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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2007
• Description: IBCC Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Rita Cru~npton: Have not had the hard discussions. Other people need to be involved in that
discussion of what we want this state to look at in 2050. We have to go through another group of
people.
Harris Sher•~nan: How would you do that?
Rita Cru~npton: As we keep fleshing out the public education piece, we can do this.
Melinda Kassen: Need better integration of land use planning and water planning. Jenny
Russell and Peter Binney are involved in this and can come have that kind of conversation.
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institution may have some ideas.
Harris Sher•~nan: I am struggling with timing. I have no idea how long the analysis would take.
I can think of 3-5 projects that we could look at.
Eric Wilkinson: Need to develop some templates, not projects. Transfer of water from S.Platte,
Arkansas, Gunnison, Colorado, Yampa, Green Mountain. You start do`vn that road and people
will engage. This would provide a vehicle.
Eric Hecox: Can also add a conservation template.
Wayne Vanderschuere: Do not want to be 18 months down the road and say "now what?"
Consider how to share the IPP's so gap is not bigger.
Bill Tr•ampe: I have to second Rita's concern. Concerned about having this dialogue about
solutions. We need to recognize we are working with a limited resource. Can we have wall to
wall people and still have a state that lives off recreation and tourism. Everything around the
table is market driven so why are we going through the effort?
Jeris Danielson: Why we are here is because there is a short fall of 400,000 600,000 ac.ft.
While we philosophize city and county government are making decisions. We are not going to
say no more growth in Colorado. You cannot regulate growth by regulating the water supply.
Need to look at what our choices are. We need to look at do we continue to dly up the Arkansas
and S.Platte or use some of our unused water?
Carlyle Currier: This is market driven, but if we are going to look at land use and water use we
need to look at what is the future of agriculture and the amenities it provides (return flows, open
space, etc.). What is agriculture going to look like down the road?
Harris Sherfnan: Historically, water has been developed by municipalities and agriculture.
Should the state come together in a development mode and tty to protect all the values`? For
example, State develops a project and takes all things into consideration (agriculture,
environment, municipal, east/west slope). Does that, at this juncture, make sense for Colorado?
Stan Caziey: The state legislature has not been successful. Political will is not there. Never had
a decent analysis of conservation or tap fees.
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection • Conservation and Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Planning