IBCC Meeting Notes June 30th 2006

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

4. Receive feedback from roundtable about the draft and make necessary revisions

Russell George discussed the need to keep the number of people serving on the working
group to a minimum so that they would not overwhelm the CWCB working group.

Working group was selected with both official and unofficial members:

1. Wayne Vanderschuere

2. John Porter

3. Ray Wright

4. Melinda Kassen

5. Jim Isgar (Unofficial)

6. Kathleen Curry (Unofficial)

7. Dan Birch (Unoffici al)

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The working group decided to meet on July 17 at 1:00PM in Denver at the State
Department of Natural Resources Building with the CWCB working group members to
create an initial criteria and guidelines draft. Working Group members requested that
Rick Brown work with OICN staff to create an agenda for the meeting. IBCC working
group members requested that OICN staff send out roundtable feedback and information
on criteria and guidelines prior to the July 17th meeting.

General Discussion on SB - 179 Crit eria and Guidelines

Ray Wright provided feedback from the Rio Grande Roundtable. They feel that the use of
the term “needs” in prioritization would be viewed as threatening to West Slope interests.
He felt that the term “interests” would be better because it doesn’t imply the movement
of water out of a basin for consumptive use.

Peter Binney thought that any discussion of statewide water “needs” or “interests” has to
take into account the interconnected nature of Colorado water. The Metro area or any
othe r area within the state cannot be viewed in a vacuum. Activities in all basins affect
the other basins.

Bill Trampe discussed the need to view water through the lens of the statewide economy.
The threat of drought for an economy that relies heavily on wa ter based recreation puts
the state in a precarious position. It is necessary to look at the different economies within
each basin and how they relate to one another.

Dan Birch and Jenny Russell stated that the SB - 179 money is really a drop in the bucket
for major water projects and no project that results from the funding will significantly
affect statewide water needs.

Wayne Vanderscheure responded to Dan and Jenny’s comment by pointing out that any
water project that has an affect on one of the interst ate compacts could be seen as
addressing statewide water needs.