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Doug — as go forward, no reason why can’t go ahead and voluntarily set aside ground, <br />e veryone shut off some in their area — and the water table came up 2 feet! Can be <br />done! Other option, can farm everything until the reg ulation s are in — that’s asinine! <br /> <br />Ralph - talk about assessments - what role do appraisers play in determining <br />assessments? <br /> <br />Ray — relatively simple in concept, more water/less to pay — less water/more to pay — <br />people who have been pa ying ditch assessments for past 100 years, are known — land <br />outside of that pay additional for bringing surface water to that area — B oard of <br />M anagers will suggest process to appraisers, but appraisers will need to be <br />independent <br /> <br />Mike G — how to incorporate wel l metering data into decision process? How to make <br />assessment and rewards timelier ? <br /> <br />Ray — fees collected in same way as any other tax assessments — don’t see how to <br />accelerate this — to succeed with quasi – governmental approach, these will be levies <br />against la nds <br /> <br />Mike G. — can a group start up and develop own funding sources? <br /> <br />Ray — wouldn’t have immunity developed in SB222 <br /> <br />Paul — with the district formed, feel that enough data to get going? <br /> <br />Ray — that’s one of the reasons it was the first one approached, high quali ty data in <br />unconfined aquifer — Allen Davey’s 30 year study on water table fluctua t ions <br />— challeng e in area south of R io G rande and Conejos , knowledge and data not so <br />developed or intuiti ve <br /> <br />Doug — with well meters coming in, will give every SD data to know wha t they are <br />pumping <br /> <br />Ray — similar to domestic metering, awareness beyond just their electric bill will help <br />develop understanding of cost and value of the water <br /> <br />Eric — what are market forces that will be used? <br /> <br />Ray — a lot of things are being considered — option of enrolling land in Fed eral program <br />such as CREP is baseline — if consuming more water than allowed to, meter starts <br />running on that — entitled to x # of af — and will be billed for excess — allows for decision <br />making on crop mixes, irrigation practices, acreages farmed, methods, etc. — believes <br />will create a market for consumptive use “credits” <br /> <br />Sue — what is status of “irrigation season”? <br /> Page 10 of 13 RGBRT <br />Minutes <br /> <br /> October 9 , 2006 <br />