Annual Report - Table ES-1

• Title: Annual Report
• Date: 1/1/2006
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Annual Legislative Report

Table ES - 1 Basin Roundtable and IBCC Accomplishments for 2005 - 2006
Basin Roundtables
Procedural
Nine Basin Roundtables fully - formed with elected leadership, IBCC representatives and adopted bylaws;
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298 voting Basin Roundtable members, 27 non - voting Bas in Roundtable members, and 10 state and federal liaison
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agencies actively participating;
106 Basin Roundtable Meetings held between August 2005 and October 31, 2006.
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Basin Roundtable participation has consistently be around 70 percent;
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All Basin Roundtable s set their own specific meeting schedule, with most of the Basin Roundtables meeting monthly.
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Educational
Each Basin Roundtable member was provided with basic water education material complied by the Colorado Foundation for
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Water Education;
Over 70 water - related presentations delivered to the Basin Roundtables statewide;
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Basin Roundtable members have provided feedback on the IBCC Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working
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Group’s strategic planning efforts.
Basin - wide Water Needs Assessments
A Water Supply and Needs Report was prepared for each Basin Roundtable utilizing information contained within the SWSI
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Report;
Most of the Basin Roundtables have either formally adopted or are utilizing their Water Supply and Needs Report as their
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working n eeds assessment;
A team of consulting firms is under contract with the State for $600,000 annually to provide technical assistance to the Basin
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Roundtables. The Basin Roundtables will direct the use of this contract by submitting task orders to the consult ing team to
further develop their needs assessment;
Four Basin Roundtables have already submitted one or more task orders;
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CSU sponsored a conference in October 2006 to explore how Colorado’s research and academic community can assist the
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Basin Roundtables with their needs assessments.
Proposed Projects or Methods and the Water Supply Reserve Account
All Basin Roundtables provided input in the development of the Water Supply Reserve Account (Senate Bill 06 - 179) Criteria
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and Guidelines, which were subsequen tly adopted;
All Basin Roundtables are evaluating proposed water activities to be funded out of the Water Supply Reserve Account.
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IBCC
Procedural
On April 5, 2006, the IBCC established a Charter fulfilling its obligation in C.R.S. 37 - 75 - 105. The IBCC ref erred the
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Interbasin Compact Charter to the Colorado General Assembly on April 6, 2006, and the Charter was approved through
House Bill 06 - 1400;
On July 30, 2006, the IBCC approved a set of bylaws governing its actions, fulfilling its obligation in C.R.S. 37 - 75 - 105(1)(b);
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The IBCC established a Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working Group, fulfilling its obligation in
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C.R.S. 37 - 75 - 106;
The IBCC established two additional working groups: a Needs Assessment Working Group and a Criteria and Guid elines
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Working Group;
On October 18, 2006, the IBCC approved Criteria and Guidelines for the Water Supply Reserve Account;
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The IBCC held eight meetings in five different cities throughout the state.
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Educational
Appendix G outlines the activities of the IB CC Public Education, Participation, and Outreach Working Group;
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The IBCC has received presentations on issues in the Arkansas, Rio Grande, and Yampa/White/Green Basins;
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The IBCC has received information on non - consumptive water needs throughout the state, including the SWSI Phase II
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Environmental and Recreational Technical Roundtable and a presentation by Ms. Melinda Kassen, the environmental and
recreational representative on the IBCC.
Basin - wide Water Needs Assessments
The IBCC Needs Assessment Working G roup participated in the selection of a consulting team to provide technical
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assistance to the Basin Roundtables;
The IBCC is encouraging the development of a common technical platform.
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Water Supply Reserve Account
The IBCC and CWCB jointly established Cr iteria and Guidelines for the Water Supply Reserve Account, which provides $40
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million over the next four years to be invested in water activities. The Criteria and Guidelines are included in Appendix F;
The Criteria and Guidelines reserve $1 million for e ach Basin Roundtable in a Basin Account; the remaining $31 million is
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available on a statewide competitive basis;
Allocations from either the Basin Account or the Statewide Account require approval of the local Basin Roundtable;
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The allocations from this a ccount will be available in January 2007. Allocations from the Basin Accounts may be made at
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any of the bi - monthly CWCB meetings. Allocations from the Statewide Account may be made in March and September.