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M2~?7 -4- 4, An estimate of the amount of tax revenue which might be lost to Gunnison County and its taxing sUbdivisions, as a result of the in- undation of lands and the removal of personal property. " Certain of the Gunnison County facts, data and information submitted in written form are attached hereto as Appendix B, and the report prepared U,y the staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is attached hereto as Appendix C. All of the statements made to the Board U,y the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee are not available in written form, They were heard by the Board at its meeting on June 11 and 12, 1951. However, all of the informa- tion submitted by the representatives of the Gunnison Watershed Conservation Committee to the Colorado Water Conservation Board on June 11 and 12, 1951 was considered as, and made a part of, the proceedings of the Committee. According- ly, the Committee requests that the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in reviewing and acting upon this report,. consider such facts, data and informa- tion as if made a part hereof by attachment of appropriate appendices. (I At the first meeting of the Committee a statement was also presented by W. A. Groom, President of the Redlands Water and Power Company, supporting the need for storage in the Gunnison River Basin, A copy of this statement is attached hereto as Appendix D, The Committee, at its first meeting, decided that certain additional studies for its information should be undertaken, Aocordingly, Region 4 of the Bureau of Reclamation and the staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board were asked to undertake studies to aid in answering the following five items: 1. Relative feasibility of placing a part or all of the proposed Curecanti storage at other sites in the Gunnison River Basin keeping total storage the same amount. This shall include such reservoir storage as may flood Black Canyon National Monument or a portion thereof. The studies which would pertain to storage which would flood the Monument shall be made by the Colorado Water Conservation Board. . 2, Relative effect of decreased storage capacit,y in the Curecanti Reservoir on power production of Gunnison Basin units of the Colorado River Storage Project, " 3, Amount of regulatory storage required at the Curecanti Reservoir site to facilitate full irrigation development in the Gunnison River Basin from its mouth to heawvaters. 4. Amount and location of storage needed to provide water for poten- tial industrial development in the Gunnison River Basin, S. Effect on Colorado River Storage Project Plan if the proposed holdover storage capacity at the Curecanti site were reduced at' eliminated. C. B. Jacobson of Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation, agreed to undertake these stUdies, except for that part of J:teJl\ 1 above speeifically assignad to the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff.