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Gunnison Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #2 Meeting Summary Public Comments All public attendees at the BRT meeting were offered an opportunity to comment or ask questions of the SWSI team and BRT members as part of the evening session of the BRT meeting. A general summary of the public comment portion of the meeting is summarized below. . Objective merged healthy economy with M&I, but Blue Mesa Reservoir is also important to economy. . Some options do not connect with water supply (i.e., hydropower). . Conservation should be on the list to help reduce demand. . Remember need to include consideration of 1) instream flow and 2) conservation. . A procedural/ timing question was raised regarding the PBO and EIS. They take time and SWSI needs to be done November; how will SWSI make conclusions without these outcomes? . What is the process for the list of options? Union Park should not be on list. Unclear where we go from here. . Large disconnect with objectives and the list. No technical data available. . BRTs are technical. What is decisionmaking authority? Score sheet - how will that work? Does CWCB Board need to listen to BRT? . Would like to see more interaction between BRT members. Group dominated by a few. . Worked on Calfed process, small groups more effective. SWSI should consider Calfed process. . Future water demands need to look at how agricultural acreage will impact future growth. . Over the last several years, there has been a drop in per capita water use by 7 percent (smart water). . SWSI cannot get real meaning from score cards without defining sustainability, optimize, etc. . Encourage SWSI team to collect data on water short reaches. . Population increase should look at changes in policy at state level; that would tie population growth to water availability. . Need to consider water conservation in alternatives as important component. . Gary Barber, BRT member from the Arkansas Basin, had the following observation: - Need to look to Colorado Compact or agriculture for water; collaboration and conjunctive use IS answer. . Diverting water from one basin to another is 100 percent consumptive in the Basin of origin. . Public comments need to be transmitted to BRT. . SWSI seems to be a hurried process, with impossible deadlines; Legislator does not support these deadlines without support from CWCB. . Too much talk by consultants in this meeting. . The demands from second homes and tourism seem to be left out of estimates. . There seems to be inconsistency on how power demands are handled. . Why isn't Big Straw considered? . Second home issue needs to be dealt with in Gunnison and Colorado. Should look at number of households, not people. CDIVI 7 Gunnison BRT Mtg #2 Summary.doc 4/16/2004