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,. outcome of the meeting was the decision by the group to concurrently look at individual basin needs as well as having the CWCB continue a statewide dialogue on multi-basin issues and opportunities. Basin Roundtable Support Contractor Selected: A request for qualifications process was implemented . to select a support contractor for the Basin Roundtables. COM and several subcontractors were the successful firms and the contract has been negotiated and is being routed for signatures. Notice of RICO Rulemaklng Published: On September 11, 2006, the Secretary of State published the Colorado Water Conservation Board's notice of rule making for new rules for Recreational In-Channel Diversions ("RICDs") that comport with Senate Bill 37. Two entities sought party status-the Colorado River Water Conservation District and the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments-Water Quality/Quanity Committee. The Board will be holding formal rulemaking proceedings on November 15, 2006. More information is available on the CWCB website. Colorado Watershed Protection Fund (CWPF). The CWPF Designees unanimously approved the joint CWCB-WQCD-CW A funding recommendation to fund all four applications received in 2006. The grant recipients have been notified to proceed with their respective projects. Water Quality-Water Quantity Coordination Meeting. The next water quality-water quantity coordination meeting is scheduled for December 4, 2006. WQCC's Consultation Request -- Temperature Standards Rulemaking of January 2007. The WQCC has received requests for party status for the January 2007 rulemaking hearing concerning temperature criteria and standards in the Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water (Regulation #31) that include an assertion that the proposed revisions have the potential to materially injure water rights. As a result, the WQCC has initiated consultation with the State Engineer and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, pursuant to 25-8-104(2)(d), C.R.S. The WQCC Administrator has requested that all parties, in addition to providing the required copies of all documents to the WQCC . Office, party status applicants, mailing list status applicants, and the Attorney General's Office representatives, copies of all future documents submitted for this proceeding should be sent directly to the SEO and CWCB. The CWCB and SEO must provide a written response or an oral presentation before the WQCC Hearing. We will provide an update at the January Board meeting. Colorado Interim Water Resources Review Committee Update: The Interim Water Resources Review Committee, chaired by Rep. Kathleen Curry and vice-chaired by Sen. Jim Isgar, met five times since June 16,2006, with their last meeting on September 27,2006. Testimony at these meeting included water management issues in certain parts of the State, water quality mandates, update on the implementation of HB 05-1177, groundwater issues in the South Platte River Basin, and long term water and wastewater funding issues. Committee members agreed to sponsor three bills in the 2007 Legislative Session. . Bill A Expansion of the water efficiency grant program. . Bill B Increase in the maximum compensation paid to the directors of certain types of water districts. . Bill C Request that Congress support the federal "Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act" (H.R. 3521). More information about the Committee as well as bill language can be found at http://www.state.co.us/govdir/legdir/lcsstaff/2006/comsched/06WaterResourcesSched.htm. NOAA (Klaus Wolter) Forecast: NOAA released the winter outlook and is predicting wanner than average temperatures across the country, including all of Colorado. Nationwide, it is forecast to be 2 percent wanner than the 30-year average, but 8 percent cooler than last year. Klaus Wolter, forecaster from NOAA, stated, "In Colorado, October tends to be wet and snowy with El Nino. El Nino conditions . are formed when the temperatures ofthe sea surface of the tropical Pacific Ocean are wanner than usual 12