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<br />Rio Grande Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />6. Provide for Environmental Needs and Enhancement <br /> <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />. Protect fisheries/ aquatic life <br />. Minimize environmental impacts associated with new projects <br />. Enhance riparian habitat <br />. Protect and improve water quality <br /> <br />Comments <br />. Protect and restore vs. "enhance" riparian habitat <br />. Minimize adverse environmental impacts of new projects <br />. Maintain and protect water quality <br />. Reduce sediment loading <br />. Waterfowl, migratory birds and endangered species are important considerations when <br />looking at environmental issues in the San Luis Valley <br /> <br />7. Promote Cost-Effectiveness <br /> <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />. Minimize the totallifecycle costs <br />. Promote positive cost/benefit <br />. Maximimize the ability of users to repay costs <br /> <br />Comments <br />. Okay with draft subobjectives presented <br /> <br />8. Protect Cultural Values <br /> <br />Draft Subobjectives Presented <br />. Respect historical character of basin "way of life" and quality of life <br />. Maintain agricultural lands and agricultural and rural ways of life <br />. Protect, encourage, and enhance cultural diversity <br />. Respect urban way of life and quality of life values <br />. Minimize harm to downstream users <br /> <br />Comments <br />. Maintain a viable economic base and agricultural way of life <br />. Strike "respect urban way of life" <br />. Strike "historical" in first bullet to read "Respect the character of basin "way of life" and <br />quality of life <br />. Strike "Protect, encourage, and enhance" in first bullet to read "Respect cultural diversity" <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Rio Grande BRT Mtg #1 SummarLfinal.doc 11/14/2003 <br />