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-:) .... CJ1 00 tv COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE Having recommended and obtained AWRBIAC's ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Southwestern Division of the Corps of Engineers and the Water Resource Council for the purpose of developing a planning process for a regional study of the AWR region, the Comprehensive Planning Committee (CPC) has been primarly occupied with the review and analysis of the Corps study. Receiving reports from Tom Kincheloe of the Corps, Study Manager, the CPC has kept itself informed regarding study approach and findings. A discussion of the study process was presented by Tom Kincheloe at the 105th meeting and is included in the minutes of that meeting. The CPC has also reviewed budget proposals for the study and made recommendations to the Main Committee of a combined regional planning and Level B program of $475,000 a year as outlined in two budget proposals. These proposals were amended to read that alternative institutional arrangements may be recommended as a result of the planning process, study legislation, or future decisions by AWRBIAC even though the existng AWRBLAC-Corps arrangement was named in the proposals. As amended, the proposals were approved by the Main Committee. CPC further proposed and received approval on revisions to the existing Memoran- dum of Agreement in order to obtain additional funds to carry on the prestudy activities in FY 81 if AWRBLAC wished to continue with it. It was announced by the CPC that a final report would not be completed in FY 80 but that the draft of thse Planning Process Study would be reviewed by the com- mittee and assessed through individual written reports to be submitted to Tom Kincheloe by October 17. Mr. Kincheloe would then combine the comments empha- sizing regional problems and return them to CPC members for review in prepara- tion of a December meeting where recommendations would be formulated and a final draft prepared. The final draft would then be mailed to Main Committee members for review as well as to the WRC. AD HOC COMMITTEES STATE AND FEDERAL REPORTS ON ACTIVITY The 5-minute activity reports are a part of the agenda of each AWRBIAC meeting. These reports cover legislative, planning, construction, operation, and other subjects in the area of water and related and resources. The 5-minute activity reports are informative and generate meaningful discussions. These reports are appended to the minutes of the meeting. RESOLUTIONS In appreciation for services to the Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee, resolutions were adopted for the fol1owng: Douglas Edwards, John Raybourn, Ginia Wickersham, Glen Auds1sey, Bernize Nye, Duane Helton, James C. Donovan, and John F. Love for excellence and outstanding service in AWRBLAC during fiscal year 1980. 6