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<br />~tr. Kroeqer: I so move. <br /> <br />Mr. Pickrel: I second it. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: It has been moved and seconded. All those in favor <br />signify by saying "aye" - opposed. "no." The motion is carried. <br />(See Exhibit C). <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />This brings us up to the question of finances from the federal govern- <br />ment. which is not on the agenda and something which I ~ould like to <br />have some comment on. A lot of people are interested in where we go <br />from here and I would like some thoughts. I have a few of my own. <br /> <br />Mr.. Sparks: Late last \"eek. '1e sent out a copy of the President's <br />Budget. The newspaper accounts were substantially correct in con- <br />nection with the budget message. Funds for all Colorado projects, <br />whether in the advance planning stage, feasibility or reconnaissance. <br />were terminated. with very few exceptions. The construction program <br />now going was carried on; namely. the Curecanti. the Chatfield. and <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas projects. However. we have nine authorized proj- <br />ects in Colorado going back to 1964. Seven of those are part of the <br />Colorado River Storage Project Act, the other two being the Narrows <br />project on the South Platte and the Closed Basin project in the San <br />Luis Valley. All nine of those projects were chopped off without a <br />penny. <br /> <br />We had anticipated that there would be no construction money for <br />several projects this time. We expected that there might be some <br />surgery on the advance planning, but we didn't expect surgery with <br />a meat axe. It is incomprehensible to anyone as to why all nine of <br />these projects were suddenly dropped after the many years it took to <br />get them authorized. <br /> <br />For the staff in southwestern Colorado for instance, it was only <br />about six months ago that the staff was completed. It took two years <br />to build up that staff after the projects were authorized. <br /> <br />Over ten million dollars to date has gone into the preparation of I <br />those plans. We will have definitive figures out to you shortly. <br />At least ten million dollars has now been expended on those nine <br />projects in getting the feasibility studies and the advance planning <br />under way. Advance planning was virtually completed on the Narrows <br />and the Dallas Creek. It was well along on the Dolores and fairly <br />well along on the Animas-La Plata. Now as far as we have been able <br /> <br />-22- <br />