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i • • <br />1 <br />'1 <br />' S <br /> <br /> 1 For sometime, and during my tenure as the president of <br /> 2 this Board, I identified Williams Canyon as one of two priorities <br />' 3 in terms of preserving open space in the Colorado Springs region. <br /> 4 The other being, the Monument and Fountain Creeks which blow <br /> 5 right through the city. <br /> 6 So for a long time, I have recognized, really, the <br />' <br /> 7 exceptional value that that Canyon has to the community, not only <br />' 8 in terms of its past and current, but in terms of its value to <br /> 9 future generations. <br />' 10 The Palmer Foundation is in the business of preserving <br /> 11 open space and--and that's where my interest begun. I am also <br /> ' <br /> 12 the organizer and co-chairman of the Pike <br />s Peak Trail Coalition. <br /> 13 This is an organization that was started in May of 1987, and we <br /> 14 are in the business of promoting trail use. <br />' 15 And, again, we are--this is not--this coalition is <br /> 16 composed of 17 community organizations from the League of Women <br />' 17 V <br />t <br />h <br />C <br />l <br />d <br />i <br />h <br /> o <br />ers to t <br />e <br />o <br />ora <br />o Mountain Club to the Home Bu <br />lda:rs to t <br />e <br />I' 18 Chamber of Commerce. Its trails and quality of life ie. an <br /> 19 economic consideration, not just a recreational one. <br />' 20 And my involvement with all of these organizations has <br /> 21 had that perspective. I am also invalved with local elected <br />' 22 ffi <br />i <br />l <br />d <br />- <br />d <br />d <br />t <br />i <br />h <br />h <br />i <br />i <br />f thi <br /> c <br />s <br />o <br />a <br />ur <br />e <br />- <br />s amen <br />men <br />or <br />ng t <br />uring t <br />e perm <br />tt <br />ng o <br /> 23 the hearings of the amendment oP the community concerned. I have <br /> 24 developed a lot of communications with elected officials and <br />' 25 citizens that are concerned with the issues involved. <br />