Oct 9 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Mi

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Hector: 1st piece: SWSI Phase II White paper: info on alternatives to drying up; 2"`~ piece: Board has taken recommendations from Wlute Paper and is in process of establishing guidelines.3) Lower AK Conservancy District has taken this concept and has visited Palo Verde and some other; Tom Iseman: hnpressions on the trip: simpler setup because there are very few water rights; all controlled out of Lake Mead; lucrative: first payment is equal to vahie of land; Heard them say" "we knew that metro could come in and pick us off one by one; so what we did was ..."by taking the iiutiative they were able to achieve the outcomes they came with; Bill: This is a very controllable environment; whereas here in CO, you have hundreds of shareholders in ditch companies; and still more. Hecox: Lower AK faced with a similar situation and looking for variety of approaches to diffuse approach to market. John Stencil It is harvest time, many farmers are not here today; most municipalities are; so I would like you to bring this up again when more farmers are here. Tom Iseman; Impressed with how they are willing to share their experience; and were willing to come visit us here. Jim Yahn: See their website at PVID.org; all agreements are there Shinunin: One big difference between CA and CO water; CA has concentrated the power over their water resource into these large districts and agencies that can concentrate their resources into few hands; Orange County, for instance, controls the entire basin. They have complete control over who gets to take the water out of the ground. In Colorado, water is owned by individual water owners as property-rights based system; thus, will take a different model. There is value at looking at these, but would have to work differently here. New member: Earl Mortimeyer: elmort~wmconnect.com Harris Park: Bailey,CO Dinner: L Water Supply Reserve Account Presentation from Jim Hall (DWR) will submit an application to support data logging and telemetry for diversion structures primarily in District 2 (Denver to Kersey) on the South Platte South Platte Basin Funding Request $48,800 Applicants: Northern CO Water Conservancy DistrictContracting Agency Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District CO Division of Water Resources (DWR)