BOARD00171

• Board Meeting Date: 4/19/1955
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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April 19, 1955

Mr. Ivan C. Crawford, Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board
State Office Building
Denver 2, Colorado

Dear Mr.Crawford:

This is in response to your letter of April 11, 1955,
directing my attention to an appropriation made by the First
Regular Session of the 1953 General Assembly, in the amount
of $100,000 to make a "study of the water resources available
from the surface supplies in that part of Colorado which lies
west of the Continental Divide, and a study of the present
and potential uses thereof to the full extent necessary ***".

You advise that there is approximately $37,000 remaining
in this fund, and inquire if, in my opinion, this balance
could be expended for the purpose of making necessary investi-
gation and surveys for determination as set forth in the
second paragraph of your letter.

I am of the opinion that such expenditure would be well
within the purposes of the appropriation. I have discussed
the matter with the State Controller, who agrees with my
conclusions.

Very truly yours,
/s/ Duke W. Dunbar
Attorney General

Mr. Bailey asked Mr. Bell if he could give some information
concerning the costs of this program.

MR. BELL:

"I have made some estimates. We make a prelimi-
nary estimate that the construction cost of the
twenty stations will require a total outlay of about
$30,000; operation of the stations for one fiscal
year will total about $16,000, which will mean that
the total cost of this particular program will be
~n the neighborhood of $46,000, which, under our
cooperative type of agreement, will only cost the
State half of that sum."

MR. DILLE: '
MR. BELL:

"Do you have Federal funds available to match this?"

"I cannot commit ourselves for the next fiscal year
as the appropriation bill is not passed. We do have
several thousand left for this fiscal year."