BOARD00076

• Board Meeting Date: 11/1/1952
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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WHEREAS, the pro~perity, health and Vlell being of the Monte-
suma Valley has been impaired during the preceding drouth years,
and .

WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable and essential that aid be
solicited in the matter of exploration and development of water
storage.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Directors of
the Montezuma Valley Irrigation .Company, and tpe board ?f directors
of the Montezuma Valley Pnblic Irrigation District in meeting as-
sembled this 12th day of February, 1952 that aid be solicited from
governmental agencies for the development of additional storage on
the Dolores River, and that THE SOUTHI'IESTERN' WATER CONSERVATION DIS-
fRICT, The Colorado Water Board of Water Commissioners, be urged to
foster, encourage and assist in the securing of such storage, and
they be requested to obtain such F7deral aid as is available.

It is further resolved that fiye copies of this resolution be
delivered to Dan Hunter, President of the Southwestern Water Conser-
vation District for use and distribution as in his opinion is proper.

Passed, adopted and approved this 12th day of Februiiry 1952.

/s/ E. W. Neal
Vice President

/s/ Herald G. Keown
Secretary

CERTIFICATE

I, Herald G. Keown, the duly authorized, elected and qualified
Secretary of the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company and the Montezuma
Valley Public Irrigation District, do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Resolution passed, adopted
and approved on the 12th day of February, A. D. 1952.

/s/ Herald G. Keown

(seal)

Vice-Chairman Bailey announced that the next order of business was the
consideration of renewal of Jean Breitenstein's contract for 1953. He explained
that Mr. Breitenstein's contract expired at the end of the year and that some
action should be taken in the event no meeting of the Board would be held be-
fore the end of 1952.