BOARD01955

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/1973
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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been invested in planning and design, the lands of the district have
been for twelve years and presently are being taxed for project
purposes to the limit authorized by law, the use of facilities owned
by the stockholders of the Fruitland Irrigation Company and other
existing ditch companies has been assigned to the district in perfor-
mance of contractual obligations under the project plan, the values
allocated to public recreational benefits from this project are
grossly under-estimated in the opinion of the Fruitland board, the
need for the project is universally recognized and is supported by
the many governmental, civic and commodity organizations in the area
as attested by their endorsement of this resolution: and

WHEREAS, the people in the district have fully and faithfully done
all things required of them concerning this project and have placed
reliance upon the commitments made to them by the United States and
the state of Colorado. and that any action taken by the state of
Colorado indicating that the Fruitland Mesa project is less worthy
of consideration than any other project in the state would in our
opinion, constitute a serious breach of faith on the part of the
state of Colorado: and

WHEREAS, it was and is the intent of the Congress of the United States
that this project, as well as the eight other Colorado projects be
constructed, and that to become a party to the subverting of the
functions.of the Congress of the United States now being engaged in
by the Office of Management and Budget is not in the best interests
of the citizens of Colorado: and

WHEREAS, failure to complete the development of water resources in
the arid regions of the nation would be contrary to the professed
desire of the governments of the United States and the state of Colo-
rado to foster rural development:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the board of directors of the
Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy District respectfully and earnestly
requests that the state of Colorado take no action through the
Governor or the Colorado Water Conservation Board which would assign
a lesser priority to any Colorado project than that to which it is
entitled under legislation enacted by the Congress of the United
States."

The board of directors of the Fruitland District have
folios for the use of the members and' the director of
which we would like permission to distribute shortly.

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