BOARD01528

• Board Meeting Date: 2/26/1942
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

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After several hours disoussion ~f these points, a resolution was
introduoed by Mr. Delaney, who moved its adoption. -The resolution is
as followst

BE IT RESOLVED that money appropriated out of that part
of the Colorado River Development Fund, as defined in the Boulder
Canyon Project Adjustment Aot. approved July 19, 1940, allocated
to the State of Colorado for the oonstruction of.projeots in the
State of Colorado shall be. used to oonstruot small projeots.
primarily for irrigation, not authorized for oonstruotion under
the Wheeler-Case Aot, not exoeeding a total oost of $200,000 eaoh,
located in the natural drainage basin of the Colorado River; and
the cost of suoh projeots shall be repayable to the extent of the
ability of the water users under said projeots to repay annually,
suohability to be determined by the Seeretary of the Interiorl

PROVIDED that with respeot to projeets utilizing Colorado
River water and within the natural drainage basin of Colorado
River. whioh have unusual eoonomio value to their oommunities where
the reimburseable cost is suoh that the projeots cannot qualify
under the Wheeler-Case Act,.then not to exoeed a total of twenty
(20) peroent of the asoertained reimburseable cost of suoh projeots,
to be advanoed in four equal annual installments, may be appropri-
ated out of suoh Colorado River Development Fund as money not
reimburseable to suoh fund. in order to enable such projeots to
qualify under the.WReeler-Case Aot;

AND, PROVIDED FURTHER that money available from the Colorado
River Development Fund shall not be used to finanoe existing or
previously authorized Reolamation Project..

The motion for adoption of this resolution _. seoonded by Mr.
Smith, and upon vote the Chairman deolared the aotion unanimously oarried
and the resolution adopted.~

Judge O'Rourke requested that no aotion be taken on this report until the
matter oan be given further oonsideration by interested paTties in his section
of the state.

By motion duly made, seoonded and carried this report on the Boulder
Canyon projeot Adjustment Aot was placed on thf table for oonsideration
at the next meeting of the board.

Mr. Wallrich requested that mimeographed oopies of the report be sent.
to the members of the board.

The meeting adjourned at 5:20 p.m., to reoonvene at 9:30 p.m., February
27, 1942.

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Meeting reconvened on Friday morning, February 27, at 10:00 o'clook with
-Vice-chairman Wallrioh presiding.

Judge Stone introduced Mr. W. F. Finnigan of Telluride, a member of the