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. , ----J .J 4 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, in 1951 the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee passed a Resolution in support of the construction of a Curecanti Dam and Reservoir with a high water level of approximately 7,520 feet above sea level, affording total storage capacity in the neighborhood of 940,000 acre-feet; and WHEREAS, it has been the desire of the members of this Committee to ascertain the present attitude of the residents of the upper Gunnison Watershed area on the question of the constru.ction of a larger Curecanti Reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 2,500,000 acre-feet, and in order to asce,rtain the present attitude of the people, a number of meetin<;rs have been held at various points in the area, and the opinion of various active representative organizations has beem sought and obtained, and as a result of sucl- meet- ings, it appears that the people of the area are overwhelm- ingly c.gainst the erect ion of the larger Cure cant i Dam. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee reaffirms its commitment not to oppose the smaller dam and reservoir of not to exceed 940,000 acre- feet cClpacity, but is unalterably opposed to the construction of a dam and reservoir at or near Curecanti in excess of that capacity. The above Resolution was duly adopted at a meeting of the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee held at Gunnison, Colorado on April 22, 1954. /s/ Guy J. Cox Secretary 8. At a meeting of the Colorado Water Conservation Board held February 4, 1955, the following motion was made by Mr. Moses: "I move that we approve the Curecanti Unit as revised as an initial project." The motion was seconded by Mr. Dille and unanimously carried.