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<br />r __.__. ___., 'h' . , <br />. <br />~\..., <br /> <br />.... ....-.,._....~...~~ .., .~-~.. ..~_....'---~-_.__._- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />0183 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />PROCESS REPLETE WITH OBSTACLES THAT APPEARED INSURMOUNTABLE. <br /> <br />.- I ~ . <br /> <br />THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER OF 1985, WE STRUGGLED TO REACH A <br />COST-SHARE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SATISFACTORY TO THE FEDERAL <br />GOVERNMENT. AT THE AUGUST MEETING THE PARTIES BEGAN DEFINING THEIR <br /> <br />NEGOTIATING PARAMETERS. WE AGREED TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A <br /> <br />NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF ALL WINTER'S CLAIMS; TO DEFER TRIBAL <br />PROJECT REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS, WITHOUT INTEREST, UNTIL REVENUES <br />WERE GENERATED: TO SUPPORT A FEDERALLY FUNDED TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT <br />FU~D: TO WORK tOR A SOLUTION TO THE OFF-RESERVATION USE OF TRIBAL <br />WATERS: TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PIPELINE TO TOWAOC. WE WERE <br /> <br />TOLD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPECTED $200 to $300 MILLION <br /> <br />FROM THE NON-FEDERAL PROJECT PARTICIPANTS. THERE WAS A LONG WAY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TO GO. <br /> <br />AT THE SEPTEMBER 1985 MEETING, COLORADO'S PROPOSAL - - <br />WHICH CONSISTED OF PUTTING $30 MILLION IN A ESCROW ACCOUNT, STAG- <br />ING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN UTE RESERVOIR AND THE UTE MOUN- <br /> <br />TAIN UTE IRRIGATION ~ANDS, PROVIDING REVENUING BONDING AT THE END <br />OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, AND SAVING INTEREST DURING CONSTRUCTION <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />BY FACILITATING EARLY STUDIES AND COMPRESSING THE CONSTRUCTION <br /> <br />SCHEDULE - - WAS DISMISSED AS INSUFFICIENT. <br /> <br />AT THE TOWAOC MEETING IN OCTOBER. WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE <br /> <br />WAS A SPLIT FEDERAL CAMP IN WASHINGTON, WITH HALF BELIEVING OUR <br /> <br />PROPOSAL TO BE SMOKE AND MIRRORS, AND THE OTHER HALF BELIEVING IT <br />TO BE REASONABLE. THE BOTTOM LINE, HOWEVER, WAS THAT OUR BEST NON- <br />FEDERAL EFFORT WAS NOT ENOUGH. A SO/50 FEDERAL/STATE CONTRIBUTION <br />... TO THE TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUND. AS WELL AS A $200 TO $300 MILLION <br />CASH CONTRIBUTION ,TO THE SETTLEMEN~ WAS STILL DEMANDED. <br /> <br />" <br />IN NOVEMBER. 1985 WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF <br />