BOARD00055 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: IBCC Director's Report - Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report to the House of Representatives Com. On Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources, and Senate Com. On Agriculture, Energy, Natural
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Section 1
Report from the Director of Compact Negotiations

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Arkansas
Colorado
Dolores/San Juan/San
Mi uel
Gunnison
Metro
North Platte
Rio Grande
South Platte
Yam a/White
Basin Roundtable Total
Total Available
Partici ants
Percent Partici ation 79.8% 77.7% 68.9% 64.5%
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193

188

242

242

235

1.2 Accomplishments of Basin

Roundtables

1.2.1 Bylaws, Operating Procedures,

Goals, Objectives, and Leadership

Structure

With the Basin Roundtables fully formed, their attention
turned to their procedural responsibilities. Reflecting the
grassroots nature of the Interbasin Compact process,
each Basin Roundtable established its own by-laws,
elected its own leaders, and set its own meeting
schedule. Many Basin Roundtables used the by-law
formation process to outline goals and objectives for their
Basin Roundtable and to begin discussions of a vision for
their basin.

One of the most important procedural responsibilities of
each Basin Roundtable was to select two members of
the IBCC. By December of 2005 all nine Basin
Roundtables had appointed their two IBCC
representatives allowing the IBCC to have its first
meeting in early 2006.

1.2.2 Basin Roundtable Meetings,

Attendance, and Participation

The Interbasin Compact process has created a robust
and productive dialogue on Colorado's water challenges.
Between August 2005 and October 31, 2006, 106 Basin
Roundtable meetings were held throughout the State of
Colorado; 298 citizens had the opportunity to participate

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178

172
227

158
201

184

276

214

75.8%

91.3%

78.6%

86.9%

in these meetings as appointed Basin Roundtable
members; 27 individuals participated in Basin
Roundtable meetings outside of their basin as non-voting
members, bringing a cross-basin perspective to the
process; and 10 state and federal agencies regularly
sent liaisons to the meetings creating lines of
communication between government entities and the
Basin Roundtables.

With over 100 Basin Roundtable meetings over the past
fifteen months, participation not only began high, but has
remained high. The Arkansas Basin Roundtable covers
the largest geographic region and has consistently had
over 35 of its 53 members in attendance. The Gunnison
Basin Roundtable has continually had between 25 and
30 of its 33 members in attendance. Overall participation
by Basin Roundtable members has consistently been
around 70 percent participation with a high of 91 percent
participation in April 2006. Trends in Basin Roundtable
participation are shown in Table 1-3.

1.2.3 Basin Roundtable Educational

Accomplishments

Many Basin Roundtables have embarked upon an
aggressive education agenda. For some Basin
Roundtables, the Interbasin Compact process has
provided the first opportunity for all water stakeholders in
the basin to come together in one room. For other Basin
Roundtables, this process has involved individuals that
have not been part of Colorado's traditional water
discussions. For these reasons Basin Roundtables felt it

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