Written Report for Canceled 1-7-08 IBCC Meeting

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presentations will be available on the IBCC website. Members of the IBCC who were in attendance will report on the meeting at the March IBCC meeting. Consumptive Needs Assessments At a Consumptive work group meeting in August we proposed developing additional technical information in the following areas: • Identifying incentives for alternative to agricultural transfers • Identifying methods to maximize integrated and beneficial use of surface and groundwater • Developing a range of solutions for future water demands • Updating the status of the SWSI Identified Projects and Processes (IPPs) • Further quantifying the importance of conservation and efficiency Assessing the effects of climate variability in long range water supply planning • Recalculating the 20% gap to 2050 • Projecting M&I demands to 2050 We received extensive feedback with a variety of different views. In order to better prioritize future work the team also conducted a survey of the group to identify which items were the most important. We received completed surveys through November. The respondents felt that each item was about equally important (on a scale of importance from o-5 each item averaged between 3.5 and 4.5). Staff will develop a proposal for moving forward and we will discuss it at the March IBCC meeting. Colorado River Supply Availability Study Implementation of the Colorado River Supply Availability Study started in November. The first step was to go through a new state-wide process centralizing information technology related tasks through the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT). We completed our coordination with OIT inmid-December and are ready to procure a consultant to execute the study. The Procurement team consists of: 1. Internal members: Dan McAuliffe, Ray Alvarado, Ross Bethel, Rick Brown 2. External members: Eric Kuhn and Eric Wilkinson. 3 . Proj ect Manager: Ray Alvarado The process and timeline (dates to be added in after consultation with Maggie Van Cleef (DNR Procurement Officer)) is: 1. Meet with Ms. Van Cleef to review scope and discuss schedule. 2. Prepare Draft RFQ that includes IBCC approved Scope, review with internal team. 3. Revise draft and review with external team. 4. Review final draft RFQ and Scope with Van Cleef. 5. Review any changes with internal and external team. 6. Hold apre-procurement meeting to address question regarding scope with potential bidders. 7. Issue RFQ. 8. Bidding closes. 9. Procurement team meets, reviews bids, makes award. 10. Draft contract with winning bidder. 11. Contract approval process. 12. Commence work under supervision of Project Manager. Harris D. Sherman 2 Executwe Director of DNR and Director of Compact Negot~at~ons