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<br />I <br /> <br />MR. BUCHHEISTER: Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. . <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: The next one we have is Montrose. <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: Mr. Chairman and members of the Board, the city of Montrose <br />has experienced considerable growth in recent years and I:think cou1g <br />actually qualify under the energy impacted portion of the Federal <br />Mineral Leasing Act. Two of the maj or power operating centers in th;f.s <br />state have been located in Montrose in recent years. The headquarters <br />of the Colorado-Ute Electric Association, which serves a vast area of <br />western Colorado and part of eastern Colorado as well, has located its <br />headquarters in Montrose, and employs quite a number of people. The. <br />Bureau of Reclamation power operating center for the entire upper.Co10- <br />rado River basin has also established its headquarters in Montrose. <br /> <br />There is <br />County. <br />-been one <br /> <br />considerable potential for coal development also in Montrose <br />In any event, Montrose for at least the last ten years has <br />of the fastest growing cities of western Colorado. <br /> <br />The city of Montrose plays an integral part in the Dallas Creek project. <br />And at the present time, Montrose is serving on a withdrawal basis the <br />rural areas lying generally between Montrose and Delta. Montrose is <br />rapidly running out of water. It will have to withdraw the water that <br />is now being temporarily leased to these rural areas. The people. of the <br />rural areas have bonded themselves for about four million dollars to <br />construct a domestic system. They're looking towards the Dallas Creek <br />project for their eventual water, supply. The city of Montrose is also <br />looking to the Dallas Creek project and has agreed to subscribe to a <br />substantial portion of the water from that project. <br /> <br />The City Manager,;arid~I-believe others, are here from Montrose at this <br />time. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. AUSTIN: Thank you, Larry. I think we will primarily answer <br />questions,'if you have any. <br /> <br />My name is Jim Austin, by the way, and I work for the city. I tried to <br />convince Nick Ioannides that our main street is similar to that picture <br />behind you, and we ended up as the twelfth priority. As you can see, <br />I was better off not showing the picture~ ' <br /> <br />There-isrone correction in the statement. I think probably it's just <br />a typographical. On the second page, it says "Montrose also has sub- <br />scribed for the Dallas Creek project water in an amount not less than <br />1,500 acre-feet or more than 5,000 acre-feet," and that should read <br />"the Uncompaghre Project". Those"are the terms for water from the <br />Uncompaghre Project through the tunnel now. We subscribed, 5,000 acre- <br />feet with a minimum of 1,500. We subscribed to 10,000 acre-feet in <br />Dallas Creek. <br /> <br />Are there any questions that you have that I might be able to answer? <br />MR. STAPLETON: Any questions? <br />(No response.) <br /> <br />-51- <br />