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Interbasin Compact Committee <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin Roundtable <br /> <br />Meeting Minutes – 2:00 PM March 14 , 2006 <br />Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado <br /> <br />The meeting was prece ded by Mel and Camille Getz’s presentation on the history of <br />reservoirs and their construction in the Rio Grande basin. <br /> <br />Attendees: <br />See separate record. <br /> <br />Regrets: Steve Vandiver, Steve McCormick, Allen Brown <br /> <br />Mike Gibson, Chairperson opened the meeting at 2:25 P.M. <br /> <br />Travis Smith provided an update on the grant for study of possible Rio Grande <br />Reserv oir expansion . <br /> <br />Approval of Minutes, Meeting of Feb. 14 , 2006 <br />: Postponed until next meeting <br /> <br />Presentation on Water Rights: <br />Craig Cotton of the CDWR - presented on Prior Appropriation and Water Rights History <br />and Administration covering key points including : <br />? <br /> How prior appropriation came about - how long has it been in use - why used vs . <br />riparian doctrine <br />? <br /> Discussion of Colorado Constitutional ba sis for prior appropriation and domestic <br />use having priority over ag and ag over manufacturing and the implication s of <br />that <br />? <br /> role of DWR/Water Commissioners to administer water rights - “First in <br />time…First in right” <br />? <br /> Definitions of - appropriation – date of actually start using water <br /> - a djudication - date court approved <br /> - if same year of adjudication, the date of app ropriate determines priority <br />? <br /> Development of surface rights - to development of ground water — evolving laws <br />and reg ulation s to address these - compacts - over - appropriation <br />? <br /> Challenges to prior appropriation administration: <br /> transbasin diversions <br /> reserved rig hts <br /> recreational in - channel diversions <br /> augmentation plans <br /> endangered species <br /> public trust doctrine ( somewhat along the lines of riparian rights approach - <br /> tries t o make case that public ownership and benefit is greater than <br /> ownership per indiv idual appropriations — Round Tables may be a version <br /> of this ) <br /> Page 1 of 4 RGBRT Minutes <br /> <br /> M arch 14 , 2006 <br />