Jan 8 08 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: January 08 South Platte Minutes
• Date: 1/8/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2008
Weld County, Colorado
Please contact Lisa McVicker for any changes or corrections to the minutes:
mcvicker~gwest.net
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, February 12
Bill Jerke calls meeting to order at 4:20 pm
L Standard Reports:
IBCC Report: Eric Wilkinson:
IBCC has not met since October 22: report from 10/22 meeting in
Glenwood: discussion on loolang at solutions to Statewide Gap: 7pump-
backprojects; thoughts toward using IBCC to facilitate those projects and
studies. Meeting on January 7 canceled due to storm on west slope.
CWCB Report: Meeting on Nov 14, 15 in Golden: Issues of concern to
this roundtable: CDM has finished phase 2 of SWSL focusing on four
teclulical efforts; Section 6 not yet finalized; in draft form: outlines what
measures CWCB will follow as result of phase 2; could include pursuit of
additional solutions for gap. Guidelines for 179 money will not change
between Oct 2007 and Oct 2008; will be revisited in 2008; discussion of
significant expenditures on CWCB projects bills; proposal in front of
CWCB for "Policy No. 18" that would allow a set aside for 20% of
severance tax trust fiend perpetual base account for future water projects
for State; would include a degree of ownership in these projects would
focus on statewide projects; state would thus get a proportion of the water
in agreement with owner of dam; idea is to use the state's interest in these
projects to address such issues as endangered species; thus, for example;
the state could have interest in Ovid Reservoir; other issues could include:
compact compliance or enhancement of in-stream flow;
provisions are such that state legislature would have to lend approval;
likewise, any investment of these funds would need state legislature
approval; Willnson opines that it is worthy of study and for the
roundtable discussion and consideration; potential for state fiinding to be
used to address the Republican River compact challenges: up to $40
million for inunediate issues arising from the Republican River compact;
CWCB included $400,000 to allow state to address Wild and Scenic River
on Colorado and Yampa Rivers; idea is to look at alternatives to Wild and
Scenic River designations in order to avoid federal mandate; St Vrain, for
example, pursued an alternative to federal designation; similar effort was
also accomplished on South Platte above Denver; thus, aimed at allowing
the State to work with federal agencies to determine best management of
the streams of Colorado. Thus, this $400,000, if passes through legislature