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- 3 - FR/EIS Progress . Chapter 1 = Purpose and Need, Chapter 3 = Affected Environment, and Chapter 6 = Public Involvement. These three chapters are expected to be released to the cooperating agencies (via the Corps) by mid February. . Chapter 2 = Proposed Action and Alternatives (including No Action), Chapter 4 = Environmental Consequences, and Chapter 5 = Description of the selected plan. These chapters will be completed after the analyses are completed and a plan has been selected. Chapter 7 = Conclusions and Recommendations. There will be appendices and supporting data in addition to the main report chapters. . The Corps has not received a Planning Aid Letter from the FWS yet. This relates to the Biological Assessment. The Planning Aid Letter is a requirement of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. Centennial W & S requested more details about the other tasks that the Corps and Tetra Tech are working on right now. . For coordination with the DOW the contact has changed from Denise Newberry to Ed Perkins. Ed Perkins is at Ed Perkins, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Water Resources Legal Coordinator, 303-291- 7466, ed.perkins@state.co.us . Pete Plage is still the contact for the Fish and Wildlife Service and couldn't attend due to a prior commitment he is at 303-275-2309, peter plage@fws.gov. Alternatives Develovment . Gene Weglinski stated that no additional information is needed from Water Users regarding the No Action Alternative right now. Tetra Tech is working on the "action alternative" or how is water being released from the reservoir and being used and distributed. Tetra Tech is sorting through what goes in the "no action" chapter and what goes in the appendix? Gene is working summarizing water rights information and describing normal or average operations. Environmental Restoration . Downstream Water Users Group reported on their activities. There were two new consultants assisting the City and County of Denver, Greenway Foundation, and Denver Water in this effort. Tracy Bouvette (Bouvette Consulting) and David Howlett (Capital Representatives) are under contract for the Greenway Foundation. They will build coalitions, inventory data, and host public meetings that look at benefits from strategic releases of Chatfield water as they relate to environmental restoration. . Marc Waage stated the Group is active and continuing to develop a model to optimize instream flow benefits. Tracy Bouvette explained that they are looking at the policy questions and the Corps guidelines and their application to urban corridors. . The Group has been in contact with Dave Brandon (Corps - Omaha) but they want to do some things locally first and then involve the Corps. . This effort is a separate effort from the FRlEIS. Terry Baus stated that this is a continuation of previous local/federal collaboration like on the "Colfax reach" ofthe South Platte River. . Greenway Foundation applied for EPA Region 8 for $76K in funding to help with this work. The Group will build on the Wellington Webb 1996 work that looked at sub reaches ofthe South Platte and ranked projects as having good, moderate, or poor chances of going forward. This will extend this work from Chatfield to Weld County line and look at a myriad of opportunities related to water quality, habitat enhancement, and flood control. The have already met with biologists, ecologists, and landowners about improving river environment. . Tracy Bouvette encouraged interested parties to attend the January 31 st and February 10 meetings at the Denver Water Board Room from 9 - 11: 3 0 AM for brainstorming about environmental opportunities. Flood Protection . Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning