19TH ANNUAL COLORADO RIVER FORECAST COMMITTEE MEETING, 1964

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA-RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

P. O. BOX 388 SACRAMENTO

A N N O U N C E M E N T

19TH ANNUAL COLORADO RIVER FORECAST COMMITTEE MEETING

The 1964 meeting of the Colorado River Forecast Committee will

be held Wednesday, April 29, 1964, in Room 1016, Serra Building, First

and Broadway, Los Angeles. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will

be concluded with a luncheon.

The meeting will take up the customary topics of current river

flows, Lake Mead operations, and review of current conditions on the

Colorado River watershed.

In addition, a status report is scheduled

concerning the results of the U. S. Supreme Court's decision and the

proposed Pacific Southwest Water Plan.

Enclosed is a copy of the program, a 1 ist of Los Angeles hotels

and motels, with a map showing their locations, and a form to be sent

back confirming your attendance and noting whether you wish motel or hotel

reservations.

Enclosures

Sincerely yours,

V. H. Lemons

Program Chairman

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CHAIRMAN: V, H, LEMONS, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SACRAMENTO

08:30

08:35

08:45

OPENING OF MEETING.

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CHAIRMAN

WELCOME SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

REPORT ON STREAMFLOW ON MAIN STREAMS OF THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN IN THE

196:

\-/ATER YEAR AND UP TO APR! L

1964

E. B. HODGES UNITEO STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TUCSON, ARIZONA

SNOW COVER AND WATER SUPPLY OUT-LOOK FOR UPPER COLORADO RIVER

BASIN AND ARIZONA HOMER J, STOCKWELL

SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE PORTLAND, OREGON

REVIEW OF SEASONAL PRECIPITATION EUGENE L, PECK HYDROLOGIST IN CHARGE

U, S, WEATHER BUREAU SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH PRESENTATION OF FORECASTS:

CoFf"EE BREAK

U, S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION U, S, WEATHER BUREAU

U, S. SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE OTHERS

HOW THE BIG PICTURE AFFECTS THE COLORADO

RIVE.;R SITUATION DALLAS COLE, CHIEF ENGINEER,

AND DON MAUGHAN, SUPERVISING ENGINEER

COLORADO RIVER BOARD Of" CALIFORNIA Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

OPERATING PLANS FOR UPPER COLORADO RIVER RESERVOIRS AND PARTICIPATING

PROJECTS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

c.

B. JACOBSON CHIEF, DIVISION Of" RIVER CONTROL

U. S, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, REGION IV SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

- GENERAL DISCUSSION - DURING THIS PERIOD, IT JS PROPOSED

TO TAKE UP SUCH TOPICS AS:

(A) QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD ON THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER PROJECT, MESSRS. PAUL OLIVER

AND C, M, SMITH, REPRESENTING THE BUREAU OF

RECLAMATION, REGION f ((, WILL BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING CURRENT OPER~ ATIONS ON THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER.

(B) A DISCUSSION ON THE PRESENT FORECAST METHODS OF THE COLORADO RIVER.

(c) FUTURE MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS OF THE COLORADO RIVER FORECAST COMMITTEE,

(D) ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS WHICH MAY BE

PERTINENT TO THE COLORADO RIVER OR THIS COMMITTEE,

CRCBGA - WHAT'S YOUR FORECAST?? PLUS

$1.

00,

KEEPER OF THE POT - RAYE. BARSCH, SNOW SURVEYS AND

WATER SUPPLY FORECAST UNIT, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA,

THE PROGRAM IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY NOON, AND FOR THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, A GROUP LUNCHEON HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR THAT TIME.

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COLORADO RIVER FORECAST COMMITTEE

Los Angeles, California

April 29, 1964

MOTELS

.

Downtowner Motel

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944 Georgia Street (at Olympic)

(Off Olympic Boulevard, 1-1/2

blocks west of Figueroa)

(Telephone:

MAdison 7-2003)

Single

$

7.00 Double .

12.00 Checking-out ~ime -

12 - 2

p.m.

Imperial

400 Motel (Olympic)

900 I.Jest Olympic Boulevard

(Te

1 ephone:

RI chmond 9-93

71)

Sing

1 e . . . .

Double . . .

2 large double beds

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dou

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s

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ng

1 e

1 king size bed

$

8.00

10.00 12 .00

10.00

10.00 Checking-out time -

12 noon

Royal Host Olympic Motel

901 \.Jest Olympic Boulevard

(Telephone: MAdison 6-6255)

Single

Twin.

$

8.00 • • • 11 •

00- 1 2 . 00

Checking-out time -

12 noon

HOTELS

May f 1 ower Hate 1

535 South Grand Avenue

(Te

I

ephone:

Single . .

Doub

I

e . .

Twin beds

MAdison 4-1331)

Checking-out time -

4 p.m.

Biltmore Hotel

515 South 01 ive Street

(Telephone: MAdison 4-1011)

Single . .

Doub

I

e . .

Twin beds

Checking-out time -

3 p.m.

Clark International Hotel

426 South Hill Street

(Telephone:

MAdison

4-4121}

Single . .

Double . . .

Twin beds

Checking-out time -

2 p.m.

$

7 .00

9.00

10.00 $

9,50

12.50

15.00 $

6.00

1.00

8.00

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...

COLORADO RIVER CRYSTAL BALL GAZERS' ASSOCIATION

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SESSION

"Forecasts" are to be made for the runoff of THE COLORADO RIVER

AT GRAND CANYON gaging station for the period A.pril 1 to July 31, inclusive,

1964,

assuming

no

Colorado River Storage Project Reservoirs.

Entries should be submitted to the "Keeper of the Pot,

11

_{no later}

than May

15, 1964.

To be official, your entry must be accompanied by one

genuine U. S. dollar (new ones accepted); checks should be made payable

to Raymond Barsch. The pot will be split, as shown, between the three

entrants whose forecasts are closest to the official runo

f

f figure for the

period as furnished by:

Mr. Horace Babcock, District Engineer

U. S. Geological Survey

Tucson, Arizona

First .

Second

Third .

50 percent of pot

30

II II II

20

II II II

"Forecasts" submitted by mail should be addressed to:

Raymond Barsch

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Jater Supply Forecast and Snow Surveys Un it

Department of W~ter R

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sources

P. 0.

Box

J88

Sacramento

2, California

(

Keep this portion for your record.)

My forecast is

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My forecast is - - - acre-feet

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City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Raymond Barsch

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ter Supply Forecast

and Snow Surveys Unit

P. 0.

Box

388 Sacramento, California 95802