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-".' 0 p.C) ~ 00 ~ Cf) .' 'I , , ..:j 'I .'1' , -il /0 -)11 , Ii ::~ i! :1 ':'.1 I:' 'L :11 "I '11" " , Ii 'III i'l '1" ,1, -~>":.., ....:1" ,p. .-P' I ~. .:~ ',-; ';'::':""'..I[ . '''1 :....T 1", ,I I'll Iii "I I,! MUNICIPAL. INDUSTRIAL PIPI-:L1NES .1 In February 11)71, Officials frolll the District; the FOlll" Corners Region..j Commission, of the Economic Development Administration; and the U. S. Bureau of Hcdnlllution, entered into an agreement whereby they would contract with World Wide Engineering Finn of mack and Veatch, 10 do an Economic Feasi- bility find PrcEngineerillg Study of the Proposed Mu- nicipal - Industrial Pipeline between Pueblo and La- mar, Colorado. A previous study was done in 1968 as a part of a study for the Pueblo Board of Water Works, for a Trealment Plant at Pueblo. and it was the feel- ing of members of the Board of .Directors of the Dis- trict, and other Agencies, that the data must be up. dated in order that the Pipeline might be constructed before Agencies of the United States and Coloradu im- pose Public Heailh and other restrictions, and thus require expensive and duplicate Water and Sewer Treatment Plants. A contract was enlered into in July 1971, to be completed within one year~ and during the course of that period, representatives frolll the Engineering Firm were to met with officials from the individual Cities, Towns, Water User Associations und Metropolitan Water Districts, to obtain Official data on existing water supply, existing use, projected water supply and projected water use through the year of 2020. Such data would be invaluable to the Agencies for their long-range planning. and would be made an integral part of the long-range study. INCLUSION OF McCULLOCH PROPERTIES, INC. IN DISTRICT On February 5, 1971, the Honorable William L. Gobin,Water Judge, Division No.2, heard a Petition from the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Colo- rado Water Conservancy District and Officials from the McCulloch Properties, Inc., developers of "Pueblo West"~ asking that 30,061 acres of McCulloch owned property be annexed to the District. The Petition was the result of many months of negotiations between Officials from McCulloc11 and the Board of Directors, and was authorized by the Board on November 12, 1970, when they adopted a Resolution stipulating they would accept the Petition of McCulloch Properties, Inc. only under three conditions. The first provided that as long as the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project remains in it!:l existing state, Pueblo West will not be eligible to purchase Project water until after all other eligible purchasers have been satisfied, but that Pueblo West could rent space in Pueblo Reservoir for such other waters they may acquire. The second required that McCulloch Properties, Inc. pa}' $10.000 in lieu of taxes which they otherwise would have paid, had they been in the Distr,ict since it was created in 1958, plus interest. I I I The third stipulates that if the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is altered or enlarged, McCulloch Properties. Inc. will be eligible to participate as do all other eli~ gible beneficiaries within the District. The Secretary of Interior approved the Petition of the District and McCulloch Properties, Inc. on March 26, and on April 22 the Honorable William Gobin confirmed the action of his Court on February 5, based upon the approval of the Secretary of Interior and the payment of the $10,000. OFFICIAL WATER MEETINGS As a result of Federal, State and Local Legisla- tion involving water matters, it becomes increasingly important that the Southeastern Colorado Water Con- !:lervancy District participate actively before Govern- mental and Regulatory Bodies, as well as with Official Water Organizations, whether they be Local, State, Basinwide or National Laws, Compacts, International Agreements and Research Programs all affect the total operation of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, as required under Colorado Law, and as a result of this, the members of the Board of Directors have continuously been active in Official Water Organizations. As mentioned previously in this report, District representatives have testified before the Congress in behalf of appropriations, and the Colo- rado General Assembly in behalf of updated Water Law. Similarly, Officials participate actively in Water Organizations such as: Water Resources Congress, National Water Resources Association, Colorado Ri- ver Water Users Association, Four States Irrigation Council, Arkansas River Basin Interstate Committee, Arkansas Basin Development Association, Colora- do Water Congress. Colorado Water Conservatio,n' 'Board. Fry-Ark Operating Principles Committee, Colorado River Advisory Committee~ Arkansas Ri- ver Compact Administration and others. During the year, the General Manager was auth- orized to represent the District at the Dedication of the Port of Catoosa, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the Dedica. tion oC the McClellan-Kerr Waterway by President Richard M. Nixon. This Waterway links the Port oC Catoosa with the Gulf uf Mexico by way of the Miss- issippi River. When Officials from the District participate in such meetings, they are obligated to report to the Board at the next regular meeting~ and return such printed information as is available, in order that it might be summarized and distributed widely through- out the District for the inCormation of interested per. sons. -,-,:.,..,.. ..-~: - ".<'\~,;';-!; : -;:-:-....,'-":...... ::;'.;:'.,;-. . ,. "..w'"".'-_. -.~.-:':i..:.:;::S7~?'~-:.7:~'!""..:',/.,?-.~<.,,- .:.. .,~.:,,::,,~r.",:~:,':;;-::,- ..'- ::0:....... ." ."...-.-.