BOARD02250

• Board Meeting Date: 8/6/1951
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Whereas, a project net existing at the t;Lme of the closing of the evidence in
the North Platte suit or recognized in the decree in that suit is now
authorized by the COngress and planned for construction by the Bureau of
Reclamation,such project being ]mown as the Glendo Project and being
located in Wyoming near the town of Glendo, and

Vfuereas, such proposed Gle~o Project. wi~l have a total storage capacity of
about 1,000,000 acre-feet, and

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Whereas, there is need for too irrigation of more ;Land in Jackson County,
Colorado, than is permitted by the 1945 decree;

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board that:

(2)

,(1)

The restrictions on use of North Platte River water in Jackson
CoUnty, Colorado, as imposed by the 1945 decree, are Unrair and
ineQ!Uitable to Colorado and should be remoyed.

Negotiations should be promptly undertaken with Wyoming, Nebraska,
and the United States to determine whether or not such restrictions
may be removed" or satisfactorily modified by mutual agreement.

(3)

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In the event that by November 1, 1951, negotiations have failed to
produce a satisfactory agreement or to indicate the probability
that such an agreement may be promptly reached, the Board requests
that the Attorney Gener~l.of the State of Colorado promptly insti-
tute such proceedings as he deems proper to secure the removal of
the restrictions of the 1945 decree on the use of North Platte
River water in Jackson County, Coiorado.

Be it further resolved that the Diractor and the Attorney for the Board
are directed to proceed diligently to effectuate this Resolution and in so
do~g to cooperate fully with the Kttorney General of Colorado.

Be it further resolved that the Director of the Board is directed to
transmit copies of this resolution to the Governo~s and Attorneys General
of the States of Wyoming and Nebraska and to the Attorney General and Secre-
tary of the Interior of the United States.

The motion for adoption of the resolution was seconded by A. E. Headlee
and on vote being taken the ~otion unanimously carried and the resolution
was declared adopted.

The Director called attention to the fact that representatives of the Aspen
Water-:-Organization were present and wished to present their statements in opposition
to the proposed Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.

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The Vice Chairman thereupon called upon Mr. J. H. Smith, Jr. of Aspen,Colorado.
Mr. Smith introduced Leonard Woods of the Aspm Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Woods pre-
sented a prepared statement. After Mr.Woods' statement, Mr. Smith read a statement
by Orest Gerbaz of Aspen (Pitkin County Water Protection Associa tion). Upon the con-
clusion of the Gerbaz statement, Mr. Smith made his own statement, saying that most of
his statment was in the form of notes; and then Mr. Smith introduced Mr. L. J. Usel of
Basalt, Colorado, who is a member of the Colorado River Water Conservation District