BOARD02033

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

MR. KUIPER:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. PETERSON:

MR. KUIPER:

MR. JENNINGS:

MR. PETERSON:

MR. JENNINGS:

there is a resolution of the legal matters?
Is that correct?"

"That's the only thing I can see fit to
recommend to the Board."

"Inasmuch as Mr. Barnard isn't here it's a
little hard to proceed with this matter but
unless I hear some objection, we will continue
this matter from time to time and Mr. Barnard
can feel free to call it up at any time and
certainly after the resolution of the legal
matters."

I

"I would like to ask if the Bureau of Recla-
mation is not doing anything at all now towards
investigation of the Parshall project?"

"That's right. They are not doing anything.
The status report is in Washington and that's
all I know about it. Isn't that right, Bob?"

"Nr. Peterson, I think we had advised your
Board previously that even though this project
was high on your priority list we have taken
projects lower on the priority list to investi-
gate because we felt we could not proceed with
a feasibility investigation until these matters
were resolved. We have attempted in our status
report, just as Len has mentioned, to define the
situation as we saw with reference to the devel-
opment of the Parshall Project as of that date..
Now I know of no change in that position that
we have taken. Unless there should be a request
from the Water Board for us to reconsider that
position here, I think it would stand. Does
that answer your question?"

"I'd like to ask another question while you
are there. Regardless of what action this
Board would take, does that make any difference
with the Bureau of Reclamation in this matter?"

I

"That I couldn't tell, Pete, until we could
further consider your request to review the
matter. It's my own personal opinion that as
long as this is in litigation to this extent we