BOARD02033

• Board Meeting Date: 5/8/1963
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. DELANEY:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. DELANEY:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. SMITH:

"Mr. Chairman, I don't feel 1;lla t I have any
right to express any opinion on that subject. I
personally have no objection. However, inasmuch
as certain statements have been made here at
this time, I would have liked to at least com-
plete the record in order that in the meantime,
if our suggestions are worth your consideration,
you can all have the facts. For tha t reason I
would like pe_'mission for Mr. Smith to make a
statement which, I think, has direct bearing on
Mr. Knights' statement. May I make that request?"

"You've made it and I wonder how long you
think the statement will take, just as a matter
of time?"

"Five minutes."

"All right, five minutes. Mr. Smith has
five minutes. As an engineer-lawyer that's not
much time for him."

"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, in order to
make this as brief as possible, I am going to
read from a letter to Senator Allott concerning
this matter. The letter was from me to the
Senator:

'Again referring to Mr. Dominy's letter of
April 5, 1963, he states in his last paragraph
"Accordingly we propose to proceed with dis-
cussions and negotiations which, if successful,
could result in contractual arrangements with
the cities to the benefit of all concerned....
We are not sure whether the Commissioner believes
help given the Homestake project will benefit the
people of western Colorado or whether he believes
that it is none of our concern. It is our opin-
ion that the extent of diversions from the Eagle
River by the Homestake Project is closely related
to the incremental cost of development of compo-
nents of that project. Financial aid from the
Fryingpan-Arkansas project would make possible
extensions of the Homestake collection system
and replacement facilities that could readily
result in increasing to as much as double the
take of water from western Colorado by the