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

17: creates CO Dept of Environmental Conservation: Supreme Court ruled
that this will not go forward as it deals with multiple subjects; other:
abolishes the CO Water & Power Development Authority; no petition on
this to date. Other: CO Water Conservation Act: limits growth to 1% to
Front Range; has not met criteria to go forward.
Representative Fisher will introduce a bill to fiend a water resources
institute. Began with federal funding; federal funding gone; state needs to
step up. Nod to Reagan Waskom.
Joe Frank: Any tallc about proposed legislation in order to move forward
the use of Severance Tax for CWCB?
Willcinson: No resolution on what this would take; this was proposed as a
policy by CWCB; agrees with Frai~lc: negative feedback.
Other issues: Mike Shimmin: CO Supreme Court has formed a special
committee to look at any changes needed in Water Court; this is Luuque
because the Supreme Court rarely makes a public process of committee
meetings. March 10 in Supreme Court in Denver from 3-5; thus, if anyone
wants to present continents or reconunendations re: existing water court
system or any changes that could happen to make it better; this is a diverse
group: Hal Simpson, existing judges, former judges, water referees, water
engineers, water lawyers and water users. Charge is to study the issue and
make written report to Chief Justice by August 1. Have met once and
formed subconunittees. Please come and make comments.
Bruce Gerk: Are the other meetings open to public or only March 10
meeting?
Shimmin: All meetings are public; held in Supreme Court Conference
Room on Ste' floor of Supreme Court; Justice Hobb is chair and has made it
clear that these meetings are open to public; dates of subcommittee
meetings: Feb ll: 1-4; March 10: Public lilput Meeting; May 23: 12-4;
June 13: 12-4; July 11: 12-3. Between these, the subcommittees will be
working for recommendations.
Jerke: Please give brief update on this; please add to the agenda.
• Other items:
Jerke: Please take time to review minutes from the joint meeting in
November.
Other item: received a call from the Chair of the Gunnison Roundtable
Meeting; Gunnison people would like to get together and tall{, similar to
that meeting held between roundtable officers of Yampa. Eventually,
would be ideal to have the entire Basin memberships meet; this can be
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