BOARD01703

• Board Meeting Date: 5/5/1981
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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was distributed to Board members by Mr. McDonald.

In light

of the fact that the draft minutes were rather lengthy and

were being provided to Board members for the fIrst time, it

was agreed that Board members would review the draft at a
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later date1 provide any comments which they might have to

Mr. McDonald, whereupon the minutes would be finalized and

presented for approval at the next Board meeting.

Mr. Kroeger then asked Mr. McDonald to proceed with

Agenda Item 2 concerning applications for feasibility studies

to be funded with monies from the construction fund. Mr.

McDonald called the Board's attention to his memorandum

concerning this agenda item (see Appendix B). Mr. McDonald

noted that there were about two dozen applications for

feasibility studies pending at the time, approximately haif

of which had been calendared fo~ this Board meeting, and the

baiance of the applications to be taken up at the July Board
meeting. Before proceeding with the~aff's recommendations

for each individual application, Mr. McDonaid provided the

Board with an overview of the $tatus of the General

Assembiy's deliberations concerning the Board's recentiy

adopted construction fund policies. Mr. McDonald noted that

those policies had been incorporated nearly verbatim in the

House passed version of H.B. 439. He related to the Board

that there had been considerable debate on the floor of the

House of Representatives concerning the perceived faiiure of

the Board to pursue and recommend to the General Assembly

large new water development projects. He noted that the