BOARD02298

• Board Meeting Date: 5/19/1938
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

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At this time a five minute recess was te.k:en and Governor Teller
Ammons,' Attorney General Byron Rogers, Ralph Cll1'r and George Corlett
entered.

After recess, Governor Amnons called the treeting to order.

Governor Ammons called to the attention of the BOll1'd the fact the
Bureau of Agricultural ECalomicll had developed m Texas, Kansas, and
Oklahoma BITJall reservoirs for wildlite and recreational purposes and
that Colorado should attempt to secure fsderal appropriations for
s1Jnilar purposes and asked that the Board authorize an invest;.gation of
possibilities for such reservoirs in this state. His remarks were
supplemented by Mr. Stone who explained the nature of these proposed
projects.

Thereupon, lIlr. George Corlett 'Was introduoed and he disoussed the
proposed Wagon Wheel Gap Reservoir and the reservoirs on the Conejos
1ihich should now be promoted and developed .because of the signing by
. Colorado, New Mexico, end Texas of the Rio Grande Compact. He explained
the difficulties that ~re now being encountered because of the objection
of Texas to these projects prior to the formal ratificati'on of the Compact.

He explained that in construction of. the Wagon Wheel Gap Reservoir
it is necessuy to oover up a portion of the De:lver and Rio Grande
Rai:u:.oad} that consideration had been given by the Creede interests of a
proposed abandonment of a section of the railroad in oase the Wagon Wheel
Gap Reservoir was constructed. He stated that the Creede interests _re
inclined to oooperatesnd that the railroad was also willing to cooperate.
He also disoussed the matter of relooation of the highway and stated that
the Creede interests were insisting tilat the road be located on the north
side of the river} that it was necessll1'Y to make a survey for that purpose,
and that the Highway BOll1'd and the Highway engmeers should oooperate in making
that survey. He asked the assistanoe of the Governor &lid the Boud in
securing such a survey. He e::qiained that there 1iOuld probably be eleven
or twelve miles of road to be built.ll1'Ollnd. the proposed reservoir. Mr.
Corlett also commented al flood control projeots .in the San Luis Valley.

Mr. Corlett's reDlll1'ks in full appeu in the stenographio report
of the meeting.

Thereupon. R9.1ph Carr was cslled upon by Governor Ammons 1;0
discuss in partioulu the Conejos d6'<elopnent in the San Luis Valley.
He referred to the mvestigations of the National Resources Committee
and explained the nature of the proposed ConejCls Reservoir Site.

Mr. Carr's remarks appeu in full in the .stenographio repor-!: of
the meeting.

Thereupcn. Mr. Kenneth ChalDlllrs of the Soil Conservation Service,
was introduced by Governor Ammons. .He referred to the matter of holding
flood control hearings on the Upper Rio Grande end e;q;>lained generally
the procedure under ?{hich the Department of Agrioulture, under Publio Bill
386 of the 74th Congress, proceeded to mske inves-bigations and oonduot
hell1'ings. He said that the purpose of tile hearing on the Upper Rio
Grande was for the Department of Agriculture to be able to obtain test1many
from interested parties as to soil and run-o:f't' oonditions effecting that
particulu section of the river} he stated that heuings have been oompleted