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NOlih Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 22,2007 5 Paula mentioned: reservoirs, watersheds, fish ladders, and a kayak park (the kayak park got turned down). The state engineers also needed to upgrade spillways (u\1lding studies to check on feasibility or actual work) Erin L. said that Bear River Reservoir Company is going to apply for a seepage project on Stillwater reservoir. Sue P. mentioned dredging out reservoirs up here to get their capacity back. A lot is silted in on the bottolll. We may not be using the water we think we are due to silting, she said. NRCS came in the 60s to check them, but nothing has been done since then. The roundtable cannot apply for a project, so someone else has to come in with an application. Tom Hackleman asked about Meadow Creek Reservoir's capacity-could something like that be improved. Kent said the Michigan River Water Conservancy District could apply for moneys. They've never been able to release all the water that is decreed out of that reservoir. Tom Hackleman can call Jimmer Baller and talk to that district about a possible project. Kent said we need to do projects for water users in this basin. Criteria came up again. Any individual can apply, Kent thought. Sandy K asked if projects have to be beneficial to the basin as a whole or just the individual. Sue talked about free return and how a lot is indirectly beneficial. Sandy asked if individual ranchers would be eligible for projects. Kent said those questions would come back to the roundtable's criteria, which needs to be decided. Marsha P. asked about how the community has been educated as a whole on these issues, and that projects are available. Kent said they really haven't. IBCC does have an educational component that has been working to educate the public. Deb Alpe said we will have a speaker at HayDays talking about opportunities. Marsha talked about possibly having newsletters. Sandy K. asked about application process and if there are any stipulations placed on accepting money. Kent didn't know. Deb A. thought maybe someone could write a project proposal to cover a few reservoirs at once. All this discussion came back to the roundtable needing criteria and guidelines for applications. Marsha suggested having a working meeting to come up with marketing and criteria for applications. Kent said he thought brainstorming has been done previously, and it will all come back to the guidelines committee, who will come back at the June 26 roundtable meeting and talk about it. In the meantime, everyone should go back and look at guidelines and criteria. Hal H. said it was July 12, 2006 when guidelines were adopted by CWCB(?). Sandy K suggested contacting some ranchers. Kent said criteria should be established first, before marketing is done. Deb Alpe asked about the CWCB loans covered at the April 24, 2007 meeting.