IBCC Meeting Notes Novermber 16

• Title: Meeting Notes
• Date: 11/16/2006
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Meeting Notes

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The IBCC agreed that the January 2007 meeting should focus on understanding Colorado
River water issues. We need to understand the West Slope, Front Range and stat e - wide
perspective on Colorado River issues . We also need to understand how to best provide
information to and coordinate with the agencies which have statutory authority over the
Colorado River.

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The IBCC agreed that Eric Hecox will work to coordinate t he framing, sequencing of
discussions and finding resource people to present on topics identified above. He will
prepare a new draft of the agenda planning document and line out two or three meetings
in advance.

Needs Assessment Working Group R eport

Er ic Hecox presented on the work of this group. He outlined the roles of State agencies and
Work Group members outlined in the M e eting Notes of the Work Group. These will be sent to
IBCC members in the near future.

State agency staff
– A s roundtables deve lop task orders for needs assessment work , staff will use
a tool developed by C D M to help manage those tasks . The tool is a Tracking Matrix that helps
lay out and identify possible crossover issues, coordination between ongoing work conducted by
other sta te agencies, and identify the extent to which task orders could be divided up either time -
wise or by funding mechanism . It will help clarify whether work gets get started with 1400
money and then continue with 179 funds. The Tracking Matrix will be ready by January, and
hopefully before.

The Work Group
– Once the Tracking Matrix has been developed, the Work Group will review
a summary of task orders and provide input on them. I t will also play a role in helping to work
with the contractor on promoting a common technical platform and assure that needs assessment
work addresses that issue.

To the extent that roundtables submit task orders for more funding that we have avail able in one
cycle, the Work Group will make recommendations on priority for 1400 funds. The Work
Group requested that the IBCC clarify the authority to be granted to it in making these decisions,
and whether the current composition of the Work Group was acceptable.

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The IBCC agreed that the existing composition of the Needs Assessmen t Work group is
acceptable. Additionally , all Work Group meetings are open and IBCC members are
invited to attend.

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The IBCC agreed that the Work Group should keep the full IBCC apprised of all up -
coming Needs Assessment decisions through regular circula tion of Work Group Agendas
and M eeting Notes and regular reports at IBCC meetings. The IBCC reserves the right to
raise, discuss and make decisions on any task order that an individual IBCC member may
wish to raise and bring to the Committee.

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