BOARD00822

• Board Meeting Date: 4/27/1953
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

132

I

Mr. Saunders stated that the Act says.in Section 1. ~The
Colorado Water Conservation Board is hereby authorized and
directed forthwith to make, or cause to be made a study of
the water resources available from surface supplies in that
part of Colorado which lies west of the Continental Divide,
and a study of the present and potential uses thereof to
the full extent necessary to a unified and harmonious development
of those waters for beneficial use in Colorado the fullest ex-
tent possible under the law, including the law created by
compacts affecting the use of said water. The studies so to
be made shall include analyses of the extent to which water
may be transferred from one watershed to another within the
state without injury to the potential economic development
of the natural watershed from which water might be diverted
for the development of another watershed." That last
sentence contemplates that it might be necessary to describe
conditions under which that might be necessary, ~:r. Saunders
said.

~r. Dutcher reminded that "The Colorado Water Conservation
Board must at all times have this matter in its charge, it
has the responsibility of eventually determining what that
situation is. The Colorado Conference Committee certainly should
make some kind of a report and recommendation to the Board. Then
it should be up to the Board to act on thatrecommendation, as
done in the case of the Arkansas-Frying Pan Project."

Mr. Saunders stated that the language of the Act is
broad enough to authorize this Conference Committee to proceed
to gather the information which is necessary, and to present
to this Board for its consideration, with perhaps a tentative
finding, leaving it to the Board to make the final determination.
Give Conference Co~~ittee power to do the work we want it to get
done."

I

Mr. Dutcher thought we might get in "dutch" with the
Legislature unless this $100,000 is spent just exactly right.
Too much to delegate the entire power of the Board, he commented.

Mr. Saunders said he believed that at least :;);1,000 would
not be too much to give the Conference Committee, adding that
the Board cannot come back here and meet to rule on every small
expenditure tha Committee wants to make.

Mr. Crawford said, "The only discussion we have had with
the Attorney General was with )':r. Hinkley; \'le got his opinion
with regard to expenditures. Mr. Hinkley suggested that we
come back to the Board, but did say we had the implied power;
he advised however, that we come back to the Board and have
this resolution passed."