BOARD02203

• Board Meeting Date: 3/20/1975
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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"WHEREAS, during the period of 1964-1974, the Congress of the
United States has authorized the construction of nine federal recla-
mation projects in the State of Colorado upon which construction has
not yet started, namely: The Animas-La Plata, Closed Basin, Dallas
Creek, Dolores, Fruitland Mesa, Narrows, San Miguel, Savery-Pot Hook,
and West Divide projects; and

'~S, over twenty years of planning and effort, millions of
dollars in federal funds, and millions of dollars in State and local
funds have been devoted to these projects; and

I~REAS, these projects, individually and collectively, will
provide urgently needed municipal, industrial, and agricultural water
supplies, will greatly assist in the control of damaging floods, will
greatly enhance outdoor recreational opportunities in this state and
will further assist the development of lands for the production of food
and fibre; and

'~REAS, two of these projects were designed to provide adequate
water supplies to the two Ute Indian tribes residing in southwestern
Colorado, and to thereby materially improve the welfare and economic
circumstances of the people of those tribes; and

'\rnEREAS, these authorized projects, individually and collectively,
will provide great benefits to the people of the State of Colorado; and

: I~REAS, funds have been recommended tn the president's budget
message to the Congress to complete the advance planning and to initiate
construction of several of said projects; and

'\rnEREAS, the Dolores Project should be ready for construction
before the end of the fiscal year and is a project of high priority;
now, therefore,

"Be It Resolved ba the Senate of the Fiftieth General Assembly
of the State of Colora 0:

"That it is in the interest of the people of the State of Colorado
that all appropriate steps be taken to fund the President's request
for federal reclamation projects in Colorado, and that, in addition,
the Congress add to such recouunendations, by its own ''write-in'',
construction funds for the Dolores Project as recouunended by the Colo-
rado Water Conservation Board.

"Be It Further Resolved, that copies of this Memorial be sent to
the President of the United States, the Governor of the State of
Colorado, each member of Congress from the State of Colorado, the
Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources of the State
of Colorado, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board."

It has been signed by Fred E. Anderson, President of the Senate, and
Comfort W. Shaw, Secretary of the Senate. I would also like to add
that there are 33 co-sponsors along with myself.

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