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Western States Water Council Executive Committee Minutes San Antonio, Texas October 20, 2005 . interest on small water system problems, in terms of financing, etc., and doing something to improve coordination between USDA and EPA at the federal level on non-point source funding (Farm Bill, CW A), and also trying to get the different USDA state offices to better work with the water agency counterparts in the states. The actions from the two prior workshops were basically rolled into the Water Resources Committee's work plan. Chairman Simpson asked the Water Resources Chair, Dave Pope to work with Jeanine and Tony to determine how best to incorporate into the work plan any follow-up items from the third workshop. FUTURE COUNCIL MEETINGS The next meetings of the Council will be held in Washington, D. C. at the Holiday Inn Capitol on March 27-29,2006. Hal called attention to the last item under Tab J, which shows a draft schedule for the meetings. Please note that in the afternoon, time is made available for visits to congressional offices. The Management Subcommittee suggests inviting folks such as Senator Domenici, Mark Limbaugh, and others. Colorado will host the Summer 2006 meetings in Breckenridge, Colorado in July and the Fall meetings will be held in Sheridan, Wyoming. OTHER MATTERS . The Executive Committee was given the responsibility of forming a subcommittee made up of members of both the Water Resources and Water Quality committees to deal with the Farm Bill. Those who have volunteered include: Jeanines Jones, California (Chair); Adrian Polansky, Kansas; Phil Ward, Oregon; Walt Baker, Utah; Dave Glatt, North Dakota; Paul Frohardt, Colorado; and Sue Lowry, Wyoming. Gary Beach from Wyoming passed away. The Water Quality Committee would like to recognize this through sending a card to the family. There being no other matters, the meeting was adjourned. F:\MINUTES\EXEC-05- TX. wpd . 8