april 10 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 4/10/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

5. Needs Assessment update
Eric Hecox: See quarterly newsletter to see needs assessment in terms of
each basin's needs assessment; Harris Sherman focusing on trying to
complete needs assessment within 2 years;
--Director Sherman looking to keep together 2 state-wide groups: 1)
consumptive needs and 2) non-consumptive needs, with view on
assumptions that make up common technical platform;
See also handout "South Platte Roundtable Needs Assessment
Refinements": this draft embraces comments from last meeting in
wanting to scale down proposed scope of work;

--Harold Evans: After our last meeting, where we saw the budget was
looking at close to $400,000 for a scope of work that would still be
incomplete modeling, we discussed the need for a practical approach to be
embraced: thus, decision seems wise to use 1400 study money for this and
use our 179 money to create projects to create wet water. Per our part of
the South Platte, evident that river is over-appropriated and idea to spend
179 money to confirm that fact seems unwise;
one comment on what is presented today: why 2 years to do this needs
assessment? We need to get on with these studies.

Eric Hecox: 2 year time frame for other roundtables that are still looking
for refinement of needs assessment; does not necessarily apply to South
Platte Roundtable.

Harold Evans: Other point discussed at last meeting: this roundtable is
not an eligible entity to make application; therefore, other entity in
Republican Basin or in Upper Counties needs to take the lead; thus,
decision needs to be made as to who will move this forward; then DNR
will work closely with applicant to refine application;

Joe Frank: What is cost of refined needs assessment as outlined in draft
that presents refinement?

Eric Hecox: This approach is answering similar questions but on a
qualitative handle on same questions; South Platte Decision Support
System is still be worked through; thus, consultants are focusing on how
much of this information is already being answered in that system.

McVicker: 1400money: $85,000; thus scope of refined needs assessment
needs to fit that budget, yes?

Hecox: Yes, but some of that 85,000 might be needed to support the South
Platte Decision Support System. .. thus, this scope of work should be able
to be completed within the 75-85000 budget remaining.

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