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M i n u t e s o f Me e t i n q o f t h e Bo a r d o f D i r e c t o r s La s V e g a s Va l l e y Wa t e r D i s t r i c t h e l d a t 135 S o u t h F o u r t h S t r e e t , La s V e g a s ,N e v - a t k p -m - A u g u s t 2 9 , 195^ A S p e c i a l Me e t i n g o f t h e Bo a r d o f D i r e c t o r s o f t h e La s V e g a s Va l l e y Wa t e r D i s t r i c t w a s c a l l e d a t t h e o r d e r o f t h e Pr e s i d e n t a t 4 P - M - Au g u s t 2 9 , 19 50, a t 135 S o u t h 4 th S t r e e t , La s V e g a s , N e v a o a - D i r e c t o r s Pr e s e n t : P r e s i d e n t Ca m p b e l l V i c e P r e s - B u t t e r f i e l d S E C Y iT R E A S • COULTHARD D i r e c t o r s : B u n c h Ca s h m a n M i l l e r Un d e r h 1LL A b s e n t : No n e A l s o p r e s e n t w e r e Mr - J a m e s A - S h a v e r , R e s i d e n t E n g i n e e r o f t h e Co l o r a d o R i v e r C o m m i s s i o n , o n i n v i t a t i o n , a n d Ch i e f E n g i n e e r a n d Ma n a g e r C l a r k • P r e s i d e n t Ca m p b e l l o p e n e d t h e m e e t i n g b y r e p o r t i n g t h a t t h e D i r e c t o r s o f t h e D i s t r i c t h a d h e a r d t h a t t h e S t a t e E n g i n e e r w a s c o n s i d e r i n g h o l d i n g BACK THE PROCESSIN G OF THE WATER D I S T R I C T ' S A P P L IC A T IO N FOR F I L I N G ON WATERS o f La k e Me a d b e c a u s e h e t h o u g h t t h e r e m i g h t b e c o m e c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e IMPENDING HEARING BEFORE THE P U B L IC S E R V I C E COMM ISSION OF NEVADA, TEN TAT IVE­LY s e t f o r S e p t e m b e r 1 5 t h - A t t h i s h e a r i n g , t h e La s V e g a s La n d a n d Wa t e r Co m p a n y w i l l b e c a l l e d u p o n to i m p r o v e t h e s e r v i c e o f w a t e r to t h e c i t i z e n s o f t h e C i t y - Th e c o n n e c t i o n o f t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t a n d t h e h e a r i n g b e f o r e t h e S t a t e P u b l i c S e r v i c e Co m m i s s i o n w a s s o r e m o t e t h a t t h e P r e s i d e n t h a d a s k e d Mr - S h a v e r , R e s i d e n t E n g i n e e r f o r t h e Co l o r a d o R i v e r Co m m i s s i o n , to S I T IN FOR THE D I S C U S S I O N - Mr - S h a v e r s t a t e d t h a t t h e r e p o r t o f t h e d e l a y i n p r o c e s s i n g t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t ' s a p p l i c a t i o n f o r La k e Me a d w a t e r w a s c o r r e c t e d t h i s d a t e ( A u g - 2 9 ) b y a f o l l o w - u p t e l e p h o n e c a l l f r o m t h e S t a t e E n g i n e e r w h o , a f t e r s o m e r e c o n s i d e r ­a t i o n OF H I S STAND, DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEARING b e f o r e t h e PSC o f N e v a d a a n d t h e f i l i n g on La k e Me a o w a t e r - Ho w e v e r , Mr - S h a v e r s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e Wa t e r Bo a r d w i r e t h e S t a t e E n g i n e e r , a n d f o l l o w i t u p w i t h a n e x p l a n a t o r y l e t t e r , r e q u e s t i n g p r o m p t p r o c e s s i n g o f t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t ' s f i l i n g - I n t h i s w a y , t h e r e w o u l d b e no q u e s t i o n , s o s a i d Mr - S h a v e r • T h e a t t i t u d e o f t h e C i t y Co m m i s s i o n e r s i n v o i c i n g a d e s i r e to a c q u i r e THE LOCAL WATER U T I L I T Y OPERATED BY LAS VEGAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY WAS THEN THOROUGHLY D IS C U S S E D - THE C I T Y COMM ISSIO NERS HAD CALLED A MEETING f o r A u g u s t 2 9 a t w h i c h t h e C i t y A d v i s o r y Co m m i t t e e w a s to s i t i n w i t h t h e m AND D IS C U S S THE PROPER ACTION ON WATER S E R V I C E - T h e WATER D I S T R I C T HAD NOT BEEN IN V IT E D TO ATTEND AND DID NOT INTEND TO BE PRESENT OR SEND A REP RESEN T­A T I V E - C i t y Co u n c i l m a n Bu n k e r w a s a s k e d t o a p p e a r b e f o r e t h e Bo a r d i n f o r m ­a l l y AND D I S C U S S THE MATTER OF AN IN V IT AT IO N - - WHICH HE D I D , AND THEN WITH­DREW- Th e c h a n g e o f a t t i t u d e , f r o m o n e o f s u p p o r t o f t h e Wa t e r D i s t r i c t to THAT OF A COMPETITOR WITH THE WATER D I S T R I C T ON THE PART OF THE C 1TY C O M M ISSIO N ­ERS WAS THOROUGHLY D IS C U S S E D - IT APPEARED THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE C lT Y Co m m i s s i o n a o v o c a t e d p u r c h a s e o f t h e l o c a l w a t e r u t i l i t y , a n d t h a t t h e Ma y o r WAS LUKE-WARM ON THE MATTER- IT WAS DECIDED BY THE BOARD THAT FOUR OF THE D i r e c t o r s w o u l d m e e t t h e n e x t d a y w i t h t h e Ma y o r a n d t r y to d i s c o v e r w h a t WAS THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE OF A TTITU D E AND IF IT WAS REALLY SER IO U S - D i r e c t o r s Ca s h m a n , Un d e r h i l l , Bu t t e r f i e l d a n d t h e P r e s i d e n t w e r e s e l e c t e d to m e e t w i t h t h e Ma y o r t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y - Mr - S h a v e r f u r t h e r d i s c u s s e d t h e t r e m e n d o u s a m o u n t o f w a t e r a l l o c a t e d to t h e S t a t e o f N e v a d a f r o m La k e Me a o a n n u a l l y , a n d s a i d t h a t t h e r e w a s no FEAR OF ANY SHORTAGE, S I N C E ALL THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN IN THE SEV ERAL YEARS OF OPERATION AT HENDERSON WOULD NOT AMOUNT TO MORE THAN 6 0 , 0 0 0 ACRE FEET WHEN 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ACRE FEET ARE A V A IL A B L E YEARLY UNDER THE COLORADO R l V E R COMPACT-