BOARD00179 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2007
• Description: Director's Report - CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Creek. Water available to the CWCB for instream flow use under the Agreement was
used to maintain the CWCB's instream flow ~ater rights in various reaches of Boulder
Creek from November 2005 through mid-Mar~h 2006, in the later part of April 2006, and
from the end of July through October 2006. ~e CWCB used approximately 1,115 acre-
feet of donated water from the City for instreaPt flow use. Additionally, the City
exercised its right to lease water generated by Its operations under the Agreement to
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users downstream of the CWCB's instream flo~ reach.
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Jackson County ISF recommendation neg,otiations: At its January 24,2007 meeting
the Board tabled the Jackson County instream flow recommendations on Indian Creek,
North Fork North Platte River, and South For~ Big Creek for a period of one year. In
addition, the Board directed Staff to continue tb try to negotiate with Jackson County
with the intent of providing settlement langua~e which will ensure that any instream
flow appropriations on the subject streams will not deprive the water users of the North
Platte River and its tributaries of the water guaranteed to them by the Nebraska v.
Wyoming equitable apportionment Supreme Gourt Decree.
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Since the January meeting, staff has approached the Jackson County Water Conservancy
District through their Attorney, Kent HolsingeJ, on two different occasions in order to
try and set up a meeting to begin negotiations. iIn e-mail correspondence dated April 11,
2007, Kent Holsinger indicated that his client lYad asked him not to perform further
work on the matter at this point as they are ass~ssing their options and are therefore not
yet ready to discuss specific language with the CWCB. Staff will continue to try to
contact Jackson County to move negotiations f~rward. It should be noted that the
Jackson County WCD has also filed for participfmt status on the unrelated, yet contested
Division 3, Alder Creek, instream flow recommendation.
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Attachments

1. Waler Supply Planning and Finance Section f Loan Forecasl & Prospect Report
The Water Supply Planning and Finance Sectionlcompiles a list of potential
borrowers/projects for the Water Project Loan Prpgram. The Program currently has
approximately $80 million available for eligible projects.
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