BOARD01904

• Board Meeting Date: 8/8/1952
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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The Vice-Chairman, George J. Bailey, announced that
order of business was Item 3 on the agenda, "Resolu tion
the services of John A. Cross and Judge Dan H. Hughes as
members of the Board. II

the next
respecting
retiring

It was moved by Dan B. Hunter and'seconded by George A.
Pughe that the Board authorize Clifford H. Stone, Secretary
of t he Board, to write a resolution respecting the services
of the retiring members of the Board, John A. Cross and Judge
Dan H. Hughes.

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On vote being taken, the motion unanimously carried and
was declared adopted.

Item 5 on the agenda, "Statement of Director respecting status
of preparation for Board meeting when it will consider its comments
on proposed NarrOlVs Project," was the next order of business.

Director Stone called attention to the motion adopted at the
last meeting of the Board regarding a three-day meeting of the
Board to consider the Narrows matter and eXluained the reasons for
delay in scheduling this meeting. Among other things, the Director
stated, the question of using within the State of Colorado any
water imported from the natural basin and reducing to a minimum
the water which would pass over the Colorado State line into another
state noil a party to the Colorado River Compact has required
considerable attention; also, he said, it was desired that a copy
of the opinion of the Solicitor of the Department of Interior,
rendered several years ago, respectinc use within a compact state
of water imported from another basin, be obtained. Director Stone
said he had obtained a copy of this opinion and Jean Breitenstein
had written a preliminary draft of such opinion ,vhich he and Mr.
Breitenstein wished to discuss. before it is made available for use
in consideration of the Board of the Narrows n~tter.

The Board then proceeded to Item 6 on the acenda, "Report on
status of North Platte negotiations."

Director Stone reported that the last conference on the North
Platte was held Monday, August 4, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He stated
that at t.'1e last meeting in Denver, which proceeded the one held
August 4, in Cheyenne, a special co~nittee, consisting of attprneys
representing the Bureau of tleclamation, Department of Justice~ I
State of Nebraska, State of Wyoming and State of Colorado, was
designated to. attempt t he draft of a stipulation for modification
of the Supreme Court Lecree. In this stipulation; he said,
Colorado wished to preserve the status quo as of October, 1951.
The Director stated that this stipulation WqS presented to the entire
group at the meeting on August 4; certain changes in the stipulation
were desired by various parties in the negotiations; and Colorado
and Wyoming would have to agree upon the language which will
preserve the status quo as to the Kendrick Project. At the close
of the meeting, he said, Wyoming requested th~t if COlorado, under
this stipulation, were granted an increase in limitation as to
irrigated land and limitation on storage in Colorado, then wyoming