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,~ . Agenda Item 20 September 19-20, 2006 Board Meeting Page 3 of3 g. A defined process for preparation of the annual workplan and budget, as well as modifications to the long-range plan has been established. 3. Contracting procedures have been modified to follow V.S Bureau of Reclamation procurement procedures, which encourage more work going out to bid. 4. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is currently the depository for state cost share funds and provides a quarterly accounting. It can also manage contracts with the state funds on deposit and we have allowed for their ability to contract with federal funds if deemed appropriate. 5. Voting Procedures were clarified to establish a quorum as two-thirds of the program membership and two-thirds of the quorum is required to pass a measure. There will be no proxy voting, but alternates can be appointed by the designated committee member. 6. The Coordination Committee would now have a limited ability to exercise a line item veto rather than having to reject an entire workplan or budget if there was significant disagreement on a particular item. . 7. Selection of Technical Committee Members - The criteria for appointing a technical committee representative have been loosened by giving the Coordination Committee authority to overrule an appointment action by a technical committee. 8. The addition of a program participant is now subject to the unanimous approval ofthe Coordination Committee rather than subject to certain criteria that have allowed entities to be added through the Section 7 process. 9. Water Right language was modified in recognition of several federal reserved water right settlements with the tribes. 10. Water Quality responsibilities were reduced in partial recognition of the limited impact water quality in the river is judged to have on the endangered fish. 11. The actual recovery goals were incorporated along with Section 7 consultation principles. We believe that the water users in the San Juan Basin and the other program participants are supportive of the revised Documents and we hope to be able to provide confirmation of that support at the Board meeting to the extent it is available. The final draft of the Documents is attached for your information. Staff Recommendation Staff requests that the Board concur with the recommended revisions and direct staff to support the adoption of the revised Documents at the next meeting of the SJRIP Coordination Committee. . Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning