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

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A second meeting was held October 11 at the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Lakewood. Presentations
were given by the National Park Service, environmental groups including Western Resource Advocates
and Trout Unlimited, the Bureau of Reclamation, Western Area Power Administration, Uncompahgre
`'alley Water Users Association and the City and County of Delta.
Future meetings are scheduled for November 9 in Grand Junction, November 26-27 in Denver, and
December 18-19 in Montrose.
PLATTE RIVER BASIN
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CONTINUES WITH PLATTE RIVER PROGRAM: The
Governance Committee ("G.C.") continues to implement the Platte River Program. Recently the G.C.
has issued a requests for proposals for insurance for the Program and for additional work regarding the
Pallid Sturgeon. The G.C. met in Kearney, Nebraska on October 9-10. The G.C. is continuing to explore
the possibility of implementing a pulse flow with Environmental Account water from Lake McConaughy
in the spring of 2008. The next G.C. meeting will be held in Denver, Colorado on December 11-12,
2007.
The NACWA federal grants have not yet been awarded at this time, but announcements of successful
grants are imminent.
SOUTH PLATTE WATER RELATED ACTIVITIES PROGRAM: The South Platte Water Related
Activities Program, Ina ("SPWRAP") held its annual meeting on October 25, 2007 in conjunction with
the South Platte Forum. Membership continues to grow. The SPWRAP Board voted to keep their annual
assessments at the current level for 2008.
SOUTH PLATTE FORUM CONFERENCE: The South Platte Forum held its 18~' Annual Conference
in Longmont Colorado. This year's forum was titled "A River of Change" and Commissioner John Stulp
and Director Harris Sherman made keynote presentations to the forum. In addition, Ray Alvarado, of the
CWCB staff made a presentation on the South Platte Decision Support System. Don Ament, the former
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture, was this year's recipient of the Friends of the South Platte Award
for all of his work on the Three States negotiations, among all his other efforts involving the South Platte
River.
PLATTE RIVER TASK FORCE REPORTS TO GOVERNOR: The Platte River Task Force sent its
report to the Governor on September 30, 2007. A copy of the report is attached to this Director's report.
(See Attachment 2~D-20)
BOXELDER CREEK ALLIANCE UPDATE: Work is ongoing on the formation of a Boxelder Creek
Regional Alliance (Alliance), which will address the known flooding problems of the Boxelder Creek and
Cooper Slough watersheds within Larimer County and several of its incorporated municipalities.
Boxelder Creek has been known for some time to be one of the largest unaddressed flood threats
throughout the State. The Alliance will consist of Fort Collins, Wellington, Larimer County, and a
collective private property owner's group. The CWCB is not a member of the Alliance, but has been
asked to be an active part of the group in a technical advisory capacity. The Alliance is also trying to get
Timnalh to join, but there has been some resistance to this point due to the timing of the activities. The
Alliance is being formed so that the entities can coordinate management and funding of the studies,
design, and construction of projects. Currently, there are two projects on the books -Clark Reservoir and
Edson Reservoir. Together, these should solve most of the problems, but there may be future projects
once these are complete. Members of the proposed Alliance have been working on an Intergovernmental
Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection • Conservation Plarming