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1989 - 199] :=> o .... to W C1:. Glenn E. E~rett _ Chaffee Edward R. Bailey - EI Pa5.Q Frank Milenski - Otero lee Simps.on - Pueblo Orville Tomky - Crowley The Members of the Board of Direc- tors met on Mav 17, 1990 and unanimously elected the following slale of Officers: '. President - Raymond D. Nixon, EI Paso Vice President - Ralph Adkins, Pueblo Treasurer - lee W. Simpson, Pueblo Secretary - Glenn E. EVE'rett, Chaffee Assistant Secretary-Treasurer _ Charles l. Thomson, Pueblo Mr. John Javernick, of Fremont Counry, who was appointed to the Board April 15, 1972, elected nOl 10 request reappointmenl for dnother four year term. Appropriate public notice was giVE'n of the pending vacancy, and after con~ultation with Presiding ludges within the District, the Honorable John R. Tracey appointed Mr. Denzel Goodwin to represent Fremont County on the Board. The members of the Board meet on the Ihird Thursday of each month in the District Offic{'s, 905 Highway 50 West, at 10:00 a.m., unless il is determined at a regular meeting the BOMd the meeting the following month should be changed, either in time or place, or both. NOlices of the regular meelings are distributed widely throughout the District and state, anc the public is always cordially invited to attend the meelings of the Board_ TESTJMO~Y BEFORE CONGRESS The District is Ihe legal dgency for the Fryingpan-ArkanS<ls Project as a result of the Act passed by the Congress oi the United States Augusl 16, 1962, authorizing the construction of the Project, dnd the ReMment Contracts signed between the District dnd Ihe United States on January 21, 1965 and October 23. 1981. Each yt"ar represen- tatives from the District testify before Committees of Congress to support adequate appropriations to Continue construction during the coming year, and also to set fonh policy positions relative to congressional legislation which would impact on the operation of the Project and the District. In 1969, the Honorable John A. love, GO\Iernor of Colorado, was invited by the GO\Iernors of Arkansas, Oklahoma and K<lnS<ls, to join the four Slates to form the Arkansas RiVt:'r Basin Interstate Committee, so a more unified and basinwide presentation could be made before the Committees of Congress. Several yt"a~ later, the GO\.1;'rnor of Missouri requested that his state be added to the group, and each year thereafter Ihe 25 representa- tiVE'S from the five states joined the U.S. Senators and Members of Congress from the states !O present testimony in suppon of appropriations for necessary water projects in the ArkanS<ls River BaSin. The unified effon has been very effectiVE' and resulted in approval of the requests edch and every year. In 1981, the Honorable Richdrd D. Llmm, GO'v'ernor, State of Colorado, appointed the following Colorddo representaliVE's 10 the Interstate Committee: Mr. John E. JaVE"rnick of Cdnon City representing the Upper ArkanS<ls Valley; Mr. Raymond D. Nixon of Colorado Springs represent- Ing the municipal and industrial users; Mr. lee Hancock of Rocky Ford representing the lower ArkanS<lS Valley; Mr. Charles L Thomson of Pueblo representing water organiza- lions; and Mr. \tVilliam McDonald of Denver represenling the Governor's Office. The Honorable Roy Romer, GO\Iernor. State of Colorado, reappointed Jawrnick, Nixon, Hancock, Thomson and McDonald, to another term on the Interstate Committee shonly aiter his Inaugeralion as Go\'~rnor in January, 1988. Governor Romer expressed hiS support oi the work of the Interstate Committee and the Cooperative Programs which have been developed among Ihe stales, particularly in the form of lestimon)' before COmmiltff>S of Ihe Congress or the United States. During hearings before the Appropria- tion Subcommittees of the United States Senate and House of Represen- tatives, March 27, 1990, Mr. Thomso joined representatives from Arkansas Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, to present teslimony in support of ap- propriations for Bureau of Reclamali( and Corps of Engineer Projects in th, five stales, and particularly in Colorac The delegation representing the five Arkansds River Basin States is weJl recei~ by Members of Congress, bl cause Ihey present their testimony in less than len minutes as a group, wit only the elected Chairman presenlin~ formal testimony. This is in contras! I. other organizations where individual members afe allotted specific time which consumes a great deal of the lime of the Committee. His testimony fOf Colorado Projects include the following: U.s. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Fryjngpan-Arkansas Project Construction - $1.467 million 0& M - $2.298 million The conslruction funds will pennit the Bure,lu, the City of Pueblo, and the Bessemer Irrigating Ditch Compdny to complete a three year rehabilitation program on the Bessemer Ditch. \\brk by Ihe Bessemer Company commenced on NO'v'ember 15, 1990, when the \tVinter Storage Program began, and made excellent progress due to the extremely mild winter conditions which existed in November .md December. When (his phase of the Project is compleled in 1991, it will culminate six ~ars of construction as authorized under Iwo sep.lrate programs by the Congress of Ihe Uniled States. Construction funds will also pennit Ihe Bureau to uprate the nonh side collection s~tem of the Fry-Ark ProJect, and initiate contracts for up- rating Ihe stalic starting equipment at the 200 mega-watt Mr. Eiben Pump- back Storage Power Plant. The $2.298 milJion for Operation and Maintenance is a part of the Reclamalion Operation and Main- tenance RE'YOlving Fund, which will allow the Bureau to pursue its emphasis on effective management oi Ihe 0 ,"'1 & R activities, and assure meeting contract commilments for waler and power delivery. 5