Southwest - Goodman Point Pipeline Environmental Assessment_BRT Approval Letter

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SOUTHWEST BASINS ROUNDTABLE STEVEN C HARRIS, CHAIR % Southwestern Water Conservation District 841 East Second Avenue Durango, Colorado 81301 970-247-1302 EMAILED January 11, 2007 Mr. Rick Brown Chief, Intrastate Water Management and Development Section Colorado Water Conservation Board 1580 Logan Street, Suite 600 Denver, Colorado 80203 SUBJECT: Water Supply Reserve Account Applications for the Southwest Basins Roundtable Dear Mr. Brown: The Southwest Basins Roundtable (Roundtable) is pleased to submit two applications, of five considered, for Water Supply Reserve Account (Account) funding for consideration at the March, 2007 CWCB Board Meeting. Both applications received unanimous approval by our roundtable during its January 10, 2007 meeting at the Dolores Water Conservancy District Offices in Cortez. This letter serves as the Roundtable?s introduction and support for the applications described below and attached. The evaluation process consisted of providing the completed applications to the Roundtable for review one week prior to the meeting. During the Roundtable meeting each of the applicants were allowed to present their application. After each presentation, the Roundtable members asked the applicant questions. The meeting minutes summarize the discussion of the applications. After lengthy discussion on all of the applications and thorough review of the content of the applications in relation to the CWCB criteria, the San Juan Water Conservancy District and Goodman Point Water Association applications were unanimously approved for funding. Though all applications met important needs in our basin, the two approved at this time, were exceptional both in the content of the applications and the need for the projects. The justification for each project is explained below. Since these are the first set of applications submitted to the CWCB for SB179 funding, the Southwest Basins Roundtable requests that the CWCB Interstate Water Management and Development Section work with our Roundtable and the applicants to further develop the enclosed applications so that they have the best opportunity to be approved for funding during the CWCB Board Meeting in March. We welcome any suggestions you have to improve these applications.