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<br />Mr. Fetcher introduced Agenda Item lO--Closed Basin <br />project--and asked Mr. McDonald to disc.uss it. In his remarks <br />Mr. McDonald pointed out that problems associated with the Closed <br />Basin Project had been the subject of discussion at several of <br />the previous Board meetings and was again summarized in his <br />March 1, 1983, memorandum to the Board. (See Appendix I.) In <br />essence, the funds authorized in S.B. 537 (1977) to finance the <br />non-federal costs of the "Full Fish and Wildlife and Recreation <br />Enhancement Plan" as proposed in the Definite Plan Report were <br />insufficient. At our request, the Bureau prepared a "Reduced <br />Development Plan" which has been approved by the Board and is <br />acceptable to the Division of Wildlife. The elements of this <br />plan will be embodied in a contract between the Board and the <br />United States, the major provisions of which were attached to the <br />March 1, 1983, memorandum to the Board. In conCluding his <br />remarks, Mr. McDonald recommended;that the Board authorize him <br />to agree to a contract which encompasses the full development <br />plan, subject to the condition that the contract muet contain a <br />provision which permits the state, at its sole discretion, to <br />determine at the time of construction exactly which features and <br />in what quantity are to be constructed: and that the Board ask <br />the Division of Wildlife and the Division of Parks and outdoor <br />Recreation to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the <br />Board which specifies the obligations of each in performing the <br />responsibilities which the state will assume in the repayment <br />contract with the Bureau (the contract itself will not specify <br />the relationship among the affected state agencies). Mr. Kroeger <br /> <br />-10- <br />