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Mike G — Re reservoir celebration, wrote a letter on behalf of RT for that project to get HB1400 funds available for that — u nderstands that the funds will be made available from HB1400 and CWCB small grant fund Project Review — Mike G. – r eminded that on the DNR/CWCB document covers the criteria for projects — Discussed it with Rick Brown — needed real details in application all th e way down to miles, per mile payment, etc. – suggested that applicants include all 4 criteria and spell how the application addresses them — after these conversations, contacted some people Travis, Cindy, Doug, Ray, Rio and held meeting to look at local grou p to help applic ants draft their applications — joined by Sam Vance from Conejos re work on Conejos Rive r and went over his application and discussed how to help them improve and rework app to best fit guidelines and criteri a — hope to expedite process before it goes to CWCB -- if we can make out applications be more complete and better, will hopefully reduce # of questions and conditions Ray - one of the things that came up at IBCC was the real lack of help from CWCB -- if a small ditch co wants a loan, CWCB staff help put applications together — but not adequate staff now to provide this for RT projects — at least for review and comment on pending apps to help with different levels of skill Jay – heard that Rick will be getting one FTE to help wit h this — didn’t take long to realize that the threshold criteria need to be up front so anyone going through the process need to pay attention to those point — hopes next iteration will be clear er Mike G — put the word out that anyone considering an application will get help from people in the sub - group - to predetermine if app meets criteria — not the idea of the group to be gatekeepers but to help facilitate this process E ducation — Judy Lopez Judy — has been talking with state level folks re education model for R ound T able ’s — in reviewing guidelines set forth by IBCC and re proposed Reservoir Celebration funding — trying to define what is considered education — as Travis stated, there’s multiple levels — water community, government, at large c ommunity, kids — trying to determine and def ine level of education tha t IBCC is actually looking at Mike G — may need to go back to CWCB and IBCC so that education projects can be funded — As Russ George said earlier — need an educated population to sustain projects and support funding — always thought tha t education is a key part of our RT and that we go back and get $ for education here — Judy — -- forming subgroup re this: Charlie, Diane - their education specialists and others welcome to join 10. Discussion of Storage Options and the Rio Grande Compact - M el Getz and Steve Vandiver Page 4 of 7 RGBRT Minutes April 10, 2007