BOARD02537

• Board Meeting Date: 9/17/1958
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. PETERSON:

MR. SPARKS:

MR. NELSON:

Monday. Mr. Delaney and Mr. Barnard, Sr.
have been hired on a consulting basis and
were present, together with Mr. Glenn
Saunders, Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Moses and my-
self .

At that time we attempted to work out
a statement that Governor Johnson could
give at the meeting of the Upper Colorado
River Commission to be held in Santa Fe on
September 23rd and 24th. It is now in the
process of being mimeographed and will be
available for distribution before this
meeting adjourns. I might state here that
Governor Johnson was the moving force behind
the drafting of this policy statement.

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We find we now have some disagreement
between the members of the Upper Colorado
River Commission legal committee and our
own legal committee.

I think the two memorandums are
fairly self~explanatory and that the mat-
ter should be open for discussion at this
time."

"We will have a report from the legal
committee of the Upper Colorado River Com-
mission, won't we?"

"Yes. These differences were of a
minor nature. The question is whether or
not .subdivision 'd' of the Colorado River
Compact qualified 'c'; that is, is there
a firm commitment of 7,500,000 acre feet
or is it qualified by 'reasonable domes-
tic and agricultural use'?

It will take approximately six months
to complete the legal study of the Colorado
River Compact which is necessary.

There is now an active engineering
committee working with the Upper Colorado
River engineering staff. Mr. Kuiper and
Mr. Gildersleeve are our representatives
on that committee. Engineering criteria
must be based upon what we consider our
legal rights and obligations at Lee Ferry."

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"What is the Commission planning to do
regarding this?"