WSP09884

• File Number: 8542
• Description: Conejos Division - Platoro
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 4/9/1952
• Title: Minutes of Meeting of the Board of Directors of Conejos Water Conservancy District
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

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APPE1<-TDIX t~Bfl

HESOLUTION

At a regular !lHletlng of the iloard of .Directors of the
Cf)nejo~ W.later C":'1nservancy District held. in Antonlto, C';,lorado,
on . 1952, motion WHS nuly wade, seconded,
and unanimously carried that,

'(JHEREAS, the Distrlct sua the llnited Stotes of A!tlericQ
hsve horetcfore ent8r-ed into a contrl3ct de.tad 1t1erch ~1, 1949.
provid1.ng, emang other th1nr.s, for repaYWGmt of' certaJ.H coats
,)f construction of the Plstoro Dam and Heservoir as 9 unit of the
Sen Luis Valley Project, Colorado, and

tHh..illEAS, construction of ss1d dem and J'~8ervoir has :;'lrogressed
5ufficientlJ to pennit the storage ana regulation of a portion of
the flow of tho Cone jos River, end District l~ndowners desire to
reoeive the benefits of such storage, and

WH~hgAS, IT.sny of such landowners and D~ner8 of water rights
on the ConejoB River, hsvo petitioned this District to undertake
to effect arrangements with the United ~}tnteB fer the storage
and regulated release during 195~ of water under oertain direct
dt version rights held by them a.nd more fully identified 1n tbe
attached pst1.tions, and are willine to pay a water rental charge
therefor" and

'~H;,;r{EAS, certain undertakings of this District, required as
conditions precedent to delivery or water under tho torms of the
. contract 0f March 31" 1949" between the District anil the United
Statos of America have not been fulfilled.

NClW" '1"H;:::t(lPf.\fi.E" be it resolvod" th'ilt the i30-8rd of Directors
of the Conejos Water Cona~rvanoy District on behalf of Geld
District ooe3 hereby request the United ~~tate5 to ~o operate the
flatora Usn and }(8:servolr during the calendar yen!" 19[\~~ as to
store water the rip;hts to the 1)8e of which Bre I"Jpl~"3zanto;i by the
attact<'Jd De tjtions ~~,nd to re,Q,'\Jlate the rels826 of wnter fit said
JAm as requested by the District except as ~ecass8ry op~r8tlons for
floDd C'....;ntro1 purposes ms:! inv,Jlvo a dsvit:1tlon fro~, releases in
accordunce wit~ such District requests.

11111a Dlst1"iot re,preseots thBt it baa v~rlfied tbe accurncy
of .11 st.temonts of<l'JuerAhip of "ater rhhts in the attRched
petitions" lU3!:1Umea .full responsibility for their accuracy and for
det-.'1rmining th~ quantities and tirr.os of storat;<9 and release durIng
the ccleuol1r YBHr 1\::152 of w8tsr r~l~ted to. the rights of the respective
petitioners ~nd to advIse the Sureau o.f Rscl:f'ltlHO!tion rGK!?rding such
dete:r:::dnat iona in such manner as may be prescribed by the Eurssu;
$,ltld tha Diatrlot furthel" releasee !lnd a~~r(1eS to hold harmless the
United ::.totes and it.,: offIcers -end employsss. on account of any

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