BOARD01683

• Board Meeting Date: 5/12/1967
• Description: Agenda, Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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this part of his report). As you will see
over on the left hand side, existing author-
ized and'considered projects are indicated
in distinctive colors. Our activities, of
course, as the Board well knows, consist of
preauthorization studies for flood control I
and related purposes in the Arkansas River
Basin; preconstruction planning of the auth-
orized Las Animas Local protection Project;
construction of Trinidad as we have been talk-
ing about; operation of the John Martin
Reservoir project; and collection and dissemi-
nation of flood plain information. These
activities, of course, are described in the
report and I will not belabor the point by
reading it verbatim.

I would, however, like to discuss with
the Board and with the audience here our pre-
authorization planning. We are continuing
the investigations and studies for flood
control and related purposes in the Arkansas
River Basin. Consideration is being given to
tributary reservoirs for multi-purpose devel-
opment, channel clearing and straightening,
major drainage, bank protection, and levees
for the protection of urban and agricultural
lands. studies are well advanced in the
basin above John Martin Dam and a tentative
plan of improvement, \'lhich appears to be
economically justified, has been selected
for detailed study consisting of the follow-
ing elements:

a. Channel improvement on the main stem
from Brewster to Florence and from Pueblo to
Las Animas, a total distance of approximately
35 miles; and

b. Local protection projects on the I
Arkansas River and tributaries at Cotopaxi,
Florence, portland, pueblo, and Rocky Ford.
The total first cost of these potential im-
provements is presently estimated to be in
excess of $77 million. Benefits would accrue
from reduction of flood damage and major
drainage. In addition, flood control storage