BOARD02516

• Board Meeting Date: 11/12/1958
• Description: Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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some little difficulty in Congress, apparently
because of registration laws they apparently
failed to observe. Nevertheless Public Law
485 was passed against tremenduous opposition
and since that time the Upper Colorado River
Commission has not done much in the way of
educational activity. Now that program has
been resumed by the Commission because the
battle is only starting. We have these pro-
jects to build now and we are a long ways to
their completion.

The State of Colorado appropriated some
money, through the Legislature, to this Board
at that time, back in around '54, which was to
be used in cooperation with the other upper basin
states. Little or nothing has been done with
that money for several years. We still are
carrying it in a special fund. We have about
$25,000 in that special fund which, as I say,
has been largely inactive and I didn't even
know it existed until the accountant called it
to my attention.

I have done some exploratory work determin-
ing how we could best spend that money. The
Upper Colorado River Commission has requested
that Colorado contribute approximately $7,000
for some films and literature which the Commission
hopes to get into production right away. I think
I mentioned that to the Board before. This
leaves us the balance of some $16,000 or $17,000.
I have gone into the production of a film with
a film producer here in Colorado for Colorado
uses.

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My thought was we would tie this in with
the centennial celebration, have it ready by
some time next summer, produce an outstanding
quality film which sets forth some of Colorado's
problems. For instance, how the water problems
are handled, the activities of this Board and
what this Board can do and what it has done to
further the conservation and development of our
water resources. In talking it over with the
movie producer, we think we can produce a very
fine film which can be shown throughout the