6-12-07 South Platte Minutes

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Minutes
• Date: 6/12/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

--DNR/CWCB/CDOW and Technical Contractor Team-assists basin
roundtables in completing their needs assessments;
--Non-consumptive Needs Assessments Steering Committee assists with
setting agendas, reviews work products and provides technical oversight to
process

. Products:
--GIS coverage representing CO's important environmental and
recreational attributes
--Map of Basin Roundtable prioritized areas and reaches
--Results of Basin roundtable directed quantification and implementation
strategies

. Roundtable Action item
--Membership of the non-consumptive work group was from three
sources:
--environmental and recreational representatives from each basin
roundtable
--members of the SWSI II Environmental and Recreational TR T
--other individual who expressed interest in participating
Question: Would our Basin Roundtable like for DNR to add anyone
else to the non-consumptive work group to represent your
roundtable?
--roundtable input is needed for each step of the process
--the process will be iterative
--Question: Would our roundtable like for DNR to work through the
full roundtable, a needs assessment committee or a non-consumptive
committee?
--Recommendation is that the technical support team-work with a needs
assessment committee that has broad representation.

Discussion:
Tom Iseman: Would urge others to join because we need diverse representation
on this subcommittee.
Bill Jerke: Do you want individuals or are you looking for reps of various
interests, i.e.: ag, water conservancy, etc. ... kind of checks and balances.
Iseman: Looking for more diverse representation than just environmental and
recreational interests.
Sasha Charney: How often are the meetings?
Iseman: See schedule: about 6 times over the year;
Bert Weaver: How about hydroelectric use; is this not a non-consumptive use?
Rick Brown: Yes, but we nalTowed this to environmental and recreation!
Bert Weaver: In Georgetown, we have oldest working hydroelectric; this is very
important because it is renewable.
Philo Shelton: Where does water quality fit?
Rick Brown: Limited, good question.

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