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INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEE BASIN ROUNDTABLES Yampa/White Basin Roundtable Trappeur's Crossing Resort Steamboat Springs, Colorado October 18, 2006 Minutes Tom Sharp, Chairman of the Roundtable, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. He welcomed roundtable members and members of the IBCC who had their meeting prior to the roundtable meeting and stayed. Those in attendance introduced themselves and a Membership List was passed around for members to indicate their attendance. Minutes from the July 10,2006 meeting were unanimously approved. Darryl Steel and Dan Birch, IBCC representatives, gave a report on IBCC activities. The IBCC held their October meeting in conjunction with the Yampa/White Roundtable and had met in the same location earlier in the day. The IBCC had a 2 hour discussion of the SB-179 Criteria and Guidelines. Discussion centered around the level of the Basin Account. The IBCC agreed to approve the Criteria and Guidelines (which CWCB has already approved) in their current form, but the issue of the level of the Basin Account would continue to be discussed and possibly changed in the future. Dan Birch mentioned that the import point to remember is the funds are at the discretion of the roundtable (the roundtable has to approve a water activity before it can receive funding), so this is a significant opportunity for the roundtable. Eric Hecox encouraged the roundtable to think about a process for what it means to "approve" a water activity and to think about how folks outside the roundtable can bring ideas to the roundtable. The IBCC also discussed the technical assistance the State has to provide technical support to the roundtables for their needs assessment. The roundtable will work with CDM (the contractor) on energy task order the roundtable has submitted and on other task orders as they are created. The roundtable's Water Needs Assessment Committee is scheduled to meet after this meeting. The roundtable heard three presentations on water needs in different issue areas. Geoff Blakeslee and Kent Vertrees gave a presentation on the non-consumptive needs of the Yampa/White basins. They provided a snap shot of environmental and recreational water needs, proposed concepts and methods on developing the non-consumptive portion of the water needs assessment, and plan to put together a non-consumptive task order. Their presentation will be posted on the Yampa/White Roundtable website. Steve Colby gave a presentation on the Morrison Creek Reservoir. He discussed population trends in the Stagecoach area and said currently water is coming from wells. As the area grows it needs additional water and they are considering a reservoir on