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c. Moffatt and Windy Gap EISs are not yet completed. Lurline Curran suggested that it is <br />premature to vote on this until the EISs have been completed on the proposed Moffatt and <br />Windy Gap Firming projects. Until they are complete, Grand County will not enter into any <br />agreements. <br />d. More information needed. Rachel Richards stated that an outline of alternatives and impacts <br />to stream flow from these projects should be provided. <br />e. Deals are not public. Louis Meyer stated that the public has to be involved more, and that <br />telling the public about the deals after they have been stntck is too late. <br />f. Motion was not acted upon. The motion did not receive a second and no vote was taken. <br />8. Summary of funds appropriated and still available for grants. The CBRT can spend $1 <br />million over 6 years, beginning January 1, 2007. To date, the CBRT has allocated $115,000, and <br />$885,000 remains. See the table at the back of these minutes for a summary of approved <br />projects. The CWCB has approved $2,075,000 for grants reconunended by the CBRT for <br />statewide funding from the CWCB statewide account. <br />9. Senate Bill 179 /Water for the 21st Century Grant proposals. <br />a. Grand County Phase 2 Stream Flow Management Plan. $100,000 from Basin Account. <br />Lurline Curran requested $100,000 from the Basin Account to pay for Phase 3 of the <br />Grand County Stream Flow Management Plan. Grand County is investigating the <br />environmental impacts of the Denver/Moffatt Tunnel and Northern/Windy Gap firming <br />projects to deternune (1) how to ameliorate the impacts to particular stream stretches, <br />and (2) whether Denver and Northern can coordinate when they divert water to <br />maintain healthy river levels. Grand County has completed Phase 1 and expects to <br />complete Phase 2 by March 1. <br />ii. Phase 1: Proposed diversions and their impact on water quality and quantity in the <br />Upper Colorado River in Grand County. Grand County received approval for $30,000 <br />from the state wide account, but it turned down the money for fear that the CWCB <br />would prohibit Grand County from sharing the information with the public out of <br />concern the information would interfere with water rights. Grand County believes it <br />has resolved its issues with the CWCB, but it still turned back the earlier $30,000 grant. <br />iii. Phase 2: Science analysis: what are the issues in what river sections that most need <br />attention. Louis Meyer requested that the Grand County consultants who have worked <br />on Phase 2 attend the December CBRT meeting to discuss Phase 2. <br />iv. Phase 3: Recommended solutions to preserve instream flow and aquatic habitat. <br />v. Grand County has now spent $423,849 on Phases 1 and 2, and expects to spend <br />$397,596 on Phase 3. Grand county is requesting that the CBRT Basin Account pay for <br />25% ($100,000) of Phase 3. The results of Phase 3 will be available to the public. It <br />will generate information that is useful for the entire basin and will hopefiilly generate a <br />methodology that can be used throughout the Colorado River basin and Colorado. <br />I:AInterbasin Compact Coimnittee~Basin Roundtables\Colorado~Minutes~Ivlumtes Nov 2007 CBKT.doc 3 12~- <br />