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<br />~. Stapleton: They are very, very interested members of the legis- <br />lature on water matters and we appreciate YbU taking time from your <br />busy schedules to be over here. <br /> <br />Representative Wells: We get thirsty, you know that. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Hr. Stapleton; All right, having a name that starts with "S" I always <br />had hoped that the presiding officer would reverse the order and <br />start backwards, but I never had that happen and it won't happen <br />today. So the first project is the Animas-La Plata and I think <br />Mr. Sam Haynes is going to be the spokesman. <br /> <br />~~. Havnes: Hy name is Frank Sam Haynes and I am here today repre- <br />senting the La Plata Water Conservancy District in La Plata County. <br />I would like to say at the outset that we have about 20 people here <br />with us and I am sure that we are presently in the position that we <br />would like to become accustomed to being in all the time, at the <br />start here. A, alphabetically, if you want to go alphabetically, I <br />'am sure it is okay with the Animas-La Plata project. <br /> <br />We have representatives with us from the La Plata Water Conservancy <br />District, including three of the five board members, and three <br />people who are irrigators in the area. We have a representative of <br />the City of Durango, the gentlemen who is going to very shortly have <br />the task of being maYQ~ of Durango and one of our county commissioners. <br />We have the president of the Hancos Water Conservancy District, who <br />is going to speak in support of the Animas-La Plata project, and <br />last, but certainly not least, we have the representatives of the <br />Southern Ute tribe and the Ute Hountain Ute tribe, the Southern Utes <br />being of Ignacio, Colorado and the Ute Hountain Utes of Towaoc. The <br />tribes will also address the members of the state water board. <br /> <br />To get into the most important part of it as far as the La Plata Water <br />Conservancy District is concerned, I plan to call upon four different <br />individuals to make brief presentations regarding the major points <br />that they feel should be called to this board's attention in con- <br />sideration of a priority for funding and/or construction of the <br />Animas-La Plata project. I will ask these gentlemen to speak to I <br />their points and then try to summarize some of the testimony for the <br />board in terms of the effects locally by the irrigator, in terms of <br />effects on the municipality of the City of Durango, in terms of the <br />Indian, or as the Indians are fond of referring to us, the nonIrtdian <br />water prOblem in southwestern Colorado, and then summarize this prob- <br />lem for the board. In order to do that Hr. Chairman, at this time <br /> <br />-5- <br />