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<br />support the Yampa- White Roundtable grant request since this issue is common to both <br />roundtab les. <br /> <br />6. New business. <br /> <br />a. Kurt Klancke recommended that a future roundtable educational session include a <br />presentation on Senate Bill 80, which addresses minimum flows released from Granby <br />and Green Mountain Reservoirs pursuant to the Colorado Big Thompson project for <br />fishing and agricultural needs. <br /> <br />b. Phil Overeynder requested that a similar presentation be done on the Hunter-Fryingpan <br />Project. <br /> <br />c. Louis Meyer recommended that other interests such as fishing be invited in addition to <br />Xce1 Energy to discuss the impact of the new Shoshone call reduction. <br /> <br />7. Eric Hecox report <br /> <br />a. The roundtables must report to the Legislature by October 31 each year. The CBRT <br />edited the Colorado Basin Roundtable's report, which CDM prepared after reviewing <br />prior CBR T meeting minutes. Edit highlights include: <br /> <br />1. Concern that SWSI inadequately addressed consumptive and non-consumptive <br />needs of the Colorado basin and, in particular, failed to address the energy <br />development impacts on water quality and supply. <br /> <br />11. The CBR T strongly believes that a basin wide needs assessment is needed. <br /> <br />111. A copy of the report will be available on the IBCC website. <br /> <br />b. House Bill 1400 includes money for grant requests in addition to SB 179; $600,000 is <br />currently available and will be for each of 4 years. <br /> <br />1. The IBCC decides how HB 1400 funds will be spent; there are no formal grant <br />guidelines. <br /> <br />11. Roundtables should clarify if they are requesting grant funds under SB 179 or HB <br />1400. <br /> <br />111. Roundtable should submit grant requests known as Task Orders under HB 1400 <br />directly to CDM requesting technical support. <br /> <br />IV. Examples ofHB 1400 requests include the Yampa-White Roundtable's request <br />for money analyze the impact that energy development will have on water <br />supplies, or Grand County's request to complete its needs assessment. <br /> <br />c. Eric Hecox (ibc@state.co.us) will make available grant requests from the other basins so <br />that the CBRT can coordinate its grant requests with other roundtables. <br /> <br />L\CWCB Imaging\Caleb\Minutes\Colorado\2006\Colorado Minutes Oct 2006 CBRT.doc <br /> <br />2 <br />