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<br />, <br /> <br />Aqua Engineering, Inc. M E M 0 RAN DUM <br /> <br />4803 Innovation Drive M E M 0 RAN DUM <br />Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 <br />Office: 970.229.9668 <br />FAX: 970.226.3855 <br /> <br />July 11, 2006 <br /> <br />TO: South Platte Basin Roundtable <br /> <br />FROM: MaryLou Smith <br /> <br />RE: VALUES EXERCISE-STATEWIDE WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE <br />OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />It was quite interesting collecting and compiling the values you came up with in your small <br />groups last month. Here's what I found: <br /> <br />Lots of overlap-room for agreement. Many folks saying the same thing in slightly <br />different ways. An example: Agriculture provides green space we all enjoy looking at. <br /> <br />Some areas where there is basic agreement but folks took a variety of tangents. <br />Further discussion would help narrow and clarify just how much is in agreement and how <br />much is not. An example: Most everybody wants to preserve the environment, but to what <br />degree and at what cost? <br /> <br />A few areas of clear value differences. Here it will be important to respect differences <br />and work to explore the interests below those differences, to find where you CAN agree. <br />An example: Each pays for his own impact vs. Allocate costs to all stakeholders. <br /> <br />I recommend you continue with this exercise. With the help of a facilitator and working in <br />small groups, you could develop a consensus statement reflecting the general value placed <br />on each objective by the entire roundtable. This consensus statement could then guide <br />you, but not bind you, in your upcoming dialogues on the issues. <br />