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Agenda Item 3 - Approval of Minutes <br /> Mr. McDonald asked whether Board members had any comments or • <br /> corrections to the draft copies of minutes of the July 7, 1983 <br /> meeting, copies of which had been sent to members earlier. Mr. <br /> McDonald noted a few minor typographic and editorial changes had <br /> been made. Mr . Jackson moved, seconded by Mr. Getz, that the <br /> minutes of the July 7, 1983 Board meeting be approved as <br /> corrected. Motion was adopted by unanimous voice vote. <br /> Agenda Item 4 - Director ' s Report <br /> Mr. McDonald reported on six items summarized as follows: <br /> 1 . Federal appropriations for the Animas-La Plata and <br /> Narrows Projects . <br /> Fiscal year 1984 supplemental appropriations passed by <br /> the House of Representatives included construction funds for <br /> both projects. Subsequent action by the Senate <br /> Appropriations Committee approved funds for the Animas-La <br /> Plata Project but deleted funds for the Narrows Project . <br /> Efforts wil be made to have the Narrows funds restored in <br /> Conference Committee actions. Senate floor action will <br /> probably not occur until after the Thanksgiving recess . <br /> Mr. McDonald indicated that it might be necessary for him to <br /> travel to Washington in the near future to present testimony <br /> in support of funds for the two projects . • <br /> 2. Dolores Project <br /> Mr. McDonald briefly reported on the status of <br /> construction on the project, indicating that topping out of <br /> McPhee Dam is scheduled for this fall, weather permitting. <br /> Should this occur as scheduled, water storage in McPhee <br /> Reservoir could begin during the spring 1984 runoff period. <br /> 3 . Closed Basin Repayment Contract <br /> Over the last several months efforts have been underway <br /> to finalize contract provisions between the United States <br /> (Bureau of Reclamation) and the State, such contract <br /> spelling out the State ' s responsibilities and obligations as <br /> required by the Closed Basin Project Authorizing Act. In <br /> reviewing the proposed contract provisions , the Attorney <br /> General' s staff raised questions concerning the Board' s <br /> authority to transfer state-owned lands to the United States <br /> in view of the fact that contracts previously executed <br /> between the State Land Board, this Board, and the Division <br /> of Wildlife, such contracts covering some of the same <br /> lands. Resolution of these questions is underway by the <br /> Attorney General ' s staff. <br /> • <br /> -2- <br />