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<br />'. <br /> <br />,. '.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />---.--.----.-- <br /> <br />0180 <br /> <br />THE UPSHOT OF THE JUNE llTH MEETING WAS THAT THE FEDERAL <br /> <br />GOVERNMENT'S COST-SHARING DEMANDS WERE STILL OUT OF REACH. THE <br /> <br />FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINALLY DEFINED COST-SHARING; MONEY: IT WAS <br />"THAT MONEY ADVANCED BY LOCAL SPONSORS DURING CONSTRUCTION", NOT <br />REPAYMEl'lTS, STAGING, ETC. THE FEDERAL "BOTTOM LINE" WAS $192 <br />MILLION IN CASH CONTRIBUTED DURIl'lG THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. THE <br /> <br />OPTIONS FOR CLOSURE WERE THE SAME: FURTHER SCALING DOWN OF THE <br /> <br />PROJECT, REDUCTIONS IN TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, AND ADDITONAL <br />CASH FROM THE STATE. SIGNIFICANT LEGAL HURDLES ALSO REMAINED. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT , WAS UNMOVED ON ITS OPPOSITION TO THE <br /> <br />TYPE OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PROVISIONS WE FELT ESSENTIAL TO THE <br /> <br />ENFORCEABILITY AND FINALITY OF THE AGREEMENT. THERE WAS SIGNIFI- <br /> <br />CANT PRESSURE FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE STATE'S POSITION ON INTER- <br /> <br />STATE MARKETING. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED COLORADO TO AGREE <br /> <br />TO UPPER BASIN LEASING, WITH NEUTRALITY ONLY IN LOWER BASIN STATES. <br /> <br />NEW DEMANDS IN ADMINISTRATION WERE MADE AND MORE PROTECTION RE- <br /> <br />QUESTED. 'THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINALLY "QUANTIFIED" IT~ EQUIT- <br />ABLE OBLIGATION AND TRUST RESPONSIBILITY, STATING THAT THESE CON- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SIDERATIONS SERVED TO MOVE THEM BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. <br /> <br />ONCE AGAIN, THE DEMANDS APPEARED INSURMOUNTABLE: THE COALI- <br />TION WAS THREATENED AS THE PARTIES REASSESSED THEIR POSITIONS. <br /> <br />NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED JUNE 19TH, COLORADO GAVE EVEN MORE. <br />A NEW LEGAL PROBLEM EMERGED, THE TRIBES DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED <br />A RESERVED WATER RIGHT IN THE PROJECT AND WERE NO LONGER WILLING <br />TO TAKE THEIR PROJECT WATER PURSUANT TO CONTRACT AND DECREE. <br /> <br />ON JUNE 26TH, THE NON-FEDERAL PARTIES WERE TOLD THAT A $53 <br />MILLION GAP STILL EXISTED, A SO/50 STATE/FEDERAL SPLIT ON THE <br />TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WAS REQUIRED, AND A THIRTY YEAR STRAIGHT <br /> <br />-5- <br />