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.-4 C": ~ c ~ , . MEMORANDUM COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD J. William !\1cDonald Director TO: Members, CWCB FROM: Bill McDonald fi111J' DATE: December 24, 1981 SUBJECT: Special Board Meeting, Tuesday, January 5, 1982, Denver, Colorado 1. The Governor and Monte Pascoe have recently met with the Republican legislative 1e~dership to consider the proposal that the state provide $25 million for front-end cost-sharing on the Narrows and Animas-La plata projects. The collective judgment of all involved has been that the most expeditious way to proceed is through the Water Resources and Power Development Authority, since provision was made in S.B. 19 (1981 session) for the transfer of $29,999,000 from the CWCB construction fund to the Development Authority. 2. Under the circumstances, Monte and I have concluded that the Board should hold a special meeting in order to insure com- pliance with the provisions of section 37-95-107, CRS 1973 (see S.B. 19, page 10), which section provides that: (1) Before any proposed project can receive consideration for funding by the authority, the Colorado water con- servation board must first review the feasibility study of any such proposed project, and the general assembly must authorize the authority to proceed to consider any proposed project. (4) Upon receipt of a feasibi1it~ study by the Colorado water conservation board, said board shall review such study and forward the study to the general assembly together with its recommendations as to whether or not the proposed project should be authorized by the general assembly. 3. Although the Board previously has, on numerous cccasions, reviewed both the Narrows and Animas-La Plata projects, Monte and I believe that formal Board action taken in spe- cific response to section 37-95-107 is in order at this time. Thus, the purpose of this special board meeting will be to