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THAT WATER F A C IL IT Y . IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT COLONEL C H IC K E R IN G , AT THE A i r B a s e , b e s e n t a c o p y of t h e d r a f t o f t h e a g r e e m e n t , t o g e t h e r w i t h AN EXPLANATORY LETTER. Mr . Be e b e h a d i n d i c a t e d t h a t h e w o u l d l i k e t o c o m e t o L a s V e g a s t o d i s c u s s t h e a g r e e m e n t , a n d m e n t i o n e d t h e w e e k o f J a n u a r y 1 5 - 1 9 a s a c c e p t a b l e t o h i m . He l a t e r c o u l d r e v i s e t h e a g r e e m e n t , w h e r e a n d a s FOUNO A D V IS A B L E , AND RETURN TO PRESENT IT AS DRESSED UP, TO THE COLORADO R i v e r C o m m i s s i o n l a t e r . T h e M a n a g e r m e n t i o n e d h a v i n g a c o n s u l t a t i o n T H IS DATE W IT H M R . LEO M c M A N E E, AT W H ICH T IN E THE ANSWER TO M r . B E E B E 'S Q U E S T IO N PROPOUNDED TO M r . Mc NAMEE IN A L E T T E R DAT ED OCTOBER l 8 , 1 9 5 0 WAS FO RT H C O M IN G , AND Mr . Mc NAMEE S A ID HE WOULD A D V IS E M r . B E E B E OF H IS O P IN IO N AT O N CE. M r . Mc NAMEE AG REED W ITH THE FAC T BROUGHT OUT B Y MR. Be e b e , n a m e l y t h a t t h e C o l o r a d o R i v e r C o m m i s s i o n w a s n o t e m p o w e r e d b y l a w t o s e l l to p u b l i c c o n c e r n s s u c h a s t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t . He r e c o m m e n d e d A RE-AMENDMENT OF THE ACT CREATING THE COLORADO R lV E R C O M M ISSIO N , TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY COULD NEGOTIATE WITH P U B LIC / OR > R IV A T E CONCERNS IN THE S A L E , TR AN SFER , ETC. OF PROPERTY AT HENDERSON. MR. Mc NAMEE STATED H IS O P IN IO N IS THAT THE LAS VEGAS V a LLEY WATER D IS T R IC T IS A M U N IC IP A L U T IL IT Y EMPOWERED TO SERVE WATER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE V A LLEY, AND HENCE COMES UNDER THE D E SIG N A T IO N OF A P U B L IC CONCERN. T he m a t t e r o f p r e p a r i n g a b r o c h u r e o f d a t a o n t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t ' s M A IN PR O BLEM S FOR SEN A T O R M c C A R R EN WAS D IS C U S S E D , W IT H NO A C T IO N TO BE T A K EN AT T H IS T IM E . Pr e s i d e n t C a m p b e l l a d v i s e d t h e Bo a r d t h a t h e w o u l d p r e s e n t t h e f a c t s of t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t to Go v e r n o r Ru s s e l l d u r i n g t h e c o m i n g w e e k w h e n he w a s i n Ca r s o n C i t y o n o t h e r b u s i n e s s . T h e n e e d o f a d d i t i o n a l s t a t e l e g i s l a t i o n i n b e h a l f o f t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t w a s d i s c u s s e d a n d i t w a s t h e c o n s e n s u s o f o p i n i o n t h a t a n y e f f o r t TO OPEN UP THE ACT CREATING THE D IS T R IC T WOULD BE DANGEROUS. HOWEVER, L E G IS LATIO N E S T A B L IS H IN G AUTHORITY TO THE COLORADO R lV E R C O M M ISSIO N TO S E L L TO P U B LIC CONCERNS, WAS NEC ESSAR Y, BUT SHOULD BE IN IT IA T E D BY THE COLORADO R i v e r C o m m i s s i o n o f f i c i a l s . T h e Ma n a g e r r e p o r t e d t h a