BOARD02138

• Board Meeting Date: 9/11/1963
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. SPARKS:

MR. MC CANDLESS:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. STAPLETON:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. PETERSON:

MR.. STAPLETON:

MR. PETERSON:

available water. Now I don't know whether that's
true or not."

"This proposal that has been submitted to us
was as a result of my protest about the Elliott
diversion. As yet, no plan has ever been pre-
sented to us for analysis in connection with the
Elliott diversion. I think we will consistently
take the view that we must oppose it until such
time as we have had an opportunity to review it."

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"Of course, this proposal that Elliott now
has is different from this Mitchell affair because
this water is sold and he proposes to take some
water that is not committed, as I understand it."

"Vle understand that to be the correct case
but, as I say, nothing has been submitted to us
in connection with the Elliott proposal. It
stands now as an indefinite proposal as far as
we are concerned. And my original objection that
I voiced to Washington still stands. Until such
time as the proposal is submitted to us, we cannot
approve.

As a result of that, we were invited to com-
ment upon this Fort.Collins proposal and we
consider this to be an entirely different matter.
It's not a matter over which this Board has any
jurisdiction."

"Now let me clarify this from your remarks.
We are opposed, as a matter of policy, to any of
these contracts with the Bureau. This is our
policy. Now, you are recommending in the last
sentence, that having reviewed this you want our
Board's approval of this since it doesn't violate
anything we are doing. Is that correct?"

"That's essentially it."

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"Mr. Chairman."

"Mr. Peterson."

"I would like to move that inasmuch as the
staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board