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<br />will the partnership look like between the basin roundtables and <br /> <br />the state?" <br /> <br />And the way we liked to describe that was, that the state's <br /> <br />role is to set the table for important and hopefully successful <br /> <br />conversations all across the state, trying to imagine what the <br /> <br />next 20 to 30 years of water management will look like in local <br /> <br />areas, and then reflecting on how local decisions have impacts <br /> <br />all across the state. <br /> <br />So, this bill lS part of the state's <br /> <br />obligation of setting that table. <br /> <br />Most of these roundtables, most of these small communities <br /> <br />that are involved in participating in these conversations do not <br /> <br />have money resources, and may be short of human resources to do <br /> <br />the kinds of research or investigation analysis that they'll <br /> <br />want to do in order to be able to go to the next step of water <br /> <br />management decision-making. <br /> <br />And so, it seemed appropriate for the state, pretty much <br /> <br />for the first time, in modern time anyway, of saying, "Then we <br /> <br />should bring some money resources to you to help you to be able <br /> <br />to accomplish what heretofore you've not been able to do <br /> <br />locally." <br /> <br />Now, understand we have over the years, wisely and <br /> <br />successfully, set up loan programs for the larger projects. The <br /> <br />history of very large projects in Colorado is the same as all <br /> <br />- 6 - <br />