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Gardens and Castle Pines Metro District. Jeff noted that Castle Pines North and Castle Pines Metro District each are contributing $5,000 to cover ER costs for 2007. A meeting will be set with Castle Rock officials to discuss the funding proposal. Dan noted that funding of the Coalition and the Greenway team has been very instrumental in helping to keep the Chatfield process moving forward. Status of SB179 Funding Tracy reported that it has been slow going, but we are making progress in providing information to CWCB needed to complete the application process. Dan noted that the state cannot waive fiscal rules for the grants. However, as a part of seeking broader authority to contract with the Corps, CWCB will seek to exempt itself from some fiscal rules. CWCB is analyzing this now. Tracy expressed hope that contracts with the state will be in hand by September. June Washington, DC Trip and Agenda David Howlett and Marge Price reviewed the upcoming trip to Washington, DC. Participants travelling to Washington include Tom Browning (CWCB), Tracy Bouvette (Great Western Institute), John Hendrick (Centennial), Mark Shively (Castle Pines North), Jim Reasoner (CCWCD), Marge Price (Capitol Representatives) and David Howlett (Capitol Representatives). John Lagomarcino with Capitol Representatives will join the group in Washington. Meetings will be held on June 18 with professional staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HQ and from the office of Sen. Ken Salazar. A group meeting with staff from the House office of Representatives Diana DeGette, Mark Udall, Marilyn Musgrave, John Salazar, Doug Lamborn, Tom Tancredo and Ed Perlmutter has been set. On June 19 the group will meet with professional staff from Sen. Wayne Allard, plus make stops at any House delegation offices not able to make the June 18 meeting. Other meetings are being added as needed. Theresa Jehn-Dellaport asked if it would be helpful if we talked with people from other states' delegations. Marge responded yes. Though we have to work through the Colorado delegation for the Chatfield appropriations funding requests, there will be other issues, like Corps funding of O&M, where meeting with other states' delegations makes sense. David noted that Mark Shively's work with Rep. Grace Napolitano, who chairs the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the House Natural Resources Committee, has provided another opportunity to inform a member of Congress about the Chatfield project. She visited the metro area in early March. Tracy then reviewed the topical areas that have thus far been identified to be included on the June Washington agenda (see attached). It was stressed that the purpose of the trip is to share with staff the issues that we have concerns about and to learn about the issues from their perspectives. (This is why the initial meeting is being held with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HQ professional staff.) John Hendrick raised concerns whether we'll have sufficient background on these issues. The issues were identified working with Dave Brandon and Eric Laux with the Corps Omaha District office. Tom Browning, Tracy, David and Marge participated in a conference call with Dave and Eric in May. The topical areas were 3