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Show Units and participating projects in a progressive manner with several of the projects completed and others nearing completion; and WHEREAS, the Central Utah Project is the largest and most complex of the authorized participating projects requiring construction in separate units, the first of which was the Vernal Unit; and WHEREAS, the Bonneville Unit is the next in line for construction, not as a new start, but as a continuation of the initial construction which commenced with the Vernal Unit; and WHEREAS, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District was created on March 2, 1964, one year ago, by order of the Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah to act as the legal agency to contract with the Secretary of the Interior for repayment of reimbursable costs of the project; and WHEREAS, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District is currently negotiating a repayment contract with the Secretary of the Interior and expects to have the contract signed by early fall; and WHEREAS, the Definite Plan Report on the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project has been made available to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and it appears that sufficient progress has been made in all areas of planning and preconstruction to justify an amount of $3,630,000 as shown in the report for construction purposes on the Bonneville Unit for the first construction year: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Upper Colorado River Commission, at a Special Meeting of the Commission held in Denver, Colorado on March 5, 1965, hereby requests the United States Congress to appropriate funds for the fiscal year 1966 for construction on the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project as set forth in the Definite Plan Report; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, members of the Congressional Delegations of the Upper Basin States, members of the Congressional Appropriation Committees and other interested parties. Witnesses representing the Upper Colorado River Commission, its four member States, and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District supported this request when testifying before the Appropriations Committees of the Congress. The Congress included $3,500,000 for construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project 41 |