BOARD00571

• Board Meeting Date: 4/25/1949
• Description: Table of Contents, Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MORNING SESSION
Monday, April 25; -1949
Room 330, State Office Bldg.

The meeting was called to order at 10:15 a.m. by Vice Chairman George
J. Bailey.

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Director Stone announced discussion of the Proposed Glendo Reservoir on
the North Platte as the first order of business, and prefaced the discussion
with a presentation of the Direetor's memorandum regarding Glendo, previously
issued to Board members and others in mimeographed form.

Jean S. Breitenstein, Attorney for the Board, whose comments and analysis
of the G1endo Project were attached to the Director's memo, reviewed the legal
and physical phases of the proposed prQject with special reference to its opera-
tional relations to the provisions of the United States Supreme Cour~ decree in
the North Platte Case. He said that the three States of Colorado, Nebraska and
Wyoming should agree on the capacity .and plan of operation for Glendo Reservoir
before any appropriation is made b,y Congres~ for its construction; and he recom-
mended that the Colorado Water Conservation Board should decide on the type of
limitation on appropriations for the pro.ject which should be proposed to the
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee of the U. S. Senate. "

Avery A. Batson, Regional Director, Region 7, ~ureau of Rex1amation, ~x-
plained an exhibit of' maps and charts, showing nine different plans of operation
for the proposed Gle,ndo dam and reservoir at various capacities. He reported
that the Bureau is engaged in surveys on the best ultimate uses of the waters of
the North Platte system.

Mr. Breitenstein and R. J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer, suggested that
the North Platte decree of the U. S. .Supreme Court was not fully satisfactory, to
Colorado and recommended (1) that any appropriation of funds by the Congress for
fiscal 1950 he limited to investigational surveys (no construction); and (2)
that Colorado initiate informal discussions with the other two States interested
on the possibility of securing revision of the decree.

Motion was made by Director stone that the Glendo matter
be referred to a committee composed of J. S. Breitenstein and
Attorney General Joh~ W. Metzger, to draft a resolution for
consideration of the Board.

The motion was seconded by Mr. Williams. On vote being taken,
the motion was declared unanimOUSly adopted.

The Board adjourned for noon recess, to reconvene at 1:30 p.m.

AFTERNOON SESSION
Monday, April 25, 1949

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The session was called to order by Vice Chairman George J. Bailey.