BOARD00146

• Board Meeting Date: 12/30/1953
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MINUTES OF
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD

December 30, 1953
Persian Room, Argonaut Hotel
Denver, Colorado

Mr. Bailey called the meeting to order at 10:15 A.M. to
consider further developments with reference to the Upper
Colorado River Project. He asked Mr. Breitenstein to
report .'

Mr. Breitenstein: "Following the last meeting of the
Colorado Conservation Board, the Upper Colorado Committee
met in Denver on Saturday, December 12. Representatives
from the office of the Interior presented a supplemental
report on Upper Colorado River Projects and Participating
Proj ects which had been forwarded to the Bureau of the
Budget. I call attention particularly to paragraph 29
of this report which names the 'projects to be constructed
in Echo Park and Glen Canyon and certain participating
projects. Less than ~. of the total expenditures would be
made in Colorado. Prior to my meeting with the Reclamation
people in Washington, I talked to Senator Johnson over the
telephone. He said the first request Colorado should make
should be for the inclusion of Cross Mountain. Accordingly
a draft was made and this is only a tentative draft, but
it does indicate plan and also indicates what the Bureau of
Reclamation is willing to do in making recommendations.
They will, in my opinion, recommend Cross Mountain without
any hesitation."

Mr~ Breitenstein read the following draft to the Board:

DRAFT

My dear Mr. Pres ident :

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The states of the Upper Division of the Colorado
River Basin have now advised me of their present
official positions in regard to development of the
Upper Colorado River Basin. I am submitting
herewith as a supplement to my letter of December 10,
1953, those positions and my comments thereon.