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Show 3 Negotiators meet on I.CUP repayment contract HI! "I . : ' . .' . . ; Negotiators were scheduled to . .., meet for the third time today to work . out the details of a supplemental repayment contract for the Bon-"1 Bon-"1 neville Unit of. the Central Utah ll. Project. ki' Negotiations between the Central ,!" Utah Water Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation were scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in room 8102 of the Federal Building, 125 S. State Street, Salt Lake City. At issue is the amount residents who live in the Central Utah district will have to pay for the continuing CUP construction. Costs for the project have mushroomed far beyond the estimated figures agreed upon in 1965 when the original contract was signed. According to Kirt Carpenter, projects manager, Utah Projects Office of the BOR, a draft supplemental sup-plemental repayment contract has been prepared and is being negotiated in a series of meetings between the two groups. At issue is how much of the increased in-creased cost of the CUP's Bonneville Unit actually should be paid by local residents. If the final agreement calls for more money that the CUWCD can pay on its current tax income, there is a strong possibility that the negotiated price will ace voter approval some time next year. |