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I I ~ 00 <:.0 I KEN SALAZAR Attorney General I BARBARA McDoNNELL Chief Deputy Attorney General MICHAEL E. McLACHLAN Solicilor General I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I <,:, ':---, STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW STATE SERVICES BUILDING 1525 Sherman Street - 5th Floor Denverr Colorado 80203 Phone 303) 866.4500 FAX 303) 866.5691 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL February 18,2000 John B. Draper Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Kansas Montgomery & Andrews 325 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 81501 By Federal Express RE: ARCA Operations Committee meeting, February 23.24, Lamar, Colorado Dear John: This letter is to confirm our agreement, on behalf of the states of Colorado and Kansas, to certain. ground rules for the meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Administration (AReA) Operations Committee scheduled for February 23 and 24, 2000, in Lamar, Colorado. The states want this to be an informational, technical meeting, without legal counsel in attendance. In order to promote frank discussion among those present, the states agree to the following: 1. No minutes, transcripts, or recordings of the meeting will be made. 2, Neither state will attempt to obtain any personal notes taken by a representative of the other state. 3. Statements or personal notes made at the meeting, characterizations or descriptions of the meeting, or materials prepared for or presented at the meeting by a representative of the other state shall not be admissible in any administrative or judicial proceeding without the consent of both states. This shall not apply to materials previously prepared for and submitted to ARCA or to materials otherwise available. 4. The states' representatives are not authorized to make any findings or agreements. This letter agreement shall be binding upon the states of Colorado and Kansas and their agents, employees, experts, and representatives. We request the chairman of the Operations Committee to read this letter at the start of the meeting.