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Colorado Water for the 21st Century Metro Roundtable - Meeting Minutes - Revised July 11, 2006 4:00 - 6:00 PM Aurora City Hall Doug Scott chaired the meeting. Minutes of the June 14 meeting were approved. CWCB staff presented an overview of the "Water Supply and Needs Report for the South Platte Basin and Denver/South Metro Counties", developed from information contained in the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. Copies of this report were distributed to Roundtable members. Staff will work on further dividing this data down into a sub-county level of detail. There was a general discussion of the next steps to be taken in developing a "needs assessment" for the metro area. The subcommittee that was formed at the June meeting plan to bring preliminary needs figures to the August meeting, using data obtained from water providers, SWSI, and other sources. There was a general discussion of the provisions of HB-1400, which was enacted to provide funding support for the roundtables, and of SB-179, which was enacted to provide funding over four years for investment in water development activities. A sub-committee consisting of three CWCB staff and six IBCC members will meet on July 17 in an effort to develop criteria and guidelines for disbursement of the funds associated with SB-179. SB-179 requires completion of a needs assessment in each basin prior to eligibility for funds. Information already contained in the SWSI report might potentially be used as a basis for some or all of that needs assessment. Chips Barry provided his comments on standards that might be used in developing needs assessments for basins throughout the state. He opined that new industrial, commercial, and residential water uses should be metered and 165 gallons per capita per day or similar figure should be used state-wide for residential water supply planning purposes. By acclamation, Doug Scott was re-elected as chairman of the Metro Roundtable and also re-appointed as IBCC representative. He accepted the IBCC re- appointment for one year only. The next meeting will be on August 16 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds and Events Center in Castle Rock. It is anticipated that this meeting will include an update from the Metro needs assessment sub-committee, a presentation by the Colorado Geological Survey on potential storage opportunities in the South Platte basin, and an update on the Chatfield Reservoir storage re-allocation effort. Prepared by: Gary Thompson - revised August 16, 2006 Page lof2