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<br />12) Jim Powers: Morgan County Rep. Morgan County is unique in that is a high <br />agricultural producer; the county has good use of river; storage facilities; senior <br />water rights. Concern of Morgan County is that growth is moving that way but <br />not as fast so Morgan County continues to be economically dominated, for <br />example, beef and cheese factory are strong economic factors. Thus, concern is <br />for strong agricultural economy to be maintained. The County has carefully <br />watched change of water use to municipalities. Mr. Powers is a City Councilman <br />fi-om Ft Morgan, so he sees many sides. Return flows still important; <br />conservation not the answer. <br />13) Eric Wilkenson: Liaison between the Roundtable and Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board (CWCB) and as such he has many statutory responsibilities: <br />one is the promotion of maximum utilization of waters within the state and <br />obligations to Compacts. The SWSI effort has been led by CWCB; phase 1 <br />finished last year to help move forward House Bill 1177. Phase 2: 4 technical <br />round tables continue; this phase includes a study of efficiencies of water systems, <br />environmental and recreational needs, and how state and basins will bridge the <br />gap between needs and supplies by 2030. Other involvements: recreational in- <br />channel diversions-how to integrate those into planning for the future and <br />planning for water supplies for not only environmental and recreational but more <br />traditional uses; a view toward looking for change in policies per legislation <br />passed as applies to in-stream flows which allow donations of water rights on a <br />temporary basis. Thus, Mr. Wilkenson is trying to accommodate these statutory <br />mandates to help this process. Lastly, RE: passage ofRefC: CWBC has money <br />to loan, so go to CWBC for economical money. <br />14) Les Williams: St Vrain and Left Hand Conservancy District - most of lands in <br />Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties. Working on basin-wide aug plan, different <br />fi-om Main Stem, as St Vrain does not have agricultural wells, narrow alluvial <br />system, lots of pipes/pumps in river, out-of-priority water uses on the system. <br />Thus, a focus of his constituency is trying to work through this. The agricultural <br />situation in Boulder County interesting because City and County of Boulder are <br />largest agricultural land owners; in excess of 50,000 acres; they are careful in <br />maintaining water rights with this land. <br />15) Ken Huson: Municipalities in Boulder County, Longmont; Windy Gap <br />committee. Boulder County municipalities are different fi-om other fi-ont range <br />municipalities because Boulder County is not growing at the same rate as others: <br />Lewisville, Longmont 80% built out; Eerie growing in Weld County. The area <br />also encompasses the Continental Divide, so, like Park County, it contains part of <br />the headwaters of the Platte and, thus, the St Vrain. And mountain communities as <br />well as the Forest Service are involved. Much of Boulder County is open space; <br />thus, similar to lower counties, the jurisdiction tries to preserve water for <br />agricultural use. Windy Gap project: tapping out water demands for <br />municipalities. Focus is on preservation of supplies. <br />16) Bill Brown: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District: served for 13 yrs; <br />operates the Colorado Big Thompson Project and Windy Gap Project; boundaries <br />are contained within 7 counties: Boulder, Morgan, Sedgwick Larimer, Weld, <br />Broomfield, and Washington. Those who have appointed us will direct us. The <br /> <br />4 <br />