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<br />The disappointing part of the budget is that there are no construction <br />funds for the Animas-La Plata, the Narrows, Savery-Pot Hook, or Fruitland <br />Mesa--no money whatsoever allocated to those projects for any purpose. <br />The President has not taken a stand for or against the Animas-La Plata <br />at this time. As you know, he has taken a definite stand against the <br />Narrows:, the Savery-Pot Hook, and the Fruitland Mesa Projects. <br /> <br />What our 'strategy is going to be this session, with reference to,those <br />projects, the four of them,. the Animas-La Plata, the Narrows, Savery-Pot <br />Hook, and Fruitland Mesa, is something that we will have to develop at <br />our March meeting. Before our March meeting, we will prepare our recom- <br />mendations to the Governor and to the Congressional delegation concerning <br />funding for our projects this coming fiscal year. <br /> <br />If we get Senate BiLl 325 enacted here in our own legislature" we will <br />add another arrow to our bow wheITwe testify before the congressional <br />committees. If we don't get that bill through" we won't have anything <br />new. But armed with the legislative intent to do something in the water <br />resource field here in Colorado, we may be able to persuade the President <br />,to support SOme of the projects which he has already opposed or on which <br />be has taken no position. <br /> <br />The other projects that we have are all adequately funded. We have the <br />ongoing definite plan reports on the San Miguel and the West Divide. <br />They are adequately funded.: Adequate funds were provided for the Grand <br />Valley Salinity control and the Paradox Salinity Control Projects. <br /> <br />'Overall, the budget looks pretty good, with the exception of the four <br />projects that I have, mentioned. <br /> <br />Are there any questions? <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />MR. FISCHER: Mr. Chairman and Mr. Sparks" I am Rolly Fischer of the <br />Colorado Water Conservation District. The staff does not know but <br />should know that the River District has been working closely with the <br />Fruitland Mesa District, :and we have the most crude, most preliminary <br />draft--if that is enough disclaimer--a revision of Fruitland to utilize <br />the decreed waters. And I would be happy to discuss it with the <br />technical side of your .staff, Felix, the elimination of that long tunnel <br />and that kind of thing. I'm not satisfied with the first, blush look at <br /> <br />-24- <br />