Interbasin Compact Process Overview and FY07-0

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The Roles of the IBCC 1. Provide a forum to develop and disseminate information, create a positive environment for a statewide perspective, and develop a vision for statewide water negotiations; 2. Serve as a forum for discussing and addressing the socio - economic, recreation and environmental impacts of water development and management, as well as potential impacts on the ability of the state to use its entitlements and meet its Interstate Compact requirements. 3. Assist in finding resources to enable Roundtables to develop basin - wide visions; 4. Encourage development of a common technical platform upon which negotiations can be based; 5. Guide the process of negotiating interbasin compacts and other agreements by providing a framework that creates incentives for successful deliberations, agreements, and their implementation; and 6. Perform all other roles and functions of the IBCC identified in legislation. The IBCC’s meeting logistics are discussed in Section 2 below. Substantive Responsibilities and the Path Forward The path forward for the Interbasin Com p act Process builds on the Basin Roundtable’s substantive responsibilities and previous accomplishments (summarized throughout this report and detailed in the Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report, October 31, 2006). The elements of the Basin Roundtab les substantive responsibilities and the path forward include : ? Continued Basin Roundtable and IBCC Meetings ? Public, Education, Participation, and Outreach ? Needs Assessments and Common Technical Platform ? Water Supply Reserve Account ? Addressing Issues of Sta tewide Concern Each of these elements is described in detail below. It is hoped that by the end of 2009 the Interbasin Compact Process will have developed basin - wide water needs assessments for each roundtable, and will be utilizing the Water Supply Rese rve Account to help implement solutions to Colorado’s consumptive and non - consumptive water needs. 8