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

Metli: Move that Eric write the letter and committee reviews it;
Larry Howard: Second
Motion passes.
Bill Jerke: SWSI II done, yes? We have attached our needs to the SWSI I
study; have there been any significant changes to SWSI II that would
cause us the need to amend our needs assessment?
Willcinson: No; SWSI II looks at the four teclu7ical roundtables as the
follow up to those needs: ag dry-up, water conservation; rec and
environmental needs; thus the offshoot of these are such as the Non-
Consumptive Needs Assessment that is going on. This is, in part, taking
place; Ag dry up: 1.5 million grant to do pilot studies in Arkansas and
South Platte to be in front of CWCB in January; conservation and
efficiency: no follow-up;--addressing gap: look at 7 representative projects
in each basin to form common denominator as per impacts, benefits and
issues in basin of origin. Thus, these follow-ups from SWSI II will not
impact our needs assessment.
• Education Liaison Report: No one is present for report.
• Phreatophyte Sub-Committee: Bob Streeter
Met today; next meeting at 3 pm on Feb 12; new people at table: Monica
Daniels, Tina from Weld County: administrator who can write grants;
Ducks Unlimited: Greg Kernohan;
Will ask reps from State, CWCB (Steve Miller) and 3 county reps; want to
try to simulate development of proposals for control of salt cedar and
Russian olive. Then open to other counties;
to begin: will start with upper part of system.
Kernohan: part of reconunendations was to remove phreatophytes from
sand bars; idea is to attract more water fowl to the river; aim to improve
water delivery efficiency.
Jerke: emphasizes how increase of water quantity would come from this.
• Legislative Report: Dianne Hoppe: Legislature will be introduced on
January 9; Water Congress Subcommittee has received a few of the bills
that will come forth for Water Resources: one bill is to raise per diem for
board members from 50 to 100; another: Rep Hodge, Groff: exemptions
from pumping that occurred prior to 1974; title does not specify the South
Platte; this bill will bring controversy and discussion; other bill is that
which Willcinson mentioned: the one concerning severance tax: re:
appropriation for DOW and parks out of operating account; these bills will
be on line at state's legislative website; other items: ballot initiatives: No.
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