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1071 I In order to assist you in passing on the creation of this proposed Commission, the nominees named above met in Den- ver, Colorado, on July 29, 1958, to provide a detailed explana- tion of the Commission's functions. Present were nominees Barnard, Jex, Nichols, Saunders, Bunger and Barkley, and alter- nates Smith, Fisk, Miller and Clayton. The meeting was presided over by John B. Barnard, Jr., Chairman of the Colorado Water Congress. It will be noted from the list of nominees that the interested districts and the City of Denver have nominated, either as nominee or alternate, the heads of their legal or engineering staffs, or the counsel and engineer for the enti- ties. Mention is made of this to show you that the constituent agencies are so eager to be of service to the Colorado Water Conservation Board through the creation of this Commission and the making of the recommended studies that they would assign these men to this task, thus making available to you many decades of education, experience, and active participation in water law and engineering. It is our feeling that the functions of this Commis- sion are to correlate available data, develop data where nec- essary, and bring careful legal consideration to bear on many unsolved legal problems in the areas of study outlined in the statement presented to the Board in the Durango meeting. When the reports of this Commission are presented to the Board, it is felt that this procedure will give to the Board the legal and engineering solutions to some very complicated problems, thus enabling the Board to consider its policy decisions in light of the combined thinking of legal and engineering techni- cians throughout the state. In addition, the participation by persons nominated by the various districts gives strong reason to believe that the ultimate results will have the con- currence of agencies representing more than 90% of Colorado. This brief explanation is made in order to assure the Board that the objective of this Commission is to give support and assistance to the Board in performing its duties, and not to encroach upon its functions or perogatives in any respect whatsoever. I It is our feeling that the function of the proposed Commission is: 1. To define the specific questions to be answered and methods of investigation to.be followed;