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PUBLIC HEARING SET NCAR REQUEST - JAWS PROJECT TABLED DRCOG PRESENTATION - POPULATION PROJECTIONS Mr. Bill Johnston Mr. Dick Gebhardt 3/2/82 Page -2- Councilman Cussen moved, Councilwoman Morris seconded the special events applications for American Legion be accepted and the public hearing set for April 6, 1982. Question called for. All in favor. Motion carried 6-0. Administrator Wurl advised the representatives had called and advised the project had been cancelled because F.A.A. would not allow it; however they still intended to pursue the project and would get back with us at a later date. Councilwoman ~lorris moved, Councilman Leary seconded the NCAR request - JAWS project be tabled until further notice. Question called for. All in favor. Motion carried. Director Rupp introduced Bill Johnston and Dick Gebhardt, representatives of n.R.C.O.G. They provided the Mayor and council members copies of Employment and Population Projec- tions for the Denver Region 1980-2000. Mr. Johnston advised DRCOG had been making long term projections of employment and pop- ulation since its inception in 1955. As a planning agency it has made these projections as direction for growth and developBEmt planning as well as functional planning, i.e. transportation and wastewater treatment, parks,etc. At the present time DRCOG has two forecasts for long term growth in this region - a regional 6 county population projecti.on of 2,516,100 as opposed to the present population of 1,618,500. On the employment side the current employment is 870,000 and the projection forecast for the year 2000 is 1,382,500. Mr. Gebhardt referred to the material given councilmembers by each page, and described the method by which labor supply and demand are projected to be met by population and migration. Basic assumptions used for the study were taxation/regulation, power/water, manufacturing, mining, productivity, fertility, mortality, migration and inflation.