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<br />How to develop the information and get it out to the roundtables. Major pie-in-the-sky <br />projects do need to be looked at. Some are a little less complicated, such as inbasin <br />options with some unallocated water. Think about solutions to each basin's vision. Are <br />these short term, less complex solutions or the more complex projects. Each roundtable <br />will need to evaluate consumptive needs, quantify non-commercial needs, analyze <br />unappropriated water, and evaluate projects that would develop the unappropriated water. <br /> <br />Eric Hecox of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources also thanked the <br />conservation districts for bringing everyone together. He went on to say that today was a <br />valuable way to meet with all the different roundtables and see the commonalities. He <br />then went into a brief review of the IBCC' s Charter and added that HB 1177 was only a <br />framework document, but an historic step for the state. The IBCC cUlTently has 27 <br />members with diverse backgrounds. They have addressed some very sticky issues but <br />came to agreement. Marc Caitlin said they were flying by the seat of their pants (IBCC) <br />because "You know they want what you got - that's where we started fi'om." There were <br />many intricate to writing the charter, but Eric said the biggest thing the IBCC found out <br />was that it is possible to cooperate on something, even if it's just the words on a page. <br />Participants found out members could learn to cooperate and trust, which is important in <br />this day and age. Eric said, "This room full of people think this is important enough to <br />work on this. Make this state something we can be proud of in 50 years." He went on to <br />say that this thing could fail at any point along the way, but right now people are coming <br />to the table. The process has a long way to go and but the state has taken a huge step <br />forward. The IBCC Charter has laid out six different roles in Section 6 they are going to <br />take on, and they will talk about those roles in the next 6 to 9 months, with focus on just <br />two of them: HB 1400 and SB 1 79 that create the water supply reserve account. There is <br />$10 million to implement those things that come out of this process. The process <br />encourages a common technical platform upon which groups can work but not make the <br />decisions. The process allows for the technical platform to have a role in helping the <br />state move down that path. HB 1400 helps basins with their needs assessments and there <br />is already a foundation (SWSI) in place. The technical help is there to fill in some of the <br />pieces the roundtables would like to focus on. The process is a balancing act, and <br />everyone would like to see this as a grassroots effort. To help achieve this balance, the <br />IBCC can line up contractors that Roundtables are looking for and write contracts with <br />those contractors, but with the roundtables making the request. This means just one <br />methodology to do that work under local control. The second piece of picture is SB 1 79 <br />with $1 Omillion for 4 years to implement agreements that come out of this process - <br />specifically grants and loans approved by roundtable jurisdiction. The CWCB jointly <br />with the IBCC are coming up with criteria and guidelines for allocation of that money. <br />What do we really want to see this money go for? There are many questions still to be <br />worked on. Cost sharing over fully funded grants over loans or loans over grants? Nuts <br />and bolts of administering the grants or loans still need to be worked out. <br /> <br />Next, Eric Kuhn of the River District made a PowerPoint presentation which is attached. <br />The four basin representatives then broke into smaller groups and addressed the <br />following questions: <br />