BOARD02283

• Board Meeting Date: 12/6/1946
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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As the Chairman of the Board, Governor John C. Vivian, was not
present, the meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Chris Wa11rich at
10:15 A.M., Friday, December 6, 1946.

It was announced by the Director that L. Ward Bannister, member of
the Board' representing the City and County of Denver, was unable to be present;
that Judge O'Rourke, a member of the Board, would be unable to attend the
first day's, sessi.on of the Board. It was suggested that Glenn Saunders who
was present and represented the Denver Water Board be invited to participate
in the meeting for Mr. Bannister; and that Dan Hunter, President of the
Southwestern Water Conservation District, who was pres~nt be invited to
participate in the meeting for Judg~ O'Rourke.

The Director' pointed out that the principal purpose of the meeting was
to consider the report for the Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
entitled "The Colorado River, Comprehensive Report on the Development of the
Water Resources of the Colorado River Basin for Irrigation, Power Producti~n
~.l.d. ~.ther 3~r!.eri~ial Uses, in Arizona.. Galifornie., Colorade, N-e--\lada, ~~ew'
;;o,JG.co, Utah and Wyoming". This report had ~heen considered at the last
meeting of the Board and since that time has been under study by the Board's
staff. These studies' of the report and a consideration of it at the present
meeting were for the purpose of formulating Colorado's comments on such
report for submission to the Seoretary of the Interior in accordance with
the provisions of Section 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944.

C. L. Patterson, Chief Engineer pf the Board, was called upon to make a
presentation of the results of the study. Mr. Patterson stated that an
informal committee consisting of Director Stone, R. J. Tipton, Consulting
Engineer, Jean 5. Breitenstein, Attorney, and himself as Chief Engineer of
the Board, hed held conferences to consider what should be contained in
Colorado's comment.s. He said that he had made notes and had arranged the
conclusions of this informal committee for presentation to, and discussion by,
the Board; and pe explained that he wanted it understood that there may be
items which had been overlooked and matters which should be included at the
suggestion of the Board members. Mr. Patterson summarized th~ conclusions
of the committee for presentation to the Board as follows:

Colorado statement or comments, pursuant ~o Chap. 665. Pub1io
Law 534, 78th Cor~., 2d Session (58 Stat. 887).

1. Compliment Bureau on large volume of valuable data asseMbled.

2. At same time reco~mend that Colorado objects to somA of the
plans and proposals of the ~eport, as herein later more fully set
forth, and recommends that the proposed report be amended before
being adopt~d by the Seoretary of the Interior an~ before being
tranmnitted to Congress.

3. Colorado concurs in the proposal of the report which
recommends that appropriations to the Department of Interior be
approved by Gongress, fnr use by the Bureau, to continue and expedite
its detailed investigations of potential projects. Colorado asserts. that
the so-called potential projeots listed in the report should be
designated an inventory of possible projects, or a list of