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<br />000353 <br /> <br />-13- <br /> <br />AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the construction of the Currecanti Reser- <br />voir on the Gunnison River be designated as the initial project of the storage <br />Reservoirs proposed for the Gunnison River. <br /> <br />AtID BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Currecanti Reservoir be included in the <br />initial construction projects and that it be given equal priority with the con- <br />struction of the proposed Echo Park Reservoir project. <br /> <br />AND BE IT FURTHRR RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the <br />Hon. Clifford Stone, Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and that <br />a copy be sent to the Board of Directors of the Colorado River ~ater Conservation <br />District forthwith. <br /> <br />DELTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE <br /> <br />H. R. Holliday <br />H. R. Holliday, President <br />~( . M. Murfin <br />W. M. Murfin, Secretary-Manager <br /> <br />0);'** *ll--~):--l(o*~f-" -)~,...-"-,, ".,.-)r'i(o-l;." *.;:-** <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, representatives of the DELTA BUSINESS All]) P;WFESSIONAL WCMEN'S <br />CLUB have heard the reports and discussion of the Bureau of Reclamation on the <br />hold-over storage program of the Upper Blsin states and have considered the re- <br />ports on the relative costs and benefits of the Currecanti Reservoir and the <br />lVhitewater or Bridgeport Reservoir and have now given further consideration to the <br />plans for the development of the Colorado River and its tributaries, including <br />particularly the Gunnison River; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, we have come to the conclusion that the overall plan for the con- <br />struction of ten hold-over storage Reservoirs on the Colorado River and its tribu- <br />taries in the Upper Basin States is sound and for the ultimate benefit of the <br />United States of America; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it appears to us that it is necessary that one of the proposed <br />storage and power Reservoirs should be constructed on the Gunnison River as an <br />initial Reservoir in said program; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is our considered opinion that the Currecanti Reservoir has <br />the following substantial advantages OVer the construction of the Whitewater <br />Reservoir: <br /> <br />cost. <br /> <br />(a) That it will store approximately three times as much water at twice the <br />