Board Meeting 03/15/1984

• Board Meeting Date: 3/15/1984
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums March 15, 1984
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

H. B. 1128 as passed by the House. During the Senate Ag Commit-
tee hearings, three additional priority projects were added:
namely, the Cortez Pipeline, a feature of the Dolores Project;
the Sedgwick-Sand Draws Project; and a component of the
Stagecoach Reservoir Project, identified as Land and Water Rights
Appraisal. The Senate Ag Committee also reaffirmed preparation
of the Site Development Plan for the Stagecoach Reservoir
Project, a requirement in last year 's bill authorizing the
project. Also in the Senate Ag Hearings, the question of Senate
confirmation of Board members was discussed. This item has not
been resolved.
g. Federal Appropriations
The U. S. Senate and House Appropriations Committees have
scheduled the usual sessions for testimony on the Bureau of
Reclamation and Corps of Engineers programs . Mr. Getches and
Mr. McDonald have asked for time to testify on Colorado projects
and have been granted that time during the first week in April.
In previous years, Mr. McDonald, representing Governor Lamm,
presented testimony in support of the following Colorado
projects:
1. Narrows and Animas La Plata - Construction funds .
2. Colorado River Salinity Control - Construction and plan-
ning funds .
3. Westerly Creek - Planning and engineering funds.
4. Dominguez Reservoir - Planning funds
5. Fountain Creek - Construction
6. CRSP Power Revenues Proposal
In response to Mr. McDonald's question concerning testimony
in support of the above-listed projects , Mr. Jackson moved, sec-
onded by Mr. Johnston, that Mr. McDonald attend the hearings
and present testimony on all projects except the Dominguez
Reservoir. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote.
h. Cost-Sharing
Mr. McDonald called attention to the discussion at the
February 16, 1984, special Board meeting, particularly with
reference to efforts to obtain federal funds for the Animas-La
Plata and Narrows Projects and the relationship of these efforts
to cost-sharing in light of the President ' s announcement on cost-
sharing policies of the Administration. Stemming from these
discussions, Board members, at the February meeting, asked Mr.
McDonald to prepare a draft letter to the Legislative leadership •
stressing the importance of, legislative action with reference to
state cost-sharing for these projects (Appendix B attached) .
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