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.166 NOll THEREFO~, 'l'he Denver Chamber of Commerce, by action of its Board of Directors at their regular'rreet:tqg on Thursday, December 8, 1949, does hereby recomend that the Bureau of Reclamation make a thorough investigation of the Artesia -- Echo Park access route and selec~ that as the route on which ,to build its access road, if such investigation shall bear out the above- mentioned facts. Adopted by the: Board of Directors Denver Chamber of Connnerce December 8, 1949 G. E. Collis Son ~ge E. Collisson Secretary I Mr. Weller submitted suggested revision for Paragraph 10 of the pro- posed State Connnents on the Colorado River Storage Project. The paragraph was reworded to inclu:Ie the principal suggestions TlBde by him. Mr. Pughe connnented that while a Colorado road ,to the site was favored, the selection of route was an engineering problem, which might result in locating the route differently than proposed by the Artesia group. He men- tioned that perhaps the Park Service might have reconnnendations for a ecenic route, along the r:lm of the reservoir to be creat"ed by the dam. The Board recessed at 12 o'clock for the noon hour, to reconvene at 1:30 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION December 17, 1949 The Board, reconvening at 1:30 o'clock, resumed discussion of the Colo- rado River Storage Project report of the Bureau of Reclam3.tion. Judge Hughes announced that the Western Colorado Water Planning Association had adopted a resolution on the subject of the Colorado River Storage Project. 'He submitted the resolution for the record and spoke in support of its provisions. The resolution is as follows: " . BE IT RESOLVED by the \'iestern Colorado Water Planning Association, in meeting assembled at Montrose, Colorado, this 18th day of November, 1949, that the overall plan of the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of nine hold-over storage reser- voirs on the main stem of the Colorado River and its tril:utaries in the Upper Basin States be approved in principle and upon com- pliance with the fOllowing conditions: ~~~, ~ 1. That said plan shall not interfere with the completion with all due diligence of surveys of the water resources and the present and potential future needs of water in the natural basins where said waters arise in Western Colorado. ,,~ 2. That said surveys and studies shall precede the con- struction of initial projects under said plan insofar as possible and practical, and any unfinished surveys shall proceed continu- ously and coincident with construction of initial projects until completed.