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SECWCD ':i';})~. ~I':.i~ . - "..." ; . ,"; ; ." .. \- Senate RII 1-1-1 reqlii~ed that appointments be made ba5ed upon population \vithin individual counties, and counties \\ :th :ess than Orle percent \\ouid be excluded from having a member on the board. This would change the composition of ~he Southeastern District's board over a period of four years by reducing the representation from Bent Chaffee, Cm\\le\. Fremont, and Otero Counties from tVI.O directors to one; with representation from KiO\\a PrO\\ers Counties sta\Oing at one; increasing the representation from Ei Paso County from two to five directors; Pueblo County i~om t\',o to three; and one at-large position. Senate BiH 141 also provided that the new legislation could be institutec bv legal entities within the District petitioning the Court. or petitions being filed with ar. appropriate 'lumber a; signatures. On-\ugList 13. 1985 the Cit\ oi Colorado Springs and the Board or Water Works or Pueblo filed appropriate petitions \\it1 ti,e District Court requesting that the provisions or Senate Bill 141 be implemented in the Sout~easter. Colorado \ \"ater Conser\ancy District. Tne Honorable Richard Robb held several hearings on the petitions. gi\ing representatives irom Chaifee, Fre"lOnt. and Kiowa Counties the opportunity to express concern mer the loss 0; mem~ers on the board oi directors. After due consideration, Judge Robb ruled on December ". 1985 t1at tle pro\. isions oi Senate Bill 1-1-1 should applv to the District. He t;.,en promulgated a procedure \\~ereb\O appointr:lents in 1986 \\ouid conform \\ itn those provisions. 40th ANNIVERSARY FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT A.ugust 16. 1962 \.\ill be a date recorced in the history books as the day when the members of Congress of the Lnited States anc: the :cte John F. Kennev. President of the United States. au~horized the construction of the Fryingpan-Ar~a.nsas Project \',hich \\oulc cnange the water management programs for the better for years to come. Public La\.\ 8~-590. authorized the construction and operation of the multipurpose project. On January 21, 1965. t!le I"lembers of t~le boa~d o~ c!irec~ors 0; the District entered into a Repayment Contract with the United Stctes to repav t:le reimbursable costs in\oked in ~he construction. The final Repayment Contract was signed bet\\een the District a'ld the United States on October 23, 1981. Constructo;1 on the Fr\Oi:1gpan-ArK2nsas Project began on RLiedi Reservoir in 1964, and continued at a steady pace eer\ \ ea. The Project was dedared cOMplete in 1982. with the exception of the completion of the second unit at the \ 11. Elbert Po\'.er P12.1"t. Four dii~eren~ Presidents of the united States served during the construction period, and mar'\ \\a~er resource programs \\ere cha'1ged during the 20 Years, including passage of the National Em iro:lnlen~ Polin .-\ct in 1969, the Federal Energy Act of 1973, and the President Jimmy Carter "Hit List" in 19~7. Changing economic ti:lleS 52\\ the inilation and interest rates skyrocket to amounts unprecedented in histof\. and an em iron:nenta: mO\. ement througholJt the United States opposing such projects. The District 2nc ~he Bu~eaLi of Recla'l1atio'l oiiiciais were indeed fortunate that the members of Congress and the Presidents 0': the L:nitec States continued their support ior the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. . 7 .