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<br />made available to the participants travelling to Washington. David responded that <br />this will be incorporated into the schedule that is being prepared for the travel <br />participants and will be sent out in advance of the meeting. Dan asked if it would be <br />helpful to have a conference call before the trip. The schedule and meeting <br />information will be sent out in advance of the trip. It will be determined whether the <br />travel participants want a conference call in advance of the trip to go over the <br />information. Tracy noted that the participants will meet over dinner in Washington on <br />Sunday evening, June 17 in Washington to review the schedule and discussion <br />agenda. <br /> <br />Ronda Sandquist and Katie Fendel both raised concerns about how questions about <br />the ROD are asked. <br /> <br />Action Item <br />Capitol Representatives will send out schedule of Washington, DC meetings and <br />talking points. <br /> <br />TetraTech/FWS Meeting <br />Dave Geiger noted that a meeting was held on June 4 with Fish & Wildlife officials, <br />which was attended by USACE, TetraTech and selected upstream and downstream <br />users. Three key areas for environmental mitigation have been identified at this time: <br />Preble's meadow jumping mouse; wetlands; and migratory birds. Brad Buckner <br />commented that they talked about what conditions are at the high water mark when <br />water is only at that mark 15 percent of the time. However, FWS indicated that <br />mitigation would address the impact of the total pool elevation change for each <br />alternative without specific analysis of the rate and timing of the water level changes <br />for Prebles' habitat and vegetation below the .5,444-foot level. Katie asked whether <br />we're going to have to worry about mitigating the impact of say 500 acres; if so, we <br />may not want to do this. <br /> <br />Environmental and Recreational Subcommittees <br />Tracy suggested that in lieu of the July 10 Chatfield coordinating committee meeting <br />we have the next coordinating committee meeting on August 7. Instead we would <br />hold four subcommittee meetings - two environmental and two recreational. Tracy <br />said he will send out emails for the first subcommittee meeting, which will be a joint <br />meeting of environmental and recreational. It will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 <br />p.m. on Wednesday, June 13 in the 4th floor conference room of the Colorado <br />Foundation for Environmental Education (1580 Logan Street). This first combined <br />meeting of the two subcommittees will be used to: (1) develop the identity of each <br />subcommittee, (2) identifY issues to be addressed by each subcommittee, and (3) list <br />action items to share with/address with TetraTech/USACE team. <br /> <br />Tracy reminded everyone that the next TetraTech meeting will be held on June 20. <br /> <br />EIS Chapter 2 <br />Tracy noted that several people have been working on reviewing the draft Chapter 2 <br />of the EIS. Bill Ruzzo stated that he wants to make certain that Denver Botanic <br />Gardens is documented as an upstream user. Dave Geiger asked if we can look at the <br />other chapters. Dan stated that CWCB could work through the Corps to distribute the <br />other chapters for review. <br /> <br />4 <br />