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<br />'" <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Agenda Item 211 <br />March 29-30,1999 Board Meeting <br />Page 3 of3 <br /> <br />may wish to appear and conunent at the Board meeting. We have also provided the report <br />from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service documenting the operations and benefits of <br />Ruedi releases to the 15-Mile Reach and the endangered fish (Attachment 3). <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />We believe that the proposed I-year contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclarnation <br />and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deliver 21,650 acre-feet from Ruedi Reservoir <br />during 1999 to benefit endangered fish species in the 15-Mile reach of the Colorado <br />River is reasonable and appropriate. Therefore, we recommend that the Board approve <br />this I-year contract with the understanding that the interested parties will continue to <br />negotiate in good faith on a long-term interim contract for the release of Ruedi water to <br />benefit endangered fish that will satisfactorily address the issues outlined above and any <br />other issues which may be identified during the course of those contract negotiations. <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />DRS\SZU <br /> <br />c:\randy\msoffice\winword\march9921I.bdm <br />