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A
Well,
good
morning,
it's
a
pleasure
to
welcome
all
of
you
here
to
this
ribbon.
Cutting
it's
been
long
awaited
and
before
I
get
started,
my
name
is
john
hayla,
I'm
your
honor
to
serve
as
your
mayor,
and
I
have.
We
have
a
lot
of
elected
officials
here
this
morning
we
have
gloria
betcher,
one
of
our
council
members
over
here
we
have
bronwyn
beatty
hanson,
one
of
our
council
members,
david
martin,
tim
garton.
A
A
A
A
B
Thank
you
mayor.
Well,
it's
always
an
exciting
day
when
you
get
to
celebrate
the
completion
of
a
of
a
collective
vision.
This
project
was
conceived
more
than
10
years
ago,
and
the
original
concept
was
something
very
different
and,
I
would
say,
far
inferior
to
what
we
actually
ended
up
with
here
this
morning.
B
Even
so,
these
low
head
dam
improvements
that
we're
commemorating
today
stack
together,
multiple
benefits
it.
It
provides
an
exceptional
increase
in
safety
for
boaters,
which
was
the
overriding
original
concept
for
this,
but
it
goes
far
beyond
that.
It
provides
recreational
opportunities
in
the
water
with
some
creative
input.
We
also
created
a
significant
environmental
benefit,
which
is
the
inclusion
of
a
fish
ladder
which
now
connects
the
fish
populations
upstream
and
downstream
of
the
dam
where
the
old
design
was
intentionally
crafted
to
keep
the
public
away
from
a
hazard.
B
This
new
design
actually
reintroduces
the
community
to
the
river,
and
it
introduces
us
to
the
very
reason
why
a
fledgling
town
was
built
in
this
location
in
the
first
place,
and
we
were
able
to
accomplish
all
of
this
while
still
preserving
the
critical
drought
augmentation
of
our
drinking
water
supply.
That
was
so
ingeniously
conceived
by
dr
merwin
dougal
of
iowa
state
university
more
than
45
years
ago.
B
To
get
to
this.
This
final
vision
required
the
involvement
and
the
commitment
of
many
many
people
for
some
that
commitment
came
in
the
form
of
of
time
ideas
and
passion
for
others.
It
was
in
the
form
of
financial
support,
without
which
this
project
would
look.
Nothing
like
it
does,
as
this
project
was
being
molded
and
fashioned
over
the
past
decade,
many
members
of
the
water
and
pollution
control
department
contributed
to
its
evolution.
B
B
I'd
like
to
express
our
thanks
to
the
organizations
that
helped
finance
this
project,
the
outdoor
alliance
of
story,
county,
the
iowa
white
water
coalition,
hawkeye
fly
fishing
association,
the
skunk
river
paddlers
and
the
family
of
spencer,
vasey
and
very
much.
I
need
to
publicly
acknowledge
and
thank
the
significant
contributions
of
the
iowa
department
of
natural
resources,
without
which
this
project
would
not
have
happened.
B
The
iowa
dnr
contributed
several
hundred
thousand
dollars
towards
this
fantastic
project
and
beyond
the
dollars.
They
loaned
us
their
technical
expertise
during
construction
to
help
ensure
that
the
finished
features
would
accomplish
everything
we
collectively
desired
and
with
that
thought
in
mind,
I'd
like
to
invite
up
to
the
podium
kayla
lyon,
the
director
of
the
iowa
department
of
natural
resources.
C
You
bet
yeah.
Thank
you,
I'm
not!
I'm
short,
you
know
our
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
today,
every
time
our
staff,
when
the
rivers
program
asked
me
to
do
a
project
like
this,
I
just
kind
of
jump
at
it,
because
I
grew
up
doing
a
lot
of
paddling.
The
river
has
been
an
important
part
of
my
life,
so
it's
fun
to
see
things
like
this.
C
Come
to
fruition,
we
at
the
department
of
natural
resources
are
charged
with
helping
improve
safety
situations
at
low
head
dams
throughout
iowa,
with
both
of
our
water
trails
program
and
the
dam
mitigation
program.
It
can
be
as
simple
as
safety
signs
or
projects
like
this
that
take
a
long
time
to
put
together
and
come
to
fruition.
C
C
C
C
More
and
more
people
have
taken
up
paddling
in
the
recent
years,
but
nothing
like
this
year.
Canoes
and
kayaks
were
nearly
impossible
to
find,
and
that
also
includes
life.
