BOARD00665

• Board Meeting Date: 1/5/1982
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MEMORANDUM

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION 1I0ARD
J. William McDonald
Director

TO:

Members, CWCB
Bill McDonald flA.tD.
December 24, 1981

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT: Special Board Meeting, Tuesday,
January 5, 1982, Denver, Colorado

I. The Governor and Monte Pascoe have recently met with the
Republican legislative leadership to consider the proposal
that the state provide $25 million for front-end cost-sharing
on the Narrows and Animas-La Plata projects. The collective
judgment of all involved has been that the most expeditious
way to proceed is through the Water Resources and Power
Development Authority, since provision was made in S.B. 19
(1981 session) for the transfer of $29,999,000 from the CWCB
construction fund to the Development Authority.

2. Under the circumstances, Monte and I have concluded that the
Board should hold a special meeting in order to insure com-
pliance with the provisions of section 37-95-107, CRS 1973
(see S.B. 19, page 10), which section provides that:

(1) Before any proposed project can receive consideration
for funding by the authority, the Colorado water con-
servation board must first review the feasibility study
of any such proposed project, and the general assembly
must authorize the authority to proceed to consider
any proposed project.

(4) Upon re~eipt of a feasibility study by the Colorado
water conservation board, said board shall review such
study and forward the study to the general assembly
together with its recommendations as to whether or not
the proposed project should be authorized by the general
assembly.

3. Although the Board previously has, on numerous cccasions,
reviewed both the Narrows and Animas-La Plata projects,
Monte and I believe that formal Board action taken in spe-
cific response to section 37-95-107 is in order at this time.
Thus, the purpose of this special board meeting will be to