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11 ,.LEI TI~ "-ECo;, VENED November 17, 1937 at 10:00 A. M. 'i Board members present were: Ii Ii , Chris [aUrich Byron Rogers M. C. Hinderlider Edw. D. Foster Miss V6ne rointer Wayne N. Aspinall John B. O'Rourke P. S. E.lting J. iil. Dille J.lamosa Las Animas Denver Denver Pueblo Palisade Durango Hot Sulphur Springs Fort Morgan , " Others present: I Clifford H. Stone C. L. Pbtterson R. J. Tipton George Corlett Ralph C. Carr ^ ,-c", Attorney for Board Chief Engineer for the Board Consulting Engineer for the BOard Monte Vista, Colorado Denver, Colorado The Board went into Executive Session because of consideration of Rio Grande Compact Negotiations, ~r, Stone presented the printed report of the activities of the Board through the office of Attorney for the Board end engineering depertlJient since the last meeting. He called a,ttention to certain problems, policies and questions presented to the Board. He m8ae reference to the efforts to secure appropriation in_the coming session of Congress to make the proposed PIkansas-Gunnison Transmountain survey. He pointed out that the Congressional Delegation especially Mr. Martin was strenuously urging tnis proposed allotment of funds. It was suggested that the feasibi~ity of ~~is project and whether or not there was available water, could not be determined until the survey wns com~ted; that surveys on all other transmountain orojects in Colorado, as well as Chema-San Juan Transmountain surveys, had been' allowed and such surveys largely completed; and that this Gunnison-,~~ansas Survey should be started for the further reason that it will have a bearing on the division of water between the Four U~per Basin States of the Colorado River Basin. Mr. Stone stated that he had taken this matter up with the Congressmen and Senators while in ,'iashir,gton. P.t thi~ time no resolution or motion ,,<os passed by the Board but there Vias a generel expression of e:oproval of the application for the survey. I,Ir. Stone poin'~ed out that progress was being made in connection with certain "estern Slope Surveys, pE'rticularly the North Fork Project, the ~lancos <'roject ana the Yampa Project. He advised that he and Mr. Petterson had gone over the Mancos <'roject .ith the people there 'ond th1:t a written cO.;JIlent of the State Board at the request of tae Reclamation Service would be mede. ae further referred to the small reservoir statute, explaining that an fidequate approprifition had been made and the eITlo'mt Eve.ilable for esch project "as limited to ~50,OOO, which amolmt was too small. Then followed a re)ort of the p,io Grende Compact Negotations fit Santa Fe by fllr, stone, !Jr. Hinder-Hder, the Compact Commis~ioner, followed by Mr. Ti~ton, after noon recess.