t h e h a d r e c e i v e d c o p i e s o f c o r r e s p o n d e n c e s h o w i n g t h a t t h e C o l o r a d o R i v e r C o m m i s s i o n w a s p r o c e e d i n g t o g e t a n o f f i c i a l r i g h t - o f - wa y f o r t h e 1>0-i n c h p i p e l i n e t o He n d e r s o n a n d t h e r e s e r v o i r s . T he Ma n a g e r , i n m e n t i o n i n g t h e L a n d a n d Wa t e r C o m p a n y , s t a t e d t h a t t h e l o c a l Ma n a g e r o f t h e Wa t e r C o m p a n y h a d s t e p p e o o u t a n d h i s s u c c e s s o r n o t y e t n a m e d ; t h a t t h e u t i l i t y w a s p r e p a r i n g a r a t e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r i n c r e a s e t o t h e Pu b l i c S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n ; t h a t t h e Co m p a n y w o u l d n o t s u b m i t a v a l u a t i o n o f t h e i r p r o p e r t i e s o t h e r t h a n a s s h o w n i n t h e a n n u a l r e p o r t s t o t h e Pu b l i c S e r v i c e C o m m i s s i o n ; t h e a m o u n t o f t h e i n c r e a s e t o b e a s k e d i s n o t k n o w n ; a n d t h a t h e , t h e Ma n a g e r w a s p r o c e e d i n g w i t h t h e v a l u a t i o n o f t h e w a t e r p r o p e r t i e s a n d w o u l d HAVE SOME FIG U R E S AT THE NEXT MONTHLY MEETING TO REPORT. T he Ma n a g e r t h e n b r o u g h t u p t h e v i s i t t h a t t h e S t a t e E n g i n e e r h a d m a d e t o h i s o f f i c e , a s k i n g f o r a d e c i s i o n b y t h e D i r e c t o r s on w h i c h w a y t h e D i r e c t o r s NOW D E S IR E D TO PRO CEED IN P A Y IN G A F E E FOR THE P E R M IT FOR WATER FROM LAKE H E E D . I f t h e D i r e c t o r s w e r e p r e p a r e d t o p a y $ 1 0 p e r c u b i c f o o t o f w a t e r p e r s e c o n d , THE P ER M IT FEE WOULD BE $ 5 9 0 IN ONE PAYMENT, AND NO FURTHER PAYMENTS WOULD BE a s k e d . A n a l t e r n a t e w o u l d b e t o a s k f o r t h e s t o r a g e o f t h e 1»3>0°° a c r e f e e t A N N U A LLY |N L A K E M E A D , AND FOR S T O R IN G THE WATER T H E R E , PAYM EN T S WOULD ONLY BE MADE A S THE WATER WAS WITHDRAWN FOR B E N E F IC IA L USE 4— IN IN S T A L L M E N T S FROM T IM E TO T IM E A S WATER U SE IN C R E A S E D , AND AT A RATE W HICH WOULD E V E N T U A L L Y COST t h e D i s t r i c t $ 1 3 0 0 f o r t h e p e r m i t . T h e p a y m e n t a t t h i s t i m e o f $ 5 9 0 s e e m e d LARGE IN V IE W OF OUR MEAGRE F U N D S . M R . S M IT H , S T A T E E N G IN E E R , HAD IN D IC A T E D H I S O P IN IO N THAT THE F I L I N G R IG H T WAS P R E S E R V E D IN E IT H E R C ASE f $ — BUT IF WE D E C ID E D TO TAKE OUT A P E R M IT FOR STO RAG E OF W ATER, THE P E R M IT COULD NOT L A T E R BE CHANGED TO A S T E A D Y FLOW OF WATER t - AND THAT IT WOULD THEN BE N E C E S S A R Y TO R E - F I L E ON THE W ATER. TH E R E Q U IR E M E N T S OF THE BOND B U Y E R S A S TO S O L ID IT Y OF A S S E T S WAS O IS C U S S E D , AND THE O P IN IO N OF M r . B E E B E WAS D E C ID E D A D V IS A B L E IN THE M ATTER B EFO RE A C T IO N WOULD BE TAKEN IN A D V IS IN G THE S T A T E E N G IN E E R W HICH WAY TO MAKE OUT THE WATER P E R M IT .