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everyone is "feeling their way through the process." Carrie thanked Don S. for his support and this Roundtable for its significant help in getting their requests to the state level. Steve indicated that Rick Brown's questions were project-specific. Don S. added that no applications were filled out completely based on legislature-directed criteria. Peter Barkmann said that Rick Brown talked about that specific thing at another meeting and added they are building a new application that will be menu driven. John P. said there was quite a bit of discussion in how much to involve IBCC in application review. There was concern that they don't want turf battles between IBCC and CWCB to slow down the process. More detail and breakdown on scope. A lot of applications were very general. At this level, we need to put "political" sensitivity into our applications/evaluations. Committee report on Guidelines for Considering SB179 Applications Ken Beegles reported on the committee's work and summarized changes. He thanked everyone that worked on the changes. Required items: --Use IBCC/CWCB form --Should conform with southwestern basin bylaws --Financial details should be laid out on table Steve F. added that they wanted the guidelines to get the basic information so the board could get more of a sense of what's appropriate. Jenny added that the general requirements would be fleshed out by the detailed questions. Leo L. asked about the question regarding "open space." Jenny said it could be recreational, agricultural development, etc. Leo thought that the 5th bullet might be in contradiction to water projects. Jenny clarified that noncompliance with anyone bullet would not be an automatic dissent. Steve suggested that the word "conform" be changed to "address". Ken spoke to the rest of the report and said that changes were made to make it a more positive experience for the applicant. After getting significant input on the details from the members, the subcommittee was given instructions to meet again to redraft the document, including changes that occurred in today's discussion. The revision will be reviewed at the next meeting. Don S. offered that we need to discuss how to prioritize projects and how to make decisions. San Miguel Basin Needs Assessment Robin Schiro asked if flood plain needs would be appropriate use of IBCC funds. Several members gave her other revenue sources and Don S. suggested they contact Rick Brown and Tom Browning at CWCB first. Some members expressed they would not support this type of request through the Roundtable. Steve read by-laws that stated this type of project would be eligible for financial requests from the Roundtable. Members were encouraged to give Robin additional feedback regarding other types of funding sources. Steve suggested that if Robin is not able to get funding from any other sources, that she return to the Roundtable, listing all sources that denied her assistance.