BOARD01755

• Board Meeting Date: 3/10/1947
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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AFTERNOON SESSION - MARCH 10, 1947
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The meeting reconvened and was called to order by Vice-Chairman
Chris WaJlrich at 2:10 P.M.

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Judge Stone reported he had been unsuccessful in reaching Com-
,missioner Straus by telepholle, or Assistant Commissioner Warne, Mr. Debler,
Director of Region 7, Bureau of Reclamation, wlls out of the ci ty, but Mr.
Blomgren, in charge, arranged to have Mr. Eynon and Mr. Lee appear before
the Board, later in the afternoon. '

Mr. Tipton gave a report on the Conejos Proje,ct. He said the Bureau
of Reclamation had devised a plan to co st $4,000,000, accompli shing almost
as much as the $11,000,000 plan previously considered; and explained stepa
were now being taken for a stAge development of this unit of the San Luis
Vall ey project.

He reported on the Middle Rio Grande si tuation, and reviewed phases
of the Rio Grande Compact. He explained the nine-months sche.dule and the
twelve-months schedule. He discussed present status of project problems,
compact difficulties, end the recent activities of the Bureau of Reclamation
ani, the Corps of Engineers in the Middle Rio Grande area.

The Director seid that the lliddle Rio Grende develOplllents shoUld be
closely w~tched, to avoid having project euthorizations there provide pos-
sible interferel'lCe with fut1.!re San Luis Valley developlllents. He explained
that a Middle Rio Grande project would be using water for power that was in-
tended for irrigating in the San Lui s area.

Judge Stone reported also that legislation Was pendillg in Congress to
lifting lend limitation statutes on the San Luis Valley Project, as was done
on the Colorado-Big Thompson project.

Mr. Hezmalhalch reported on the meeting of the Costilla Creek Compact
COl1l1lli asi on.

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Mr. Eynon, Mr. Lee and Mr. Stokes of the Denver office of the Bureau
of ReclAmation ware introduced end explained tha position of the Bureau of
Reclamation with respect to the Rockvrell Bil~.

Mr. Dille reported conclusions reached by the Northern Colorado Water
Conservency Distric t director s, and introduced the telCt of a resolution adopted
by his board in support of the Rockwell Bill before the Congress.
The resol ution read: