BOARD02628

• Board Meeting Date: 1/16/1981
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Mr. McDonald then reviewed several bills (S.B. 18, S.B. 19,
S.B. 86, H.B. 1055, H.B. 1119, and H.B. 1141) pending before the
General Assembly and reported the position, if any, which he had
taken on each bill. Mr. Robbins noted that he thought that the
Board should at least point out to the General Assembly that the
passage of S.B. 18 would effectively undo the instream flow appro-
priation program. Following some discussion, Mr. Robbins moved,
seconded by Mr. Fetcher, that the Board: (1) support paragraphs
(a), (b), and (c) of section 37-92-102(3), as that section would
be amended by section 1 of S.B. 18; and (2) instruct its Director
to inform the General Assembly that paragraph (d) of section
37-92-102(3), as that section would be amended by section 1 of the
bill, would, if enacted, make the instream flow program a nullity.
Considerable discussion ensued during which various points pro
and con were raised. Several members of the audience also com-
mented. Subsequently, Mr. RObbins, with the concurrence of his
second, withdrew the motion.

Mr. Johnston
opposing S.B. 86.
discussion.

then moved that the Board go on record as
For want of a second, the motion died without

Mr. McDonald then reported on the matter of the Board's
membership in the Colorado Water Congress and the National Water
Resources Association. He noted that he had not paid the 1980
dues to either organization, which dues totaled $1,000, based upon
budgetary constraints. However, that budgetary constraint no
longer existed. Despite this fact, Mr. McDonald indicated that
he felt that it was inappropriate for a state agency to be a mem-
ber of what he regarded as essentially a private-interest group.

Discussion ensued during the course of which Mr. Johnston
moved, seconded by Mr. Fetcher, that the Board not be a member of
the ColOrado Water Congress but that it pay a fee for services
received from the Water Congress (e.g., newsletters, legislative
materials, etc.). More discussion followed, at the close of which
the motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

The Board then proceeded to fix February II, 1981, as the
date for its next regular meeting, to be held in Denver.

There being no further business to come before the Board,
the meeting was adjourned by Mr. Jackson at 3:00 p.m.

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Robert A. Jac s
Vice-Chairman

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