would, without a doubt, be adequate for the fish to survive in. I We discovered that what has happened was that the minimum flow was set at three cubic feet per second, which turned out to be insufficient to furnish the needed amount for the irrigation water with enough 1eft~Qver for the fish. The Bureau of Reclamation had set a policy of the miniIpum flow of ,three cubic feet per second from October 1 through March 31, and ten cubic feet per second during the sunnner months from April 1st through September 30. -42-