RGBRT Minutes of 2-13-07 ex Rio 030907

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Restoration Project and many more, to protect land and water along the river corridor through voluntary, incentive based means. Working to raise substantial f unds to give landowners an alternative to development and keep land and water use patterns intact along the river, keeping agriculture viable, protecting wildlife habitat and keeping the scenic beauty of the area intact. — Asked Roundtable for a letter of s upport — have received support from all four counties & RGWCD — will come back with $ request later Doug — noted , that given the pressures on the river corridor — it’s important to do what we can through incentive based process of land and water protection - give n HCP — this moves us forward into the next generations — support s RGI Fred — w here is good urban development? Doug - Master Plan process is most important place to direct growth Charlie — D oes the Rio Grande Natur al Area designation achieve land protection? Ra y — No, it attempts to work with private land owners on a voluntary basis but does not prevent development and associated impacts Mike G — N oted that the Rio Grande Natural Area designation was a compromise to potential pressure to designate the Rio Grande in this area as “ Wild & Scenic ” — some measure of protection and collaborative measures . Alamosa County Planning Commission is just waking up to is sues and how to deal with these in the future . Concerned citizens can influence - if river corridors get impac ted and impaired — what we’re struggling with here is threatened. Travis — moved to formally support the RGI with a letter of support Charlie - second Approved New Business: Discussion of Project Funding Process Competitive Funds st Mike G — issue of process for formal assessment — do we fund the 1 20 projects unti l all the money is gone — or develop a comp e ti tive process ? Currently p rojects have to come to us no more th an 2 months before going to CWCB — should be 3 months in advance to give applicant chanc e to go ba ck to drawing board - twice a year goes to CWCB — March and June — should come to Mike for distribution at least 10 days before a Roundtable meeting — Ray — on right track — good for group to have at least two meetings to consider proposals -- also think s that on co mpetitive grants — for our evaluations - applicants be referred to web site and evaluative criteria as part of the introductory process be made aware of criteria so their applications can be best structured — Page 6 of 8 RGBRT Minutes February 13, 2007