BOARD01321

• Board Meeting Date: 3/7/1961
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. Me CANDLESS:

MR. SPARKS:

report that Colorado had quite a number. It
couldn't have caught us at a better time with
the Savery-Pot Hook, the Bostwick Park, the
Fruitland Mesa and the Fryingpan-Arkansas,
some $225,000,000 worth of projects.

I might state, that just looking over the
list here, the projects we have now under
active consideration, construction or in the
final stages of feasibility or definite plan
reports, we have projects which exceed in
cost considerably in excess of a half billion
dollars. And we have every reason to believe
that that half billion dollar program, about
$150,000,000 worth which is now under construc-
tion, will be a reality within the next ten
or twelve years. So you can understand, with
projects of that magnitude, some of the number
of problems, both small and large, that will
occur as a result.

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We have a film, a recent film and an
excellent one, produced by Region 4 of the
Bureau of Reclamation on the Colorado River
Storage Project. It's about 20 minutes in
length. "

"Gentlemen, I don't want to cut short any
comments on the Director's report but we
always lose half our audience after lunch and
especially now that we have completed all of
the agenda items. If it is satisfactory to
the members of the Board, let us set up the
picture and have the meeting concluded before
lunch. The Board will meet for luncheon at
the Argonaut at 12:15."

"Mr. Chairman, I don't
you but just one question.
Larry why Juniper isn't on

want to interrupt
I'd like to ask
there?"

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"The reconnaissance study on the Juniper
has been completed. A decision will now have
to be made, based on reconnaissance studies,
where we are going with the Juniper from here.
We simply are not in a position this year to