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<br />0209 <br /> <br />IRE LA.f\l O. STAPLETON, "'RYOR 6. HOLt-AE5 <br />PROF"ESSlorJAL CORF'ORATIOf..j <br /> <br />Mr. Harris D. Sherman <br />January 26, 1976 <br />Page -5- <br /> <br />required or sought. It is probable the landowners' reference <br /> <br /> <br />to the discount rate and extensions refer back to regulations <br /> <br />proposed by the Water Resources Council three or four years <br /> <br /> <br />ago, and not implemented. Even if implemented, they would <br /> <br />not apply to the Narrows. <br /> <br />2. Displacement of families. <br /> <br />The Lower South Platte District realizes those <br /> <br />who will be displaced have great anxieties and concerns. <br /> <br />However, the facts are that about 750 persons will <br /> <br />families will be displaced if Narrows is built. By compari- <br /> <br />son, 125 persons will be displaced if the Weld County site <br /> <br />is used and no dike is put around Kersey, while more than <br /> <br />750 would be displaced if a dike is not put around Kersey. <br /> <br />The above figures for displacement include displacement <br /> <br />for relocation of the railroad. <br /> <br />The District believes other farming and ranching <br /> <br />opportunities do exist. There are farms for sale in the <br /> <br />vicinity of the Weldon Valley and recently an 160 acre farm <br /> <br />with excellent water rights sold for $1,000 per acre. <br /> <br />There are several references in the various <br /> <br />presentations about the number of acres taken out of pro- <br /> <br />duction. In fact, approximately 14,155 acres of irrigated <br /> <br />land and 16,278 acres of pasture land will be acquired and <br />