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Streamlining Water Court <br /> <br />Phreatophyte Control <br /> <br />Agriculture must be sustained <br /> <br />Trust and collaboration <br /> <br /> <br />Peter Binney: Political alignment. Senators and legislators need to be given the picture <br />that there are going to be trade - offs between recreation and environment needs, keeping <br />agriculture, and meeting urban demands. This bubble that we can have it all is going to <br />burst. We also will have to face the implementation issues. How are we going to finance <br />large projects and projects that have a public good component? The Metro area is <br />approaching $25,000 per house tap fee. <br /> <br />T. Wright Dickinson: A group like this brings a level of credibility to the findings even if <br />all the information is not new to the water community. Colorado must look at ag <br />efficiency, but we must be careful that it is not seen as a silver bullet. How can we have <br />this conversation? <br /> <br />Mike Shimmin: The weakness in the document is it makes it look like there is a large pot <br />of water from ag efficiencies and this is not true. On - farm efficiencies do not create new <br />supplies. Agricultural efficiency is not an option fo r South Platte; it is an illusion. <br /> <br />Melinda Kassen: There is not a single recommendation about the environment. <br /> <br />Bill Trampe: Agriculture will continue to be at risk until we address the way the country <br />views agricultural changes. <br /> <br />Jenny Russell: We need to link water to land use planning. <br /> <br />Marc Catlin: People need to be made to feel the urgency for agriculture; it is not "on the <br />farm," we need to get more protective of our American farmers. People are being pushed <br />to believe our dams are not safe. <br />We nee d more storage. <br />Climate change is an issue. <br />There was a yield projected from these reservoirs, has forest practices changed these <br />yields, climate change demands, forest management. <br /> <br />Rita Crumpton: If you want people to read this, it is too long. Need to do something <br />short. <br /> <br />Decisions and Major Points <br />: This was an informational item for the IBCC and an opportunity <br />for the authors of the report to receive feedback. In addition to the feedback from the meeting <br />(summarized above), IBCC members can get additio nal information from the website <br />( www.universityofdenver.edu/waterfutures ) and can send additional comments to Scott <br />Ingvoldstad (singvold@ch2m.com). <br /> <br />Harris Sherman adjourned the meeting. <br />I: \ INTERBASIN COMPACT COMMITTEE \ IBCC \ PUBLIC \ MEETING NOTES \ IBCC MEETING NOTES AUG 6 2007.DOC <br />8 <br />8 <br /> <br />