Board Meeting 11/03/1983

• Board Meeting Date: 11/3/1983
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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4. Arkansas River Compact Issues

The minutes for the July 7, 1983 Board meeting reported
that the State of Kansas contends that the operation of
Trinidad and Pueblo Reservoirs was not in conformance
with the Compact. In his remarks, Mr. McDonald stated that
the State of Kansas has retained a Consulting Engineering
firm to gather data for use in possible litigation to be
filed by the State of Kansas to suport its claim. Much of
the data has been obtained from information in the Board's
files.

5. Mr. McDonald summarized actions taken by the General
Assembly in a special session convened in October to seek
solutions to the State's fiscal situation. He stated that
in the final passage of the negative supplemental
appropriation bill the General Assembly approved the use of
construction fund monies, up to the point of matching input
by Board staff members, to offset reductions in general fund
monies recommended by the Joint Budget Committee.

6. Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority
Contracts

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Mr. McDonald reported that in its recent meeting the
Authority Board members approved a contract under which the
Authority would fund the St. Vrain Basin Feasibility Study.
In the same meeting, the Authority Board declined to fund
additional feasibility studies on the Grand Mesa Project.

Agenda Item 5 - Attorney General's Report

Chairman Vandemoer called on Bill Paddock, First Attorney
General to present this report in the absence of Attorney General
Duane Woodard.

Mr. Paddock reported on several legal issues including the
following:

1. Riverside versus Andrews litigation

2. Vermejo Case

3. Supreme Court Case - People versus Amity Canal Company

4. Federal and Indian Reserved Rights Claims

5. Dinosaur National Monument - Federal reserved water
right claims

6. U.S. amended water right filing for oil shale

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