BOARD00343

• Board Meeting Date: 10/27/1959
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. STAPLETON:

MR. MOSES:

MR. STAPLETON:
MR. MOSES:
MR. STAPLETON:
I MR. SPARKS :
MR. PETERSON:
MR. STAPLETON:
MR. PETERSON:

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Big Thompson power is the eqstern slope.
We have been told from the beginning that
whenever eastern slope demands required all
of that power, we would no longer be able to
get Bureau power for preference customers
in the San Luis Valley because we are not
in the normal marketing area.

That's the importance of a designation
because any area that is served that is not
in the normal marketing area, is served on
a temporary basis; just as long as power is
available and that's all, whereas the primary
right to the power comes to the normal mar-
keting area.

It seems to me what the Board should do
this morning is the adoption of a resolution
as suggested by Mr. Sparks in his memorandum
and by the Water Investigation Commission in
it's report, requesting the Secretary to
make that designation and to make it promptly.
Because until that is made everybody is work-
ing in the dark."

"Mr. Moses, what are the channels of com-
munication of this resolution?"

"Well, I'm in great favor of sending reso-
lutions to everybody that I can think of. It
seems to me that the resolution ought to be
directed to the Secretary of the Interior
and to the Upper ,Colorado River Commission,
requesting the Commission to make a similar
request."

"Should it go to the individual states
too, or just to the Commission?"

"1 can't see any harm in sending it to
the individual states."

"When does the Commission meet next?"

"It will probably meet sometime in Decem-
ber."

"Mr. Chai rman. "

"Mr. Peterson."

"This thought occurs to me. The Compact