BOARD02144

• Board Meeting Date: 8/14/1947
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

, Following Mr. Tipwn's pre~entat;ion the following action wa~
taken by the Board:

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It was moved by J. M. Dille and seconded by George Pughe
that the Boa rd appro ve the agreement und er which the Stat;;. the
U.S. Geologice1 Survey and the Bureau of ReclaIMtion proposes
to undertske the further underground weter investigations in
the San Luis Valley.

The mot ion "0'" s unanimously carri ed and declared adopted.

L. Ward Bannister moved the adoption of the following resolution:

llliSO LUTION

1'IHEREAS it appe aI's t hat the Commi s sioner of the Bureau of
Reclamation is giving consideration to closing, in the near
fu.t ure , the San Luis Valley Project office at Ilonte Vista,
Colorado; and

1'IHEREAS this office should be ne.intained at the present
time for the purpose of completing land classifications on the
Rio Grande Unit of the San Luis Vall ey Project, car:rying out
the stage developtnent and completing pre-construction designing
for the Conejos Unit of the San Luis Vallay Project, participlting
in the undergrouIrl weter investL;ation which i~ of vital concern
to final plans fa I' the Rio Grand e Uni t of the proj ect, and for
the accompli shment of other important and necessary ViOrk before
the San Luis Valley Project can go into construction; and it
appearing that tl1e re-e st.bli shment of the office 'in a compara-
tively short time lIOuld be necessary in any event to carry out
construction of the project; and

WHEREAS efforts have been made by United States Senawr~
frOO' Colorado to induce the Commissioner of the Bureau of Recla-
mation to retain the necessary personnel in' the Y:W1te Vista
otfice to accomplish the work above-mentioned;

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board, that the Board opposes the closing of the Bureau
ot Reclamation project office at 1'onte Vista, Colorado, and that
the Director of the Board take all necessary steps which he may
deem proper and appropriate to support the Colorado Senators in
urging the maintenance of such office.

J. M. Dille seconded the motion
motion and after vote was taken the
approve d and decl ared adopted.

to adopt too foregoing
resolution ">'sS unanimously

It was moved by ll. C. HiIrlerlider and seconded by J. M. Dille
that, in accordance with the recolTll!lendation made by R. J. Tipton,

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