Minutes April 24 06 IBCC Colo Basin

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 4/24/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

Kirk Klancke said the CFWE website was the best he has found regarding water law in
Colorado.

The four Western Slope RTs--Yampa White Rivers, Colorado, Gunnison and San Juan
Dolores--are meeting in Montrose on Thursday, May 18,2006, from 10:00 am - 3:30 pm,
at the Montrose Pavilion. Highlights of the May 18 meeting include:

11:30 AM

Scott Balcomb, Upper Colorado River Compact Commissioner, will speak
on the Colorado River Compact:

Its history and purpose;
Hydrology versus Compact obligations
CUlTent challenges, e.g., shortage criteria.

2:00 PM

Rick Brown will speak on "Options for Meeting the Identified Gap in
Water Supply."

2:20 PM

An open discussion on:
Common ground
Unique needs/issues
Next steps

The IBCC will meet in Glenwood Springs on May 22nd and will rotate around the state
for future meetings. It will be from 9:00 AM until 1:00 pm. The Colorado Basin RT will
meet at 2:00 PM.

There are three issues on the agenda: (1) Discussion of the Bylaws, (2) Discussion on the
next steps to be taken and (3) the outcome ofSB 179 and HB 1400 will be known, and
they will know how much money is available and how it may be spent.

Report from Other Basin Committees

Doug Scott of Metro RT

Metro RT members will attend the May 18 four-basin meeting.

The next Denver Metro meeting will be on May lOin Parker off of C-4 70 and Parker
Road (more information on our website). It will be most substantive as we will be
hooking items up to projects. The cities of Parker, Aurora and Centennial will talk about
future projects.

Phil Overeynder. Pitkin County

The Arkansas River Basin is trying to get money from HB 1400 to investigate water issues
in the Arkansas River Basin. They feel that they must address the Arkansas River Basin
issues first before addressing the statewide issues.

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