mAY 8 SP Meeting Minutes

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 5/8/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Minutes
May 8, 2007
Longmont, Colorado

Please contact Lisa McVicker for any changes or corrections to the minutes:
[e-mail]

Corrections to minutes from April 10, 2007:
Page 7: After Jeff Baker's presentation regarding the Windy Gap project, Diane Hoppe
asked Mr. Baker if there would be return flows anywhere. Minutes report Mr. Baker
responded "yes"; surely he meant "no."

NEXT MEETING: Joint Meeting with Metro Roundtable Basin; date, time and
location to be announced.

Bill Jerke calls the meeting to order at 4: l5pm.

I. Standard Reports:
. IBCC Report: Eric Wilkinson: IBCC has not met since last meeting.
. Groundwater Sub-Committee report: Joe Frank/Ralf Topper: Final
report available on Colorado Water Conservation Board website.
www.cwcb.gov; Senate has passed resolution to direct the CWCB to
further the study and to consider how the results of the study might be
implemented.
. Legislative Report: Eric Wilkinson
Diane Hoppe/Don Ament: Adjourned early; largest concern was still with
Severance Tax funding that goes to fund CWCB and Endangered Species
Act; Constmction fund did pass;
June 25 and June 26th: Education tour of Gunnison;
Don Ament: Representing CO in Platte River Integrated Recovery
Program; process is going forward; process of authorization in DC;
Senator Nelson is carrying Bill in US Senate as well as Udall in House;
Jerry Kenny is Executive Director of Program; alternate: Ted Zowalski;

Fred Walker: reports on Rocky Mtn. Natl. Park protection program:
Federal legislation to attempt to protect the park to a greater degree must
assure that water supply interests adequately protected.

CWCB Report: Eric Wilkinson: re: Water Supply Reserve Applications:
next round for State Funds is in September; many applications being
introduced; applications need to be in 60 days before meeting to make sure
that applications are complete. Application needs to be in, therefore, by
July. Basin Funds are considered at every meeting;
Mike Shimmin: Only change is an allocation to look at Pine Beetle.

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