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• 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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The nine Basin Roundtables are:

. Arkansas Basin

. Colorado Basin

. Dolores/San Juan/San Miguel Basin

. Gunnison Basin

. Metro

. North Platte Basin

. Rio Grande Basin

. South Platte Basin

. YampalWhite Basin

The Dolores/San Juan/San Miguel Basin Roundtable has
elected to call themselves the Southwest Basin '
Roundtable and the YampalWhite Basin Roundtabll3 has

Table 1.1 Basin Roundtable Membershi

One member appointed by each county within the Basin
Roundtable's boundaries
One member appointed jointly by all the municipalities within any
count in the Basin Roundtable's boundaries ,
One member appointed by each water conservancy and water
conservation districts within the Basin Roundtable's boundaries
One member appointed jointly by the chairpersons of the Cqlorado
House and Senate A . Committees
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Three non-voting members who must own water rights or have a
contract for federal water to represent out-of-basin water interests
within the Basin Roundtable's boundaries
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If no one qualifies, representatives that have interests in and are
knowled eable about water matters

The CWCB member from the basin will serve as the liaison .
between the Basin Roundtable and the CWCB

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elected to call themselves the Yampa/White/Green Basin
Roundtable.

1.1.1 Basin Roundtable Membership

Basin Roundtables are permanent structures set up to
facilitate discussions on water management issues and
to encourage locally driven collaborative solutions. Basin
Roundtable membership reflects the broad-based,
collaborative nature of the Colorado Water for the 21 st
Century process. The Basin Roundtables are made up of
a set of "designated members," 10 "at-large" members,
and non-voting members as shown in Table 1-1. A list of
individuals serving on the nine Basin Roundtables
throughout Colorado is included in Appendix A.

The first step in forming the Basin Roundtables was to
assemble all of the designated members so that they
could select their 10 additional at-large members. During
August through October of 2005, Basin Roundtables held
meetings throughout the state, individuals expressed
interest in serving on the Basin Roundtables, and a
democratic process with competitive elections resulted in
the formation of all nine Basin Roundtables.

The Basin Roundtables bring 29B citizens into water
discussions across the state. The diversity of Basin
Roundtable membership broadens the range of
stakeholders who are actively participating in Colorado's
water decisions, and creates a locally-driven process.
Table 1-2 shows the number of voting members in each
Basin Roundtable. While the number of members differs
among the Basin Roundtables, Basin Roundtable
membership ensures full representation of all
stakeholders and the general public.

34 (including 2 Tribes)
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27
16
29
51
22
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