BOARD01858

• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1967
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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to me: I put them together in a form that
I thought was advisable: and resubmitted a
draft of Title VI to the subcommittee. The
subcommittee met again on December 29th, a
few more changes were made and then a final
draft was prepared and submitted to the Board
under date of December 30th.

The subcommittee was of the opinion that
Title VI was revised about as good as we
could revise it and that it was a consider-
able improvement over the original draft.
commissioner Johnson still had some reserva-
tions which I expressed in the memorandum.
However, the subcommittee felt that we had
answered the objections the best that could
be done in a practical manner. This Title
VI is our title, that is, it is the upper
Basin Title, and as I pointed out in my
memorandum, this is one thing that the four
Upper Basin states are agreed upon as a
necessity for what is now section 602 of
Title VI. It resolves some problems that
we have never heretofore been able to resolve
in connection with the colorado River Compact.

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Concerning this revised title, we did
not consult with any other state. The other
states of the Upper Basin have not had a
chance to review it, nor have the states of
the Lower Basin. We have assumed, however,
that it would be acceptable to them because
it appears to be an improvement over the
original Title VI. We hope to have some
expression from them in the near future. I
did actually submit a copy to california and
to Arizona but I have not had any comments
from those two states as yet. I also sub-
mitted a copy to the staff of the Upper
Colorado River Commission.

without Title VI, it is my opinion that
the Upper Basin would have to oppose the
Central Arizona legislation, regardless of
what other concessions they might make, Colo-
rado projects or otherwise. Title VI is the