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<br />f..L::U:. <br /> <br />MR. HARMON: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. BESSETTE: <br /> <br />arbitrarily made a schedule - you mayor may not <br />like it, but I think the first man I will call on <br />is Mr. Jacob Harmon, the President of Columbine <br />Country Club, who is our host today. Mr. Harmon." <br /> <br />"Thank you, sir. My <br />I am currently president <br />welcome you here today. <br />facilities. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />name is Jacob L. Harmon. <br />of Columbine and we <br />We hope you enjoy our <br /> <br />I wish at this time to go on record for the <br />channelization of the Platte River. I represent <br />approximately 428 members and we will have an <br />expert within our own group, Mr. Newton, who will <br />give more conunents than I am capable of doing. <br /> <br />I do wish to say that I was here during the <br />1965 flood and it was a very traumatic emotional <br />experience. Any individual who was here at that <br />time I am sure remembers it. <br /> <br />Again, for the record, for channelization - <br />thank you." <br /> <br />"Thank you, Mr. Harmon. Next, I will call <br />on Mr. Bessette, President of the Council of the <br />City of Littleton. Mr. Bessette." <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman, members of the conunittee, <br />ladies and gentlemen, my purpose in being up <br />here is to clarify a point or two and then I am <br />going to ask our Manager, Mr. Borger, to make <br />the presentation. <br /> <br />We came up with an idea that possibly there <br />was an alternative to channelization. Now, it <br />was not our intent to delay the closure of the <br />Chatfield Dam. This was the last thing in the <br />world that we are interested in. We, too, were <br />around in '65. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />We may be muddying the waters as was implied <br />by asking the Corps of Engineers to use their <br />expertise in investigating a possible alternative <br />to this channelization south of the borders of <br />