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<br />GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT
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<br />Colorado State Statutes provide the District shall
<br />be under the direction of a Board of Directors repre-
<br />senting the area covered by the District. The Court
<br />Order creating the Southeastern Colorado Water Con-
<br />servancy District Ruled that each of the nine Counties
<br />in the District would have two appointed Directors,
<br />with the exception that one person would represent
<br />that portion of Prowers and Kiowa Counties within
<br />the District. Other Counties represented are; Chaffee,
<br />Fremont. EI Paso, Pueblo, Otero, Crowley and Bent.
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<br />The members appointed to the Board are obli-
<br />galed to carry out not only the provisions of the State
<br />Statutes, but are also bound by such other agreements
<br />and contracts as arc entered into by the District in the
<br />conduct of water business in the interest of the present
<br />and future citizens within the confines of the Con-
<br />~ervancy District.
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<br />On April 20, 1972, the Honorable William L.
<br />Gobin, Water Judge Division 2, appointed the follow-
<br />ing Directors to a two year term:
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<br />Harold Christy
<br />Dave Ciruli
<br />Roy Cooper
<br />George Everett
<br />Leon Hook
<br />John Huebsch
<br />Dr. Wendell Hutchinson
<br />John E. Javernick
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<br />Tom McCurdy
<br />Frank Milenski
<br />J. Sid Nichols
<br />Joe Purvis
<br />Herbert Schroeder
<br />J ames Wagner
<br />Keith Wehh
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<br />On May 17. 1973, the members 01 the Board, at a
<br />regular meeting, elected lhe foHowing to serve 8S Offi-
<br />cers for the ensuing year:
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<br />President. Tom McCurdy-Olney Springs
<br />Vice President, Roy Cooper-Las Animas
<br />Secretary. Harold Christy-Pueblo
<br />Treasurer, Joe Purvis-Las Animas
<br />As~isla.nt Secretary-Treasurer, Charles L. Thorn-
<br />son--Pueblo
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<br />In July 1973, the Colorado State Supreme Court
<br />assigned legal jurisdiction over the District to the
<br />Honorable Matt J. Kikel, Presiding Judge, Division A,
<br />in Pueblo, to succeed the Honorable William Gobin,
<br />Water Judge, Division 2, who had been assigned teln-
<br />porary jurisdiction in 1971.
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<br />Judge Kike\'s hrst OHicia\ act W85 on November
<br />1. 1973, when he appointed Mr. Ray Nixon, of Colo.
<br />rado Springs, to fill the unexpired term of Past Presi-
<br />dent J. Sid Nichols, who passed away September 27,
<br />1973. Mr. Nixon is eminently qualified as a represen-
<br />tative for EI Paso County, due to his many years of
<br />professional experience in water resource matters. and
<br />his years of ~ervice as Director of the Public Utilities
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<br />On December 9, 1973, Mr. Harold H. Christy, of
<br />Pueblo~ a Charier Member of the Board, and Nation-
<br />ally famous Engineer, requested Judge Kikel to re-
<br />lieve him of his duties as a Director for personal rea-
<br />sons, and on December 28, Judge Kikel appointed Mr.
<br />Ralph Adkins to succeed him. Mr. Adkins has served
<br />in the Land and Water Department of CF&I Steel Cor-
<br />poration, in Pueblo~ for many years, and his broad
<br />knowledge of water resource matters in not only the
<br />Arkansas River Basin, but the State and Nation, will
<br />be of immeasurable ~en:ice to the District.
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<br />The Board of Directors meet monthly, at the
<br />District OfIices, 905 Highway 50 West, Pueblo, Colo.
<br />rado, and all meetings are held on the third Thursday
<br />of each month at 10:00 a.m., unless the Board, bv
<br />majority vote, ejects to change the date, or the place
<br />or both. V isitors and members of the news media are
<br />always cordially invited to attend the Board meeting~.
<br />and the Directors are pleased with the large /lumber
<br />of such persuns wh(J attend.
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<br />TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS
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<br />In his Budget Message for FY 1974, President
<br />Richard M. Nixon recommended to the Congress of
<br />the United States an appropriation of $31,509,000.00
<br />for continued construction on the Fryingpan-Arkansas
<br />Project, $6,400.000.00 for continued construction on
<br />Trinidad Dam, and $700,000.1.10 to start construction
<br />on the Las Animas Flood Control Project, both of
<br />which are Army Corps of Engineers Projects in South-
<br />eastern Colorado. Included jn the $31.509,000.00 was
<br />the release of $970.000.00 which President Nixon im-
<br />pounded in funds ~uthorized in FY 1973. When, and
<br />if, authorized by the Congress, the total amount would
<br />provide adequate funds for the Bureau of Reclamation
<br />to continue work on Pueblo Dam, Nast Tunnel, Mt.
<br />Elbert Pumped Storage Plant and funds necessary for
<br />recreation, wildlife and fish programs, design, plan-
<br />ning, O&M, limited right of way acquisition and com-
<br />pletion of certain phases of the Project.
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<br />The Southea~tern Colorado Water Conservancy
<br />District is the Legal Agency for the Fryingpan'.
<br />Arkansas Project. having entered into a Contract with
<br />the Uniled States on Januarv 21. 1965. whereby the
<br />Dh\Tict wou\d repay, w..th ~nterest, th~ assigne'd re-
<br />imbursable costs of the com pIe led Project. As such.
<br />its Board Df Directors has a primary responsibility to
<br />see the Project completed at the earliest possible date.
<br />to keep the final cost to a minimum, and have a Water
<br />Management Project which will accomplish those
<br />things authorized by the Congress in 1962.
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<br />After carefully evaluating the budget submitted
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