BOARD01744

• Board Meeting Date: 4/18/1958
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

922

Date

Sept. 13, 1951

Oct. 16,1951

Oct. 23, 1951

Town or Organization,

Ft. Morgan Reservoir and
Irrigation Company

Jackson Lake Reservoir
and Irrigation Company

William B. Paynter
(Brush Civic Club,
Brush, Colorado)

1st National Bank of
Ft. Morgan

Remarks

Withhold approval'
until agreements
are made on the
following: rights
for refilling,court
order approving
change in point of
diversion of Ft.
Morgan Canal, more
definite solution
of the Weldon Val-
ley Ditch water,
and water rights
for new lands' be
junior to present
reservoir decrees.
Approve building
of a channel reser-
voir and location
of proposed damsite
and proposed control
of Bij ou Creek.

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Reaffirmed opposition
as expressed in
Resolution of June
6, 1949 .

Loss of rich farm
land. Other sites
more feasible.
Favor small dams
on headwaters of
tributaries. Cost
of dam would exceed
economical benefits.
Loss of Weldona
business and tax
revenue would be
irreplaceable.

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