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Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project Coordinating Committee January 9, 2008 - 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Colorado Foundation for Water Education - 1580 Logan Street, Suite 410 Summary of Meeting Attendees (list attached) Introductions Tom Browning opened the meeting and asked attendees to introduce themselves. He noted that South Suburban Parks and Recreation District is a new Special Technical Advisor and represented by Cecily and Jim at today' s meeting. AnnouncementsfU pdates Tom Browning noted that the Corps released chapters 1, 2 and 6 of the draft EIS. Chapter 3 is expected to be released at any time. The water quality appendix was sent yesterday. Tetra Tech wants comments consolidated as much as possible. Rick McLoud asked if there is a stated turnaround time for responses in reviewing the chapters. Tom said no and that some chapters rely on information from other chapters. He suggested that a self-imposed deadline among the water users will be important. Tom announced that the amendment to the Feasibility Cost Share Agreement (FCSA) was signed by Omaha District Commander Col. David Press adding in the $130,000 that was committed by the South Platte Basin and Metro Basin roundtables. An invoice has been sent by the Corps to CWCR With regard to current funding, Tom explained that the Corps has around $58,000 available for Chatfield at this time. Tetra Tech's contract has been extended by the Corps through 2008. Tom noted that the $130,000 plus the $269,000 earmark should be enough for FY2008 (through September 30 and slightly beyond). Tom also discussed the Corps' Vertical Team efforts to reach a conclusion regarding the non-federal role in project mitigation. Nancy Pfeffer with the Omaha Corps will be the lead. Vaughn McWilliams will be the CWCB lead along with Dan McAuliffe. Vaughn commented that CWCB will look at the Howard Hansen Dam (Tacoma, Washington) and Waco, Texas Reservoir contracts that the Corps had forwarded for review. He said the contracts will be shared with the users. Tom addressed the proposed Chatfield legislation. The draft bill calls for lifting the $10 million ceiling on individual loans and allocates $5 million in seed money to CWCB immediately. Dan noted that additional language was inserted to clarify CWCB's authority to proceed. The CWCB board meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center on January 22nd and 23rd at which time the proposed legislation will be presented. If the board approves it, it will go to the General Assembly, and if passed there and signed by the Governor, funding would become available on July 1, 2008. Rick asked whether there are limits on how the money can be used. Dan stated that the funding would be used to implement the Chatfield project following approval of the Record of