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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Technical Meeting #1 <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />.- <br />Jim Bensberg <br />• .. . <br />EI Paso County Board of Commissioners <br />-.. <br />Local Governments not Directly Providing Water <br />(municipal, couniy, and regional) .• <br />.. <br />Alan Hamel Board of Water Works: Pueblo, Colorado Municipal Water Providers X <br />Phil Tollefson Colorado Springs Utilities Municipal Water Providers X <br />Joe Kelly Ciiy of La Junta Municipal Water Providers X <br />Reed Dils Former Rafting Company owner, co- <br />founder of Arkansas River Outfitters <br />Association Recreational and Related Organizations X <br />Greg Felt Outfitters Recreational and Related Organizations X <br />Jim Broderick Southeastern Colorado Water <br />Conservanc District Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X <br />Terry Skanga Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy <br />District Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X <br />Julie Scaplo Lower Arkansas Valley Water <br />Conservation District Water Conservancy and Conservation Districts X <br />Technical Advisors <br />Steve Witte Division En ineer State A encies X <br />Mike French Colorado Parks & Outdoor Recreation State A encies X <br />Pat Edelmann U.S. Geolo ical Surve Federal A encies X <br />Tom Mus rove Bureau of Reclamation Federal A encies X <br />Mark Hillman Colorado Senate Le islative Liaison <br />And McElhan Colorado Senate Le islative Liaison X <br />Brad Youn Colorado House of Re resentatives Le islative Liaison <br />The SWSI team did identify a few scheduling conflicts for some of the Roundtable participants. <br />Consistent and complete participation of Roundtable members is essential to the success of the <br />project due to the limited number of ineetings. The SWSI project team will confirm the <br />participation of Roundtable members to future meetings and recommend scheduling changes <br />where conflicts arise. <br />Overview of SWSI Goals, Objectives, and Process <br />Rick Brown and Sue Morea presented the SWSI purpose, goals, and project scope. A copy of the <br />slides that Rick and Sue presented are located in the Basin Roundtable Meeting #1 slides file on <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board website (www.cwcb.state.co.us - click on Statewide <br />Water Supply Initiative). Feedback from the roundtable participants on the presentation is <br />summarized below. <br />Purpose and Goals Presentation <br />^ SWSI Goals. A basin roundtable participant asked for clarification of the overall goal of <br />SWSI. Rick Brown responded by saying that the goal of SWSI is two-fold. First, the project <br />team will strive to determine water management efficiencies within each river basin. Second, <br />where applicable, SWSI will discuss trans-basin water management strategies. Several of the <br />roundtable participants wanted to know if SWSI will be a water supply plan. Their concern <br />was that states with a water supply plan, but with a lower right to the water, were taking <br />water from Colorado. Rick indicated that SWSI is not a"water plan" but it will help identify <br />~~ <br />Copy ofArkansas BRT Mtg #1 Summary_fnal.doc 11/14/2003 <br />