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002293 - 20 14. That in order to m:unmize, as far as possible, ~lnY economic and tax return losses to the areas directly affected by the project construction reco~~ended and approved by this report, appropriate action should be ta::en to attain the follm.-ing protective measures and arrange- ments: (a) The use of Taylor Park Reservoir and the inteGration of its operation with that of the proposed Curecanti and CrY2ta'. Reservoirs should be accomplished in the manner, and for tf-~ pur- poses, set forth in Paragraph 9 of Section IV - "FindirG3 ,md Conclusions" of this repe':c.. " (bi That a commi+.tee be appointed b;' the GoLorClJo \"later Conser- vation Board, con3isting of one representative from the Bureau of Reclamation, one representative of the Colorado Water Co,,-servation Board, one representative of each of the Boards of County Commission- ers of Gunnison, i'~olCtrose, Delta and desa Counties, to study and det.ermine vlhat losses in tax returns, if any, vrlll be suffered by any of such counties, or thei_r c.egal tax collecti.ng sUJr.ivisions, occdsio:iP.G. by 0:- arising from, the constroct.i .Jil of s :'0rp~gc facilities in the GU'1nisun River Basin, and to exp1')re and recoIlL'llend ways and . , me~s for recpu~me~k pf s~~p t~ ~osses. (c) In the use of water in the Up~er Gunnison River Basin, under Fe~eral ~eclamation Project development, the applicat~ons of the land limitation provisions of the Federal Reclamation laws be modified to correspond with economic, climatic, and agricultural conditions in the area. . (d) Owners of fishing resorts, homes and other property pre- sently located along the Gunnison P~ver in Guru1ison County on land which will be inundated by reservoir storage, be given the preferen- tial privilege to occupy suitable tracts on lands acquired by the government bordering, or adjacent to the proposed reservoirs, subject to observance of the conditions set forth in Paragraph 13 (c), (1), (2) and (3) of this report. <; (e) Land mvoers dispossessed because of inundation by Gunnison River Storage be given a preference status to Telocate on public lands in the Upper Gunnison River Basin under participating projects, Colorado River Storage Project, which may be constructed, subject to preference granted by federal law to war veterans. (f) That the Bureau of Reclamation complete its studies, sur- veys and investigations of participating projects in the Gunnison River Basin, under the Colorado liiver Storage Project Plan, at as early a date as possible, in connection -;Iith detailed surveys for the Gunnison River Storage units. (g) Ways and means be sought whereby livestock ranchers, dispossessed because of reservoir storage in the Upper Gunnis<:>n