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<br />this is quite important, because we have to have a broad input statewide <br />so that everyone understands what we are trying to do in 325 or similar <br />bills. The chairman appointed Mr. Jackson and Mr. Kroeger of our board <br />to be on that committee. Unfortunately, Mr. Jackson could not be here <br />today. Mr. Kroeger is. <br /> <br />I would just like to give you some tentative thinking. I have made some I <br />preliminary contacts to set up a working committee of 11 people. That <br />is what the Board authorized. The organizations that I think should be <br />represented, in my preliminary thinking at this time, are the Water <br />Congress--I think they have a representative here. Is Fred here? Yes. <br />The Cattlemen's Association should be represented, because a large part <br />of our projects will. be agricultural in scope; the Municipal League, <br />because the majority of our projects do involve cities throughout <br />Colorado; Colorado Counties, Inc., which is an organization of County <br />Commissioners. The county commissioners are directly involved in the <br />planning field and in providing the guidance within their counties; and <br />farm organizations are directly involved; and there are two or three of <br />those that are represented here by full-time people in Denver; and the <br />city and County of Denver. <br /> <br />We already have authorization to spend $5 million to assist Denver in <br />installing water meters. At the present rate, we can't even start to <br />fund that until about 1983, and we wouldn't have full funding for,Denver <br />water meters until about 1985. <br /> <br />The League of Women Voters is another group, and some of the conservancy <br />districts, particul'arly the Southwest District and the Southeast District, <br />because what, I have been looking at is where we have a large block of <br />votes in the. Legislature. The Pueblo-and Colorado Springs areas have <br />the biggest block outside of the metropolitan area. In the metropolitan <br />area, obviously Denver itself has the largest block. We need people who <br />frequent the halls of the Legislature; that is, the people who work over <br />there representing organizations on a fair ly constant basis. The <br />organizations that I have listed all have people that are working there <br />on a daily basis. <br /> <br />On the Western Slope, we have every Western Slope legislator, I believe, <br />with one exception, and I couldn't find him when we were getting this <br />bill in. They have a very key interest. Unfortunately, there are not <br />very many of them, but they are pretty solid. <br /> <br />Where we need to work is in three areas: the metropolitan area, :the _ <br />plains'2area.t;.0 the east of here, and the Arkansas Valley. Those are <br />three areas that we have to concentrate on. Strangely enough, we seem <br />to have more trouble right here in Denver with these water bills than <br />any other place. <br /> <br />Those are <br />warning. <br />them. <br /> <br />some tentative ideas to give some of the organizations a <br />If there are any ideas here, we would certainly like to have <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: If you have any suggestions then, talk to Felix about <br />it through the noon hour or after the meeting today. <br /> <br />-14- <br />