June 13th Beliefs and Values Workshop Summary.

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: Values Exercise - SWSI Objectives
• Date: 7/11/2006
• Author: MaryLou Smith
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Needs Assessment Documents

South Platte Roundtable, HB1177 Process, June 13, 2006
What are our Values Pertinent to the SWSI Objectives?
Notes from Breakout Groups Compiled by MaryLou Smith, Aqua Engineering, Inc.

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July 11, 2006

TO:
South Platte Basin Roundtable

FROM:
MaryLou Smith

RE: VALUES EXERCISE — STATEW IDE WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE
OBJECTIVES

It was quite interesting collecting and compiling the values you came up with in your
small groups last month. Here’s what I found:

Lots of overlap — room for agreement.
Many folks saying the same thing in slightly
different ways. An example: Agriculture provides green space we all enjoy looking at.

Some areas where there is basic agreement but folks took a variety of tangents.

Further discussion would help narrow and clarify just how much is in agreement and how
much is not. An example: Most everybody wants to preserve the environment, but to
what degree and at what cost?

A few areas of clear value differences.
Here it will be important to respect differences
and work to explore the interests below those diff erences, to find where you CAN agree.
An example: Each pays for his own impact vs. Allocate costs to all stakeholders.

I recommend you continue with this exercise. With the help of a facilitator and working
in small groups, you could develop a consensus s tatement reflecting the general value
placed on each objective by the entire roundtable. This consensus statement could then
guide you, but not bind you, in your upcoming dialogues on the issues.