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Yampa/White/Green Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #2 Meeting Summary though there are significant differences from person to person and basin to basin in the relative importance of each of the objectives to the BRT members. The SWSI process is designed to identify and track the relative importance or "preference" each BRT member places on each water management objective. Once water management alternatives are developed, each BRT member will be able to see how well an alternative meets their individual preferences and the BRT as a whole can see which alternatives have elements that can be largely agreed upon. Sue Morea presented an overview of how the objectives will be weighted by individual BRT members and then used in the evaluation of alternatives in later phases of SWSI. An example weighting form for the objectives and subobjectives was reviewed. It was stressed that the "numeric" alternative evaluation process in SWSI is intended to provide information on individual preferences, but that the numeric results serve as a starting point for BRT discussion, rather than determining the final disposition of an alternative. Later BRT meetings will focus on discussion of the alternatives based on these results. The process is not one of "majority rules" or a "vote," rather it is a facilitated discussion that seeks common ground between diverse interests. Feedback from the BRT members on the objectives and subobjectives is summarized below. . One BRT member expressed desire to revisit some of the broad issues from BRT #1 (see BRT #1 summary for more detail on these issues). The BRT spent a few minutes discussing these broad issues. . There was concern we have not used the same adjectives for certain water management objectives, i.e., used enhance for recreation and environment, optimize was used to depict water supplies. It was suggested to change optimize water supplies to enhance. . Ability to implement projects is related to two things: - Safety requirements (dam safety, refurbishing reservoirs) - Environmental . Intrastate allocation of Colorado River Compact requirements was again raised as an issue and discussed. - Is there anything in the objectives that reflects a percent Compact allocation in each basin or subbasin? - Comply with all applicable laws objective, which refers to regulations and water rights, should be changed to prior appropriation doctrine. . It was suggested to add "minimize detrimental effects to existing supply" as a subobjective. . For the subobjective "Meet M&I Demands during Drought," the question was asked "Why is drought used as a qualifying statement?" . It was suggested that SWSI add "Adequate Conservation Measures Met." . Does SWSI see agricultural and M&I objectives as analogous? Demand Proj ections The preliminary results of demand projections, both statewide and specific to the Yampa/White/Green River basin and its counties, were presented by Kelly DiNatale. Kelly also CDIVI 3 YWG BRT Mtg #2 Summary.doc 4/16/2004