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Tape 1, Track 1 01:38:15-01:45:19 Action: A motion was made by Don Schwindt and seconded by Travis Smith to present to the Legislature for preliminary discussion and approval, with a report back to the Board at the January 2007 Board meeting, the request to increase the spending authority in Section 37-60-122 of the Construction Fund to authorize loans up to $25,000,000 without Legislative approval. The motion was approved unanimously (9-0). 6c. Water Supply Planning and Finance Section, and Stream and Lake Protection Section, and Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning (OWCDP)- Agricultural Emergency Drought Response Program Technical Corrections Tape 1, Track 1 01:45:19-01:52:47 Action: A motion was made by Eric Wilkinson and seconded by Carl Trick to add language to clarify the administration of Section 37-60-123.5 of the Agricultural Emergency Drought Grant Program so that appropriations from the current year may be disbursed to grantees based on drought designations in prior years. The motion was approved unanimously (9-0). 6d. Water Supply Planning and Finance Section, and Stream and Lake Protection Section, and Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning (OWCDP)- Loans of Water Rights for Instream Flow Use 01:52:47 - 01:59:13 A motion was made by Don Schwindt and seconded by Harold Miskel to propose changes to add a subsection to Section 37-83-105(2) to assure water rights owners who are interested in loaning water to the CWCB for instream flow use that such a loan will not result in a reduction of the historic consumptive use credited to the loaned water right in any future water court proceeding to change that water right. The added subsection also provides clear guidance to the water courts on how to treat periods of instream flow use of a water right loaned to the CWCB under section 37-83-105(2). In addition, Section 37-92-1 03 (2)(b) would be amended to assure water rights owners who are interested in loaning water to the CWCB for instream flow use that the owner's nonuse of a water right during the period of such a loan to the CWCB shall not give rise to a presumption of abandonment of that water right. The motion was approved unanimously (9-0). Tape 1, Track 1 Action: 6e. Water Supply Planning and Finance Section, and Stream and Lake Protection Section, and Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning (OWCDP)- OWCDP - Proposed Water Conservation Legislation for the 2007 Legislative Session 02:20:31 - 02:30:26 A motion was made by Eric Wilkinson and seconded by Barbara Biggs to approve Staff's recommendations to propose changes to Section 37-60-126 eR.s., Section 37-60-126.5 C.R.S., and Section 39-29-109 C.R.S. to (1) broaden the use ofthe currently existing Water Efficiency Grant Program Fund to include water conservation planning and implementation, education and public outreach, and drought mitigation planning and implementation; to (2) increase the Water Efficiency Grant Program Fund by $1.75 million; to (3) extend the Water Efficiency Grant Program Fund sunset date by three years from its current sunset date of 2008 to a sunset date of June 30, 2012; and to (4) allow state and local governmental Tape 1, Tape 1 Action: Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning 4 ~. . ~. It