Jackets,
and
I
know
jax
has
gotten
a
lot
of
money
from
me
this
past
year
this
fall.
We
asked
river
related
retailers
and
retail
businesses
what
they
were
seeing
on
our
waters
and
seeing
for
sales
in
their
facilities.
C
C
D
Good
morning,
everybody
first
off,
I
want
to
say,
with
when
john
dunn
came
to
us
way
back
when
and
asked.
If
we
wanted
to
be
involved
with
this
project,
we
as
parks
and
recreation
jumped
at
the
opportunity,
because,
like
john
mentioned,
it's
more
than
just
the
in
water,
it's
more
than
just
the
safety.
C
D
D
I
know
there's
also
council
members
here
and-
and
I
just
want
to
say
thanks
to
the
parks
and
recreation,
commission
and
city
council
and
city
of
ames
administration
for
always
supporting
opportunities
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
within
within
ames
in
the
in
the
surrounding
area.
What
you're?
What
you're
seeing
behind
me
is
a
culmination
of
all
those
efforts
and
all
that
commitment
we
will
have
you
know
kayaking
canoeing,
there's
fishing,
we're
on
there's
a
bike
trail
right
here,
shared
use
path
that
goes
to
other
parks
within
the
the
community.
D
So
we
have
a
lot
of
opportunities
and,
like
I
said
earlier,
recreation
comes
in
a
lot
of
different
forms
and-
and
we
will
see
well
I'll
say
when
I've
been
here
before
this-
this
project
started.
I
very
rarely
saw
anybody
down
in
this
area
now,
with
with
this
project.
Finish
every
time
I
come
down
here,
I
see
no
less
than
four
or
five
people,
and
sometimes
more
so
people
are
are
getting
to
to
get
familiar
with
it
and,
and
we
just
see
that's
going
to
be
more
and
more
utilized
coming
down.
D
We,
we
anticipate
there'll,
be
a
lot
of
people
here,
just
to
come
in
on
a
day
like
today,
if
it's
during
the
week
to
have
lunch
to
maybe
sit
on
the
bench
read
a
book
you
know
spend
some
time
with
with
family
and
friends.
So
so
a
lot
of
different
recreational
opportunities
with
it
also
want
to
say,
is
with
this
this
project.
D
One
of
the
things
that
we
also
looked
at
is
what
else
could
we
do
in
this
area?
So
we're
gonna
wait
a
couple
of
years
to
see
how
this
is
utilized
and
see
what
some
of
the
needs
are,
but
we
already
in
our
our
five-year
capital
improvement
plan.
We
do
have
money
set
aside
or
earmarked
projects
to
to
improve
the
parking
to
improve
the
shelter
opportunities
and
also
to
improve
playground
to
replace
those
and
what
we're
one
of
the
things
that
we're
thinking
is
actually
probably
changing.
D
The
the
format
at
the
shelter
and
the
the
playground
equipment
closer
to
the
water
and
the
parking
further
away,
because
right
now
from
a
safety
aspect
outside
of
the
water,
people
have
to
cross
through
the
parking,
if
they're
coming
from
the
playground
or
the
the
shelter.
So
so
just
want
to
thank
everybody
for
coming
today,
thanks
again
to
all
the
donors
to
the
dnr
water
pollution
control,
city,
council
parks
and
recreation.
Commission.
Thank
you
for
your
vision
and
being
able
to
make
this
a
a
possibility.
E
E
Hello,
thank
you
so
much
so
if
you
don't
know
so,
I'm
sarah
I'm
the
director
of
iowa
rivers
revival.
We
are
a
statewide
non-profit
that
is
focused
on
leading
iowans,
to
protect,
restore
and
enjoy
our
rivers.
So
this
is
a
perfect
opportunity
for
us
to
recognize
all
the
hard
work
that
the
city
of
ames
has
done:
the
department
of
natural
resources
and
and
their
support
and
funding,
and
then
local
nonprofits
like
prairie
rivers
of
iowa.
E
They
actually
helped
submit
a
application
to
our
river
town
of
the
year
award
and
it
was
a
great
application.
You
know
ames
won,
but
it
was
just
recognizing
all
the
hard
work
that
the
city
has
done
throughout
the
past
couple
years
and
and
the
great
work
on
this
on
this
dam.
So
I
will
present
the
award,
but
our
our
main
focus
as
a
non-profit
is
advocacy
and
education
and
part
of
the
advocacy
work
is
working
with
state
legislators
working
with
local
politicians
to
get
funding
to
support
projects
like
this.