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<br />" <br />\ <br />" <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />-Gunnison, Colorado <br />May 4, 1954 <br /> <br />IT<&D C. Crawford <br />Director Colorado Water Board <br />State Office Bldq. <br />DenTer, Colorado <br /> <br />Dear Mr. ~ford: <br /> <br />.. i:llclo~ed is a tibpy :J~he resol'aticm that 1118.8 passed <br />by ~. Ganniaon Watersh MerTation Committee at a <br />aeetinqheld on April 22Dd. <br /> <br />This resolution waa passed aftar the committee held a <br />series of _tings thrc;1:IQAcat the Glmniaon area. At these <br />aeett.nqs the people of the area wre qhen the opportunity to <br />expresa their wishes vi th reapect to the larqe Curecanti Dam.. <br /> <br />ThAIlk you for your cooperation. <br /> <br />Yours truly, <br /> <br />'a/ Guy J. COX <br />1Iqr.- <br /> <br />R&SOIm'ICJI <br /> <br />WEliEAS, in 1951 the sdhnisoD Watershed Consenation <br />CC8Ilitte-a passed a Reaol'ation in aupport of the conatruction <br />of a Cur,ecanti Du and Re..noir vi th a high water leyer of <br />approxia!ltely 7.520 feet abo.,. ... leTel. affordillg ~tal <br />storage 'Cllpacity in the aeiqhborhood of 940,000 acre-f'fot; and <br /> <br />WHEJ~EAS, it bas been the desire of the .-.bers of this <br />C~itte.!t to a.scertain the pr....t attitude of the resideats <br />of the u:pper Glum1SOIl Watershed area OR the quution of the <br />construction of a larger c.rec&nti Reservoir with a storage <br />capacity of approximately 2f500.0oo acre-feet. and in order <br />to aacertab the present atdbtde of the people, a IlUlber of <br />aeetiDg'8 haY8 been held at ftriows points ill the area, and <br />, the opiDion of nrious acti., e repruentati_ o:tquisatioDS <br />hu been souqht and obtai.Jaed. IUd a.s a ..A.4t~of such aeeti:nga, <br />it appea:rs that the people of the area are o't'erwhelllliDqly <br />aqainst the erection of the larger Ctlrec:ahti Daa. <br /> <br />HOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 'RESOLVED that the Gwmi30n Watershed <br />ConserTaUon Committee reaffirma ita c~it.ent not to oppose <br />the uaaller dam. and reservoir of aot to exceed 940,000 acre-feet <br />capacity" but is unalterably opposed to the construction of a <br />dAIl llJld lreservoir at or near Curecanti in excess of that <br />capacity, <br />