BOARD00444

• Board Meeting Date: 1/11/1961
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

we made certain changes in the operating princi-
ples and in the legislation which were the pri-
mary concern of the Southeastern District. That
district agreed to be the contractual agency for
the Ruedi Reservoir. That was the stumbling
block which we were not able to overcome in the I
last session of Congress. Otherwise the use of
water is exactly the same as was always contem-
plated and the actual repayment by the South-
eastern District is also the same. That agree-
ment is what we now think makes possible the
passage of the Fryingpan-Arkansas legislation
during this session of Congress.

These revisions were sent to the Board
members some time ago. I understand that our
Congressmen conferred on this last week, and our
Senators, and they reached mutual agreement as
to the contents of the bill. I have not seen
the new bill but I left it with them this way,
that unless there were matters of substance
which should come back to Colorado for decision,
we have no further interest in the mechanics.of
the bill, except to see that it is passed. So
it is now in their hands and we have every rea-
son to believe that that project legislation will
be passed during this session of Congress.

I think the only action of the Board is to
go on record as approving the legislation and
the new operating principles."

MR. NELSON:

"I'd like to ask this question, are the
operating principles incorporated in the bill
that they introduced as you had them here?"

MR. SPARKS:

"I do not know. A considerable question
arose as to how that was to be handled. In my
last conversation with Congressman Aspinall and
the other members of our congressional delega-
tion they said 'You'll have to leave that mat-
ter to us as to the form of this legislation'."

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MR. NELSON:

"As I understood the Colorado River District
position, they insisted on that being the case."

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