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<br />North Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting 6-1-06 <br /> <br />North Platte Basin Roundtable <br />Meeting Minutes 6-1-06 <br />3-5 pm, Parks District USFS Conference Room <br />Submitted by CSU Extension Agent, Debbie Alpe <br /> <br />Members Present <br />Eric Hecox <br />Bob Plaska <br />Ed Perkins <br />Mike Allnutt <br />Debbie Alpe <br />Paula Belcher <br />Dina Bennett <br />Kent Crowder <br />Buell Fuller <br />Paula Guenther-Gloss <br />Tom Hackleman <br /> <br />Hal Hagen <br />Anne Kiser <br />Sandra Knox <br />Ken Lykens <br />Dave Meyring <br />Bob Burr <br />Dirk Ramsey <br />John Rich <br />Carl Trick <br />Rick Wyatt <br />Ty Wattenberg <br /> <br />Guest Ed Perkins, who is a water rights coordinator with the DOW was introduced. <br /> <br />Eric Hecox Report: <br /> <br />Eric gave an overview of two bills (HB 1400 and SB 179) passed during the latest <br />legislative session which approve the IBCC Charter and provide 1.2 million in <br />appropriations for general support of the IBCC process. SB 179 creates a u\1lding <br />program to be administered by Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). Eric <br />reports that the program will provide $10 million per year for four years to be used in <br />support of water activities statewide. The legislation requires the IBCC and CWCB to <br />jointly develop criteria and guidelines for project selection. The CWCB has already <br />appointed three members to serve on this committee. The IBCC will appoint members <br />selected from basins that are flowing out of Colorado. All representatives appointed to <br />design the u\1lding criteria will be charged with gathering the input of those they are <br />representing. <br /> <br />For the needs assessment, SWSI report is noted as a good starting point for considering <br />items to add are expound upon in our needs assessment. Eric passed out copies of the <br />North Platte section of the SWSI report. The entire report is available on the website and <br />several people in town have copies i.e. Kent Crowder, Deb Alpe, and others. Members <br />were asked to take a little time reviewing what has been done and identify areas that need <br />additions or refinements. <br /> <br />Eric described how a decision has been made to hire an engineering firm to provide <br />technical assistance to ALL roundtables in the state in an effort to avoid issues related to <br />incompatible data in studies. That engineering firm will be available to all roundtables as <br />deemed necessary. <br />