Gunnison 4-3-06 Meeting Minutes PDF

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April 3, 2006 Report from the IBCC Representatives Discussion of 3/24/06 IBCC Meeting - Marc Catlin reported on the IBCC meeting and the Charter review. Marc said there was a lot of "word smything" discussion over the way words were used. He supplied the document to the Roundtable Members and requested that they make comments on that document. He also mentioned that he had received comments from one other roundtable as well as from the State. The mindset at the meeting was that this was not the "end all" document, but there were some that felt they would have to fix all issues with the Charter. His opinion was that the roundtables will look at the proposed transactions between roundtables and ask questions before going to the legal system to solve the problems which will save a lot of time and money. Bill Trampe agreed with Marc and felt that they needed to expand on what the 1177 process will or will not do. If they feel they have something to gain, the 1177 process will have a role to play. Some representatives have said they don't want to go through the roundtable process. He feels it will be interesting to see how the process will work and also feels that this process is just a tool. Hugh Sanburg wanted to know if the IBCC representatives were happy with the way the Charter was written now. Marc Catlin's response was that there was still a problem with some wording, but that he was generally pleased with what has been written and the structure was good but not "heavy handed" . Feedback from the Roundtable - The discussion began with concerns over page 4 of the Charter regarding use of the word "negotiation" and page 6 regarding IBCC consensus. Marc Catlin assured the Roundtable Members that this wording meant that every roundtable would have to approve any potential agreement brought to the IBCC. The IBCC will not override any roundtable decisions. Ralph Grover was concerned that if two roundtables make an agreement, there could be other basins or roundtables affected. Marc Catlin was of the opinion that the IBCC could not approve any proposed agreement without the impacted roundtables' approval. The discussion moved on to issues that many had with the wording on page 2, Section III, Number 1, which says that "All Colorado water users must share in solving Colorado's water resource problems." Tyler Martineau's specific concern is if there is a drought anywhere in the state, then everyone would have to share their water to cover shortages elsewhere. Tyler Martineau made a motion that another word would be found to replace the word "share" in the sentence. The motion was seconded by Dennis Steckel and discussion continued. Ken Spann said he doesn't want the language to mean we have the obligation to use our own water rights to solve problems we have no part in creating. However, there were others that thought everyone would share in discussions of problems around the State. Ralph Grover made a motion to change the wording to "all Colorado water uses share..." The motion was seconded by Tyler Martineau, and carried unanimously. Olen Lund made the motion to approve the Charter allowing the representatives to negotiate the outcome to the best of their ability (no second to this motion was recorded). Michelle Pierce requested a super majority vote. Dennis Steckel opposed the motion, and the motion failed. 3