BOARD00166

• Board Meeting Date: 12/22/1942
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

After' discussion it was movedr by 111'. J. 11. Dille and seconded
by George Bailey that the question ,of the payment of the claim
by the Colorado water Conservation Board be referred to the
Director with authority to adjust it in the manner and as may
seem advisable after consultation with the Attorney General.

A~ter discussion a vote was taken and th~ motion was unanimously
carried and declared passed.

Tha Director presented the matter of bUdget requirements for the
Colorado Water bonservation Board for the 1943-1945 blennium. He explained
that in accordance with the prescribea procedura it had been necessary fcr the
Director to presen~ to the Budget Commissioner of the State of Colorado an
estimate of the requirements for the next ~iennium. Copies of the proposed
budget estimates, heretofore submitted to the Budget Commissioner of the State
were distributed. These estimates resulted in a total required appropriation
of $168,000. It was explained that the Budget Commissioner would probably
reduce these estimates to $150,000 for the biennium, the amount of the
appropriation which had been made for the present biennium. Discussion of the
work of the Board followed and it was agreed that the Director in presenting
the matter to the General Assembly, should urge the appropriation of $150,000
on the basis that the functions. of the Board coul~ not be successfully carried
out with a less amount. No formal action was taken, but the agreement as to
the appropriation was left under a general directive to the Director. .

The meeting recessed at 12:30 P. 11. to reconvene at 2:00 P. 11.
(December 22, 1942).

1942).

The meeting of the Board reconvened at 2:10 P. M. (December 22,

Governor Ralph L. Carr' called the meeting to order.

There then came up for discussion ~ proposed report of the
National Resources Planning Board for Regional Planning for the Arkansas Valley.
The general purpose and scope of the report was discussed. Governor Ralph L.
Carr explained why the report of the nature proposed should not include the
Upper Basin of the Arkansas Valley. it was generally agreed that the re-
commendations of the Governor in this respeot should be followed and effort
should be made to eliminate the Upper Arkansas from the report, or in the
event of failure to accomplish such purpose, then every effort should be made
to bring about a reframing of the report to properly reflect the conditions
which exist in the Upper Arkansas Valley.

Mr. J. R. Riter, Assistant Hydraulic Engineer in the United
State~' Bureau of Reclamation, was presented and he made a general revie~ of the
status: of the investigation of projects for water developmen~ by'the Bureau of
Reclamation in the State of Colorado. He made a very thorough and satisfactory
statement of the status of this work. He was asked numerous: questions' by the
membersco.f,the Board! respecting specific project investigations in various;
seotions of the State.