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<br />I <br /> <br />Access roads are complete and clearing <br />essentially ccmplete. Placement of ccncrete <br />fer tower fcctings is abcut 20 percent ccm- <br />plete. Tower steel is being delivered and <br />tower erection will begin scon. <br /> <br />One ditch ccmpany still remains as a <br />major obstacle tc the purgatoire River Water <br />Conservancy District in its attempt to obtain <br />supporting ccntracts with all the ditch com- <br />panies and several individual water users <br />included in the Trinidad Project. The Hoehne <br />Ditch company has refused tc enter into a <br />contract with the District and an attempt by <br />the District tc buy the Hcehne Ditch company <br />failed when the parties were unable to ccme <br />tc an agreement en the price. They are also <br />attempting to secure a declaratory judgment <br />restricting the Hcehne Ditch Company tc bene- <br />ficial use. The District held a bend electicn <br />on September 13 in order tc obtain authority <br />to sell bonds and thus obtain the necessary <br />money needed in acquiring the Hcehne water <br />rights. The bend issue was apprcved by a 13 <br />to 1 vote. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />In the Upper Arkansas River Basin a <br />Cclcrado State University team has been making <br />a reccnnaissance survey to determine the kinds <br />and amcunt of wocdy phreatophyte vegetation in <br />the Arkansas River Vall~y and its majcr tribu- <br />taries in Colcradc. We participated in varicus <br />subccmmittee neetings en the Upper Arkansas <br />River under the leadership cf the Colcrado <br />Water Ccnservaticn Beard. Our cwn \"lcrk is <br />ccntinuing on the inventcrying of existing <br />reports and updating certain data prier tc <br />evaluating potential water resources develop- <br />ment. <br /> <br />Design and specifications wcrk for the <br />garage and shop building at Archer Substaticn <br />is scheduled fer ccmpletion in F.Y. 1967. <br /> <br />This concludes my report, Nr. Chairman." <br />