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BYLAWS OF THE METRO ROUNDTABLE Ratified on December 7, 2005 PREAMBLE In Colorado, water is among the state’s most important issues. The ability to successfully address the challenges and opportunities related to water requires a collaborative, consensus - based approach. To facilitate continued discussions within and between basins on water management issues, and to encourage locally driven collaborative solutions to water supply challenges, House Bill 05 - 1177 created nine permanent basin roundtables. Th ese roundtables include the following: (1) South Platte Basin; (2) Arkansas Basin; (3) Rio Grande Basin; (4) Gunnison Basin; (5) Colorado Basin; (6) Yampa - White area; (7) Dolores, San Miguel, and San Juan Basins; (8) Metro area; and (9) North Platte area. In the eyes of many stakeholders, the legitimacy of a roundtable organization can be measured against the ideal of a participatory democracy. Legitimacy requires that anyone potentially affected by the actions of a roundtable should have an opportunity t o participate or, at a minimum, each affected group of stakeholders should have a like - minded representative participating as a member of the roundtable organization. st Only by working together can Colorado’s 21 century water issues be resolved. ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE/MISSION Section 1. Name . The name of the organization shall be the Metro Roundtable, (the “Roundtable”), with its principal office located at the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, Colorado 802 03, or as hereafter determined by the members of the Roundtable by a three - fourths majority vote. Section 2. Purpose/Mission . The purpose/mission of the Roundtable is to support and advocate collaborative efforts to coordinate and facilitate the approp riate use of the state’s waters, to develop long - term solutions to intra - basin water needs, to collaborate with other Roundtables to find solutions to inter - basin water issues, and to build an effective voluntary basin - wide program that fosters open commun ication and cooperation among stakeholders, with strong public support based on documented goals, strategic plans and accomplishments. ARTICLE II GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1. Improve communications by providing a forum to facilitate the coordination of decisions made among affected landowners, concerned citizens, and representatives of local, state and federal agencies.