IBCC Meeting Notes June 30th 2006

• Title: Meeting Notes
• Date: 6/30/2006
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Meeting Notes

Russell George thought that Representative Curry’s point was critical and that the roles
of the IBCC and the more specific role of the working group must be kept separate. He
tho ught that there is a very natural relationship between the working group and CFWE as
well as other organizations such as CSU. Additionally, he addressed the funding issue by
pointing out that a certain amount of HB06 - 1400 money is allocated for education e fforts
and that this money could be used in conjunction with money from other organizations.
Russell finally stated that individuals from other organizations might be allowed to be a
member of the working group to assist members with their mission. Eric Wi lkinson stated
that at least one person from every major education group in Colorado should be asked to
serve on the working group alongside IBCC members.

Doug Scott asked the Committee how it should define “public” in its mandate to educate
the public. Doug thought that a proper definition was important to defining the breadth of
the working groups audience. Jeris Danielson responded to this comment by stating that
the working group should focus on education efforts within the Metro area since they
have the largest number of citizens that are unaware of statewide water issues. Ray
Wright believes that education efforts should be focused on the statewide picture of water
usage and how all water users in the state are tied together. Eric Wilkinson called fo r the
creation of a working group of three to four IBCC members who would take input from
the roundtables in order to refine the role of the working group and where best to focus
education efforts.

Russell George called for volunteers for the working grou p. The following individuals
volunteered:

Rita Crumpton - acting Chair
Jeris Danielson
Jenny Russell
Carl Trick

Needs Assessment Assistance

Russell George introduced the needs assessment agenda item. He discussed the status of
HB06 - 1400 money and how the State RFP process works. Director George stated the
easiest way to complete the needs assessment process was to contract with one contractor
for all of the basin need assessments. The scope of work would be written so that the
contractor would take dir ection from each of the basin roundtables who would direct how
the work proceeded within their basin. Melinda Kassen thought that the scope of work
and contract would have to be written well enough so that the process was not centrally
controlled. Bill Tra mpe expressed some concerns about a central contracting process as
being viewed as a top - down approach. Eric Kuhn suggested an approach where the
contractor would be given flexibility to sub - contract so that they could better address the
needs of the diffe rent basins.

Chips Barry mentioned that there is a disagregation problem with the needs assessment
between the Metro Roundtable and the South Platte Roundtable. These two areas are