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<br /> <br />. .. . <br />In anticipated cooperation with the Fed- <br />eral Water Resources Planning Act, the 1965 <br />Legislature made a bieimial appropriation of <br />$94,000 for the Soil and Water Conservati9n <br />Commission to developaWat~r reso~rces <br />planning staff. The C,ommission assembl~'d.a <br />, small planning staff during the following year. . <br />The Legislature, on ]anuary,':18, 1967, unani~ <br />mously endorsed Legislat{ve. Resol!ltio~ <br />Number 5. This resolution outlined a specific <br />directive on whIch to base Nebraska's State' <br />Water Plan. Resolution No~ 5: stated: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the water suppliesofNebras- <br />ka are not so iocated ofsu~h. a qua,ntity to <br />satisfy all present and.future ~eeds; and,:: . <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the state has a respol1sibiIity <br />to guide the development of resources so that. <br />maximum benefits accrue to the .citizens of the <br />state; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the . orc,lerIy development and <br />utilization of water and lanQresourcesofNe- <br />braska is essential to the fullest .utilization of <br />these resources and the economic dev~lop- <br />ment of the state; an<l . <br /> <br />WHEREAS,' such ord~rly.' development <br />can only be realized by irnplem'entatior1"9f a . . <br />comprehensive water and related land plan; <br />and <br />, , <br />WHEREAS, no such pla~ no~exis~s. <br /> <br />. NpW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED <br />BY THE MEMBERS OF THE NE~RASKA <br />(EGISLATUREINSEVENT~SEVENTH <br />SESSION ASSEMBLED: <br /> <br />. That the Nebraska Soil and Water Conser- <br />Nation Commission. is directed to analyze the <br />~()il 'and water resour~es ofthe state. a~d tq pre~ . <br />p~lre'a compiehens'ive water and related 'land <br />plan for the State ofNebras~a, such framework <br />p'l~n to be. completed no laler than June 30, <br />. '~1971, and'to be known as the State Wat~r Plan. <br />. . , <br /> <br />.. That. this State Water Plan, in addition to <br />. an evaluation of the land and water resources, . <br />'., ,will also include an examination of legal,' social. <br />. and,economic factors which are associated <br />. with resource development. <br />. ~ ,'. . .' <br />'. That a progress report on StICh plan be sub- <br />mitted to the Legislature during the regular <br />session in 1~69 and the final report be sub~ , ' <br />mitted to the LegislatllJe. promptly upon its <br />completion. . <br /> <br />This resblutionclearly called foni' pro- <br />. gram of study more intensive than had ever <br />:before been attempted inN'ebraska'. Planning <br />.:'was,not only tocoilsider th~:phys.ical potential- <br />. for development; but to explore the opportuni- . <br />. ties for legarand institutional iqiprove'ment as <br />,well.. The Reso.lution wa:'s 'broad and compli- <br />.' " :~nc~ 'with it would obviously, involve, the' <br />.. .' majority 9f .the Commission's pt'~nning staff <br />. and planniflg funds. <br />. , <br /> <br />2 <br />