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<br />Monthly Report <br />8lUl Luis Valley Projeot <br />July 1963 <br /> <br />Rio Grande Division <br /> <br />On July 6 a representative from the Distriot Engin$6r, Corps <br />of Engineers, Albuquerque, New liIa:ld.co, visited the projllot offioe. <br />Purpose of the visit was to review flood studies made by thio offioe <br />in the preparation of tbs report on this division. <br /> <br />On July 9 Regional Direotor Robbins, Regional Planning Engineel" <br />Bur.llStt, end the P1'ejeat EngSneer -ware guests of Mr. R. J. !loses at <br />a lunoheon of the Alamosa Chamber of Commeroe. Mr. Moses, Attorney <br />for the San Luis Velley Water Consene.noy Distriot'spoke on the <br />provisions of the report on this division. Muoh interest by a <br />majority of those present wall expressed. In the evening the Regional <br />Direotor e.nd the Projeot Engineer attended a ll'IOet:itlg ot the Board ot <br />Direotors ot the San Luis Valley Water Coneervenoy Di<<triot. <br /> <br />On July 14, 1963, a oOllllllittee appointed by the Colorado Water <br />Conserve.t ion Board held a public hear1ng Sn A18lll/)sa, Colorado, to <br />detemine publio sentillll/lnt in regards to tbil Bureau'lI proposols for <br />developing the resouroes of the Rio GrStlde above Del Norte, Colorado. <br /> <br />Statemants both pro e.nd con _re made by various individullh.. <br />Mr. R. J. Tipton, Consulting Engineer for the WaterBoard, then S1lJDoo <br />l!IlU"ited the reoollllllllndations he 1Illu1d lIlIl1l:e to the Weter Board ooncern. <br />ing the Bureau's 'pl"Oposed plan of c1evelopment. Mr. Tipton's stat811l9nt <br />the.t he had only a 'Wek in 'Whioh to review tbs report oame as Il shook. <br />The firs-t drat\: of tbil report wa.a given the Board in April 1952. Jar. <br />Tipton then steted tho1l in view of reoent records of etre8lll t10l1', Il <br />emnller reservoir WIlS indioated end thllt he lIOuld recommend a re.tu~ <br />be made. The restudy would co.na1der aesmaller she reservoir eM the <br />possibility of integJ'ating pwnping from the shallOlY ground water <br />reservoir with surfs.oe water ato~ge. Following Mr. 'l'1pton's <br />remarks, e. motion was made, seconded e.nd passed that the colD1D1tteeoreoOlllllIEll1d a request be made by the Board for suob 11 restudy. Mr. <br />J. S. Breitenstein then spoke shortly on the Rio Grande Compact <br />llnd .Dr. Ivan C. Crawford. llireotor of -the Colore.do Water Conservation <br />Board, was introdueed. <br /> <br />PJooponents of tl1e projeot .."re very discouraged a1'ter Mr. Tipton's <br />remnrks and o.<mBiderable dis!lredon _s expressed. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />~\, <br />~~\.~ <br />