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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #2 Meeting Summary II Interest Category Attended Member I Organization I BRT #2 Reed Oils Former Rafting Company owner, co- Recreational and Related Organizations X founder of Arkansas River Outfitters Association Greg Felt Outfitters Recreational and Related Organizations Jim Broderick Southeastern Colorado Water Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X Conservancy District Terry Scanga Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X District Julie Scaplo Lower Arkansas Valley Water Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X Conservation District Technical Advisors Steve Miller Colorado Water Conservation Board Colorado Water Conservation Board X Steve Witte Division Engineer State Agencies X Mike French Colorado Parks & Outdoor Recreation State Agencies X Doug Krieger Division of Wildlife State Agencies X John T onko Division of Wildlife State Agencies X Pat Edelmann U.S. Geological Survey Federal Agencies X Tom Musgrove Bureau of Reclamation Federal Agencies X Mark Hillman Colorado Senate Legislative Liaison Andy McElhany Colorado Senate Legislative Liaison I Brad Young Colorado House of Representatives Legislative Liaison Paul Brown reviewed the agenda for the meeting. The agenda included: . A review of the SWSI process and status . Revised water management objectives and subobjectives and the objective "weighting" process . Preliminary list of water management "options" and "tiering" . Preliminary results of population estimates and water demands for the Arkansas basin . Overview of draft water supply methodology . Anticipated activities and input requested from BRT members between now and BRT3 . Public comment Copies of the presentation materials were distributed to BRT members. Comments and questions received throughout the meeting were recorded on flip charts and are included in the meeting notes below. SWSI Process Rick Brown reviewed the overall SWSI project schedule, progress to date, and described the goals of this second BRT meeting. Rick noted that a few BRT members (in this basin and other basins) had requested that they be able to see other BRT members' comments on materials such as the objectives, demand methodology, etc. Rick acknowledged the value of this in a transparent process and stated that he is investigating ways of making BRT members' comments available electronically, possibly via the CWCB website. Larger reports referenced in comments might not be reproduced or scanned. Additional feedback from the BRT members is summarized below. CDIVI 2 Arkansas BRT Mtg #2 Summary.doc 4/7/2004