BOARD01352

• Board Meeting Date: 2/1/1966
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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I MR. STAPLSTON,

MR. SPARKS:

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The Grand Mesa board, and now I may state
very definitely the San ~tiguel Board, are
somewhat distressed to now learn of the possi-
bility that, not only will conditional author-
ization be affected, but maybe the authorization
of the participating projects themselves be
affected by the necessity, if that should be-
come the position of this Board, of working
out an agreement as to the effect of Senate
Document No. 80 as it affects the allocation
of waters first to western slope projects and
then to eastern slope projects. However, as
long as this Board is able to present a strong
position on the part of Colorado, we will
support the construction of the Central Arizona
project, as long as included in that legisla-
tion is a recognition, if not an authorization,
and we certainly hope a strong authorization,
for the eventual construction as early as
feasibility studies are available, of the
western slope participating projects.

Now with particular reference to the San
Miguel project, I am sure that I don't need to
repeat that we are hopeful now that the final
report will be available in the very near future
for circularization as required by law and that
this project, which has been in the planning
stages for so long now, can at long last be
authorized as a part of this important legis-
lation. We feel that it is for reasons such
as these that Colorado ought to go on record
in favor of this legislation and we feel that
if we cannot get such authorization that Colo-
rado is not gaining very much. Certainly the
two conservancy districts I mentioned will be
greatly disappointed if this Board is not able
to take a strong stand in this respect."

"Thank you, Mr. Conklin.

11r. Sparks has some comments he would
like to make, if he may."

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