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<br />-ll- <br /> <br />the Governor to handle this matter. And in compliance with the request from <br />the Commission itself, the Director has prepared a list of state agencies, <br />various organizations and individuals interested in the question of water policy <br />who will be notified of exact time and place of these conferences. Since that <br />time further sugeestions have come to the Director and the list is being <br />supplemented. <br /> <br />The purpose of the conferences is to give the Commission an opportunity <br />to obtain views at the "grass roots" concerning matters pertainine to national <br />water policies. Ho~ever, so far as the state is concerned, reliance must be <br />placed on the formal statement which will be prepared and submitted in accord- <br />ance with the letter received by the Colorado liater Conservation Board and other <br />state a~encies from the Commission. It is hoped that as many members of the <br />ColoradoUater Conservatio~ Board as possible rr~y attend the Denver conference <br />of the Commission. The meetb,:'s yrill be held at the Shirley-.oavoy (Colorado <br />Room June 27 and Empire Hoon JU1'le 28). The meetin::s ,~ll commence at 9:30 in <br />the mornin:; of each dClf. <br /> <br />12. l:issouri Basin InteraGency Committee. The Eissouri Basin Inter- <br />agency Committee will mC0t in Denver July 20 and 21, 1950. The Director is <br />assisting in making arr:mgements for these meetings. On July 21 there will be <br />an "Open House" at the laboratory of the Bureau of Reclamation, Federal Center, <br />Denver, Colorado. This laboratory has been expa!1ded and is the largest and <br />most complete laboratory of its kind in the Trest. The members of the Board <br />will find it of great interest to visit this laboratory and they are welcome <br />and urged to attend the meeting of the l'issouri Basin Interagency Committee. .At <br />the Denver meeting the Committee will consider matters which relate to Colorado. <br /> <br />13. South Platte Flood Control Project. The Omnibus Rivers and Harbors <br />and Flood Control Authorization Bill recently passed by the Congress authorizes <br />the South Platte Flood Control Project for construction. The report on this <br />project many months ago was reviewed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, <br />after careful study of the report by the Board's staff. The Board made certain <br />recommended changes in the project plan, all of which were adopted by the Army <br />Engineers before its report was submitted to the Congress. Construction of the <br />project cannot be undertaken until an initial appropriation for it is made. <br />Accordingly, actual construction ,rill not commence before July 1, 1951. An <br />effort vrill be made to secure such an appropriation in the next Congress. The <br />Director appeared before hearings by cornmittess of Congress in support of this <br />project. <br /> <br />The nroject consists of Chatfield Reservoir a short distance above Denver * <br />and channelization of the South l'latte below Denver to a point near the 'Cleld <br />Gounty line. Certain c~lar,nel rectification will take place on the Sout Platte <br />belovT the .ield County line. <br /> <br />r, (' . ') I::' ".; <br />v _" 1..'"'_ <br />