Board Meeting 03/08/1995

• Board Meeting Date: 3/8/1985
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums March 8, 1985
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will hear public
testimony on the FY 86 budget during the week of April 1. Mr. •
McDonald has requested time to present oral testimony on behalf of
the Board.
In preparation for the hearings, Mr. McDonald drafted a state-
ment. The key issues for the Board are what positions to take on
construction funding for the Animas-La Plata and Narrows projects
(not funded in the President's budget) , the Paradox and Grand
Valley salinity control units (which show substantial cuts in
funding) , and the Westerly Creek flood control project (which the
Board and local sponsors have been seeking for a number of years) .
In his draft statement, Mr. McDonald proposed that Colorado
request the following:
1. $1. 35 million for a construction start on the Animas-
La Plata project;
2. classification of the $500 ,000 included in the President' s
budget for the Narrows project as a construction start
(although these funds were included in the construction
category, they would be used exclusively for preconstruc-
tion activities) ;
3 . an increase in construction funding for the Paradox
Valley and Grand Valley salinity control units to $8 .4 •
million and $5. 7 million, respectively; and
4 . a $300,000 appropriation for continuing planning and
engineering on the Westerly Creek flood control project
in Denver and Aurora.
During his visit in Washington prior to the Board meeting,
Mr. McDonald discussed these budget requests with the state ' s
congressional representatives and their staffs and staff members
of the congressional committees . Based on these discussions , Mr.
McDonald concluded that it would be inadvisable to press for the
$500, 000 in the President' s budget for the Narrows Unit to be
classified as a construction start. Rather, he recommended that
the Board seek construction funding in addition to the $500 ,000 .
Mr. Gary Friehauf, Secretary-Treasurer, Lower South Platte
Water Conservancy District, addressed the Board to oppose Mr.
McDonald' s position on the Narrows Unit and recommended that the
Board request that the $500 , 000 be classified as construction
funds for this unit.
Following brief Board discussion, Mr. Furneaux moved, seconded
by Mr. Smith, that the Board approve the draft statement with the
deletion of item 2 pertaining to the Narrows Unit in lieu thereof
of the position now recommended by Mr. McDonald and that Mr.
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