Feb 12 08 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meetin

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: February 08 Minutes
• Date: 2/12/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2008
Weld County, Colorado
Please contact Lisa McVicker for any changes or corrections to the minutes:
mcvicker~gwest.net
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, March 11
Bill Jerke calls meeting to order at 4:20 pm
L Standard Reports:
• IBCC Report: Eric Wilkinson: Jan 7 meeting canceled; non-
consumptive needs assessment continuing in each basin; consumptive use
work groups last met in Augustloolang to next meeting in March to
focus on Colorado Water Availability study; memo available from Harris
Sherman which is distributed.
IBCC (at March 7 meeting in Denver) will engage in exercise of looking
forward 50 years to imagine what state will look like in 50 years;
worthwhile study: is there a better way to guide this to a better vision re:
competition between eastern plains (ag, large urban areas, significant
growth in mountain communities (highest % growth), oil shale and energy
boom, cutbacks in San Luis Valley and North Valley to balance their
water usage...this study asks questions of IBCC members for input. Thiiilc
back 50 years ago for point of reference. Please give comments to Mike
Shinullin and Eric Wilkinson.
Bill Jerke: How would you like the input?
Emails to Mike Shimmin and Eric Wilkinson
Mike Shimmin: Please send ideas.
Eric Hecox: We are still moving forward on consumptive work group;
taking demands out to 2050: IPP: Identified Projects and Processes to
2050. Interaction will be through Roundtables: interaction with
constituents to get data to move forward.
Bill Jerke: Challenges of looking at 2030 difficult; how to go forth to
2050?
Hecox: Real impacts are really going to be later on; for this reason need to
go forward looking to 2050
CWCB Report:
Eric Wilkinson: Jan 22/23: CWCB meeting intense and focused. RE:
South Platte Basin: Board recommend $13.9 million in expenditures in
endangered species program to go to South Platte to move forward
operation of Tamarack Project (3 State Agreement); this follows $Smillion
dedicated in 2007; in 2009 hope to put another $4million and again in
2010 to put close to State's requirement in 2005 dollars; provision of
$1 nullion for threatened endangered species in threatened plains species;