Minutes Sep 2007 CBRT

• Basin Roundtable: Colorado
• Title: September Meeting Minutes
• Date: 9/24/2007
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

IBCC Colorado River Basin
Minutes of Meeting on September 24, 2007
Discussion of Water Availability Study
1. Next Meeting: Monday, October 22, HOTEL COLORADO, Glenwood Springs, 1:00 to 4:00.
a. Agenda: Joint meeting with the IBCC. The IBCC will have its monthly meeting in at the
HOTEL COLORADO at 9:00 am ,and CBRT members are welcome to attend. The
CBRT will present issues to the IBCC at the October meeting, starting at its regular time
of 1:00 PM.
2. Approve July 2007 meeting minutes. The June 2007 nunutes were approved unanimously with
no corrections.
Reporter: These minutes were prepared by Ken Ransford, Esq., CPA, 970-927-1200,
kenransford~comcast.net.
4. Upcoming meetings:
a. The CBRT non-consumptive needs assessment (NCNA) subcommittee will meet Monday
October 22 at 10:00 AM at the Glenwood Springs Community Recreation Center prior to the
regularly scheduled monthly meeting.
b. The November 26ti' CBRT meeting will focus on the presentation of SB 179 Grant Requests
The December 17`'' CBRT meeting will include a presentation about the PSOP, and
proposed bills to increase the storage capacity in the Arkansas River basin. The Preferred
Storage Option Plan is a proposal to provide additional Arkansas Basin Storage within the
Frying Pan-Arkansas Project System to provide for additional uses on the Front Range.
Mike McHugh of Aurora, Jim Broderick of Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District,
Wayne Vanderscheure of Colorado Springs, Rose Ann Sullivan of Pitkin County, Rachel
Richards of Aspen and Chris Treese of Colorado River District will make presentations.
d. Additionally, the December 17ti' meeting will have a presentation on the progress of the Non-
Consumptive Work group.
5. Report from other Roundtables -None.
6. CWCB Report. The CWCB approved SB 179 grants at the August meeting. Of 19 grants
submitted, 15 were passed. Two of the 3 rants submitted by the CBRT passed:
a. The Missouri heights well moiutoring study passed.
b. Bull Creek Reservoir #5 spillway improvement passed.
c. Bull Creek Reservoir #4 enlargement request failed because the CWCB felt there were not
enough beneficiaries to justify statewide fiinding.
An updated table of grants that the CBRT has submitted to the CWCB is listed on the last page
of these minutes. John Redifer noted that most grant requests which have been submitted are for
SB 179 statewide fiinding, especially the larger grant requests, and that basin roundtables are
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