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HB 1177 Southwest Basins Water Roundtable June 13, 2007, Draft Minutes (to Steve) Durango, CO Chairman Steve Harris called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. To save time, introductions were not made. Minutes of April Meeting: Carrie Weiss pointed out that Mr. "Harris" be changed to Mr. "Sherman". Jim Siscoe's name was misspelled and should be changed to "Siscoe". It was moved, seconded and passed to accept the minutes of April 1 1, 2007 with corrections. Administrative Reports: Jenny reported that she attended the IBCC meeting. Among the issues discussed was the Colorado River Basin issue of how much water is really there. She also attended the Metro Round Table and reported that Clips Berry, Executive Director of Denver Water Board, stated several times that "this process is to provide water for Denver" even though Jemiy called him on it. He said it was impolitic for lum to state that, but Jenny felt that even though he backed off, he still meant it. Interestingly, Metro has more than enough water for their current needs, but they anticipating growth beyond their ability to serve. They stated that by 2030, they will have a 90,000 of deficit and they will look for water anywhere in the state. The attitude conveyed from them is that they are the commercial heart of the State and that the rest of the state should provide for their water needs. Jenny reported that the SWBRT needs to elect a liaison to the IBCC. Eric Hecox explained the primary responsibilities of the position. Mark moved that Jeiuly be appointed as SWBRT liaison with IBCC. Gary seconded the motion and it passed. John Porter apologized to the roundtable about not communicating better about the nonconsumptive needs meeting. He will attend next Tuesday's IBCC meeting. Steve announced that the West Slope Caucus (4 West Slope roundtables) will meet in Montrose on June 18. Upon a show of hands, about 14 people from SWBRT would attend. Steve offered to provide a ride for anyone and asked them to meet in Southwestern Water's parking lot. Steve announced the Ground Water Institute Program, July 10-11 in Denver. Persons interested in attending are to let Steve lc~low. Each roundtable gets one complimentary registration. Eric Hecox reported that the IBCC has been focused on procedural and adnunistrative work and have been worl~ing on the foundation for the water supply reserve account. They're now making a transition into working in the substantive areas. For the year, they've chosen to work on some of the larger issues on the Colorado River system, and looking at and what we mean by, and how we can come up with a concept of these collaborative, multi-use projects. They started with the Colorado River issue and had representatives from the State Engineer's office who gave an update on the work they're doing---looking at the legal issues surrounding a call from a lower basin states, and how they would respond and adnunister that. Ken Knox's presentation is on the website. The other Colorado River issue they're working on is the CWCB was authorized through their