Minutes April 24 06 IBCC Colo Basin

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The IBCC is a political mechanism to build up support; it is not mandatory. House Bill 1400 was written so legislature cannot amend the IBCC Charter. The charter is a non-statutory part of the Colorado Revised Statutes-it was attached to the bill. Either the legislature approves or disapproves the Charter; it can't wordsmith any parts of it. There will be a funding piece attached to the bill. Eric Hecox There are two bills cUlTently in progress: SB 179: $10 million per year for four years to implement processes and agreements that come out ofIBCC process. HB 1400: $1.2 million to run the IBCC program. It would pay for studies, and provide the resources required to run monthly IBCC meetings. Chuck Ogilby The original Charter said that water storage projects were to be the last resOlt. In Charter III /3, page 2, it now says, "Additional water storage should be pursued through the improvement and rehabilitation of existing structures and the development of new structures. These activities should be accomplished with local consensus." This did not get changed by IBCC. When the six Metro counties joined the 58 counties that put together the guiding principles, the tone changed and Part III (3) was changed to its CUlTent wording. Karla Brown Outgoing Executive Director of Colorado Foundation for Water Education (CFWE) CFWE was created by the legislature in 2002 as a non-partisan water information organization. Tom Long, Rick Sackbauer and John Redifer are Colorado Basin RT members who are also CFWE board members. Directors Notebook: Summary of Compacts, Definitions of Augmentation Plan, In- Stream Flows and RICD, Summary of SWSI studies. The Director's Notebook was funded by URS, a Colorado engineering firm. It can be ordered from the website at www.cfwe.org for $55. DNR has some extra copies. It includes all six citizen's guides that sell for $8 each. L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Minutes April 24 06 IECC Colo Basin.doc 2