BOARD00852

• Board Meeting Date: 7/10/1950
• Description: Table of Contents, Minutes and Resolutions. Volumes I and II of Transcription of Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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the.laok Oanon; and then a powel' development below the flat10nal
Konument. 'here I1re 9.180 quest10ne 1nvolved with the 'arks
Servioe Wh1ch have not been wo:!'ked out. Oolorado indioated
very det1n1telythat we wanted eometbing done oR the ~nn1son
River 1,n the wa,v of a. proJect as a unU in the Colorado lUT.r
Sto1"age PT'oJeot. lle dJ.u not we.nt that to await at!thorhat1on ot
otAtr u.~1ts 1;)1&11 We otftt1dert4"solllet1l1.e in the tutuJ'~.

1,'ou are all familial' with it. and 1t :you don't reoall 1t.
I have the minutes herewhloh, Ibelteve, Judge Hughes wae
largely responsible for the language we put in there; aftd 1t was
based upon aeUon taken by oertain West Slope gI'Otlps. 1 have
bEJen watching this JI1&tter and the lSuree.u will not be e,ble to
present for the consideration of either the Icerd or loeal
groUpe the report on the Gllnrdeon River. the oomprehend."". plan,
until $ometlmein October; and at that time, fUrther information
and f'Qrther etud1es will be avaUable &.s to what we oall mun

stem holdover studies.

Ob.,10U$ly, thls 1JoaX'd is nQt 1.n a position to Ilakeany
4$01810n Qll.d the looal people aI's 1n no pod Uon to malte aIlY
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aeeblOJ!, 1n, the .ba.no. of thete tuMine%' etlidhe and rep();zot.
Hr. Larson nOW suggests that ln orCl.er that thb :r:oepol"t .aJ' 80
to Washington andeomethlf.l@ be 401\8 on the Gunnison River, that
there be included at th1s t1me as an initial unit, that 18. tQJ'
construction. as one of the first projects, the iirldgepOf't: and