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" appears that the President of this Association recommended to the District office of the Army Engineers, prior to the release of the subject report and while it was under prepara- tion, that, the plan for this improvement should be so devised as to leave open for consideration the flood control benefits which might be allocated to the planned Bureau of Reclamation reservoir above Pueblo and thereby preserve as far as possible the economic feasibility of the~proposed Gunnison-Arkansas Project. It appears that the recommendations of the Army En- gineers contained i,n the report, to which these comments and views are directed, eliminate any appreciable economic or physical adverse effect on the proposed Pueblo reservoir. This conclusion is amply supported by the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. In this connection, it is noted that this report confi,nes 'che recommended local flood control improvement at Pueblo to works urgently needed for the protection of an area which is subject to inundation by backwater near the confluence of the Fountain and Arkansas Rivers; and this same report concludes that "further flood protection of the backwater area , at Pueblo is urgently needed but that further considerati,on of additional protection for ' water supply and sewage disposal facilities for other areas in the vicinity of Pueblo should be deferred for inclusion in the pending comprehensive report on the Arkansas River above Great Bend, Kansas". The estimated cost of the recommended improvement is $213,230 fox: new construction work, of which $208,943 would be Federal and $4,287 non-Federal. The corresponding Federal and non-Federal annual costs are estimated at $8,181 and $603 respectively, a total of $8,784. The average annual tangible benefits from the improvement are estimated at $14,800 which gives a benefit-cost ratio ,of 1.7 when compared with the estimated aVerage annual cost of $8,784. It is further noted that the flood damage from backwater in the'area which will be benefited by the proposed local im- provement occurs to a large extent because of flows at certain times in the Fountain River, which would not be controlled by the proposed Pueblo reservoir" It is observed, too, that the benefits from the proposed local improvement at Pueblo are limited to the levee extending from the north abutment of Sante Fe Avenue bridge to the high ground adjacent to the Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way. - 3 -