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<br />'0003-f3 <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />4. That the Government as compensation for the loss of revenue in the <br />form of taxes and for lowering the economy of Gunnison County, pay to Gunnison <br />County the sum of ~50o,ooo.00 prior to the construction of the dam, and a reason- <br />able a:T.ount .a..~nu.ally therc3ftcr :1::: mc;y be determined by a sur-vey and in..r;:;:stigtltion - <br />of an impartial committee or group working in conjunction .vith the local people~ <br /> <br />5. That the Government provide whatever funds are necessary for the addi- <br />tional school facilities as well as maintenance and operation of the same, as may <br />bo;J required in Gunnison to take care of the additional student load during the <br />construction period. <br /> <br />6. That the Government re-locate and construct U. S. Highway No. 50 in <br />accordance with the standard specifications pertaining to a transcontinental road <br />of that character, and that Gunnison be the terminus on the east and Montrose the <br />t,arminus on the west. <br /> <br />7. That the Government construct a hard surfaced, modern highway, from the <br />C::. ty of Gunnison into the Powderhorn and Lake Fork areas to the Hinsdale County <br />line, and all other access roads on both sides of the reservoir as may be de- <br />s'i:.royed by the reservoir and as may be found necessary to properly serve the <br />people in this area. <br /> <br />8. That a definite agreement be made between representatives of the Bureau <br />of Reclamation, the Fish and Wild Life Service, the Colorado Game and Fish Com- <br />~~ssion, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the people in the upper Gunni- <br />~n~ River Basin for the formulation of policies relative to the protection and <br />p:,eservation of fish and wild life, and for the regulation of the waters in the <br />rGservoirs, and all other matters pertaining to projects directly affecting the <br />local people. <br /> <br />9. That surveys be made and completed in the upper Gunnison River Basin, <br />'Ising whatever material and information are available in the offices of existing <br />federal agencies, before the construction of the Curecanti Dam, for the purpose <br />of determining the best manner and method of irrigating and re-seeding mountain <br />ranges in order to prevent erosion and to provide additional grass and forage for <br />livestock and all wild life and upon the completion of the surveys and investiga- <br />tions some definite arrangement be made to use a reasonable amount of revenues <br />annually from the sale of power developed under the Colorado River Storage Proj- <br />'ects for the development and irrigation of such ranges. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in addition to the requirements abOVe men- <br />tioned, that the following adjustments be provided if the legal considerations <br />will pennit: <br /> <br />1. That -definite arrangements be made for those rancher~ Whose lands are <br />to be inundated by the Curecanti Reservoir to have the first priority and right <br />to re-Iocate on other arable lands under participating projects in Gunnison County, <br />and that the provisions of the present lav( with respect to the 160 acre tract <br />limitation be waived or changed to meet the economic conditions in this area. <br /> <br />2. That proper arrangements be made for the transfer, witl10ut reduction, <br />of range rights and privileges on the National Fbrest and Public Domain, from the <br />ranches that will be inundated, to any new lands that nill be taken up by the <br />permittees or their assigneell. <br />