South Platte Basin Roundtable Minutes Sept 26

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 9/26/2006
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

--Need for maintaining in-stream flows: how to manage minimum flow and
provide water for other uses: priority curtailment;
--Need to curtail issuance of well permits in over-appropriated basins and areas;
--Need to enforce existing water laws;
--Need to develop storage to develop junior rights; awareness of need to focus on
storage efficiency;
--Need to develop inter-jurisdictional communications: IGAs and use of 1041
powers; how to determine the greater good;
Solutions:
--Pool resources of private districts and other public users;
--create more storage-deepen existing reservoirs;
--regional water planning;
-- IBCR T communication/coordination
--develop a more efficient water storage system
--building relationships between downstream and upstream users
-- Revenue sharing
--legislative action, more enforcement, water education

Philo Shelton: A solution that has worked for Central City and Black Hawk; cities
have worked together to develop IGAs that are effective; Philo will invite
presentation to show how it this cooperation can work.

III. Report on public education from IBCC
MaryLou Smith: This group had the most input; copy of these suggestions
available in hard copy at meeting. Thanks to everyone who had some suggestions.

Dinner: 5: 15

IV. Small Group Discussion of Proposed Roundtable Activities
Regional small group meet to discuss the most appropriate ways to move
identified potential solutions forward. For each potential solution the groups
will discuss whether to pursue:
. Technical assistance through the state contractor (HB-1400)
. Funding from the Basin Account and/or
. Funding from the Statewide Account
Suggestions include that for activities proposed for funding fi-om the Statewide
Account, the groups should examine how well the proposed activity meets the
Evaluation Criteria in Part 3 of the Criteria and Guidelines
Park 3 of the Criteria appears below.

Facilitators: MaryLou Smith, Reagan Waskom, Matt Neis_ (?)

How to stmcture:
1) When looking at projects you want to put forward: which are ripe which
are not so ripe;
2) Focus on which fund you would propose the project;

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