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1. Identified projects and processes. f. Phase 1 of the Water Availability- Shady has the following time table: Determine the Scope of the Study No~~•ember 2007 Hue a Contractor to do the study March 2008 Provide a draft report March 2009 Prot--°ide a final report July 2009 g. Much of the above information is contained in a draft memo dated July 13. 2007. with the filename Colorado River Water Availabilit~~ Study Scope, which was emailed to CBRT members. This memo suggested on page 12 that the $00,000 appropriated in SB 07-122 will be spent entirelti~ on Phase L Chuck Ogilby colmnented that Phase III is cnlcial for modeling what the Colorado River will look like after all current conditional water rights are developed. and he stated that if there is no money a~°ailable to find Phase III, the WAS will lose much of its value. h. Dave Merritt conunented that in the Republican Basin in northeast Colorado, the local water conservation district is raising money by taring all district water users in order to raise moneti~ to buy out certain users in order to reduce appropriations. i. Sno~~-melt has been starting earlier in recent tears, and dusty snow has been accelerating the sno~~-•melt. Cluis Landry of Silverton Colorado has been sh~dying dust layers in snow and will be presenting his conclusions at an upcoming CRWCD board meeting. j. Ken Neubecker reconunended that in the face of the current drought, the WAS. NCNA. Consumptive Needs Assessment, and the Energy Needs Assessment should be completed as soon as possible. Stan Lazier colrnnented that unless we elperience a period of wet weather. a Compact Call is likely within 10 years. k Lane Wyatt and Caroline Bradford colnlnented that the current CBRT meeting format would be i<iadequate for CBRT members to conunent on the WAS. Louis Meyer recommended that the public be given the opportunity to wmment on it as well. 13. Aaron Million's Flaming Gorge Project. Meeting handouts included a July 20, 2007. Rocky Mountain News Article about Million's project to divert water from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado's Front Range. The following is a sulnlnary of these handouts. a. Eric Kulul prepared a memo for the CRWCD Board dated July 3. 2007. in which he recolnlnended they oppose the project until the Consumptive and Non-Consumpti~--°e Needs Assessments required under HB 0~-1177 and the Water Availability Shuiv required by- SB 07-122 were complete. Eric's memo posed the following issues: i. Until these studies are completed, it is unclear how much water is still available for development in Colorado. ii. If water diverted from the Green River reduces the flow into Lake Powell and Deietea: c_~,~~~~~~~~e~~t~ ~~~a precipitates a Compact Call bti~ Lower Basin States, water rights ~~-ith priorities serr~~k,~~~~~i~~~ ~i~,~i hi her than Million's 2007 riority could be curtailed U er Basin States are ~ Settn;e, Temluai~-Internet g p . pp r,ie <~rrm~nh~~~,te,, T~,i~ ,om required to deliver 7~ maf evelti~ 10 years to the Lower Basin States. Water eBxT ~t~,~ Deleted: ~I>,~oo- L Interbnsin Com~~net Conuiuttae`$nsin Ronndtables Colorado',A-linntee 30117 Alimrtas Jnl~ 3007 CBRT.doy ~, ~ ~~~ I (1~_ ~