Colorado - Roaring Fork Watershed Plan Phase II_Orig Submittal Water Activity Summary

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or agency. For instance, one implementation measure might involve the development of a watershed-wide interactive web site that would provide real-time information to the community on water flows, forecasts, water quality measurements, etc. This Task will identify such implementation measures and list them in order of priority. Likewise, recommendations for monitoring of water quality and quantity may include measures that are not currently within the jurisdiction of an existing government or agency. This Task will identify such measures and list them in order of priority taking into account such elements as cost, jurisdiction and feasibility. Task 7 Recommendations for Further Study The State of the Watershed Report and the tasks described above will undoubtedly reveal data gaps and areas where further research is needed to fully understand local water resources. This Task will entail defining those gaps and recommending further study, prioritized as to its urgency and usefulness. Further study will be generally defined and listed to provide a basis for ongoing work on watershed issues and analysis. Task 8 Compilation of Watershed Plan, Publishing and Presentation This Task will consist of compiling the findings, lists and accompanying narrative described above, publishing it in an attractive and easily-read form and presenting it to local governments and water agencies as both a draft and a final product. This Task will involve in-person presentations to those groups using visual aids and allowing for discussion and amendment to the greatest possible extent. The product of this Task will be a final document. Discussion: The proposed study is a continuation of ongoing watershed planning in the Roaring Fork Watershed. The proposed second phase builds on previous grants including watershed grants and a $40,000 Water Supply Reserve Account (WSRA) grant approved in March 2007. The application does not provide precise detail regarding the final products that will be developed as these products and deliverables will be part of a planning process. This created some difficulties for staff to reach conclusions regarding conformance with the threshold criteria for review of grants. The Board will recall that the issue of conformance with Section 37-75-102 Colorado Revised Statues (CRS) (the water rights protection section that was included in House Bill 05-1177) was identified in the original grant application and addressed by the applicant. The issue that remains, and is again raised by the application, is how data and information collected using WSRA funds conform to the intent of Section 37- 75-102 CRS. In this application the issue is more squarely focused in that the application indicates that the information collected could in turn be used by local, state or federal governments in there regulatory and/or legislative actions (see Tasks 4 and 5 above). In staff’s view the application raises concerns over how these regulatory or legislative actions scope of work tasks that will be investigated conform to the intent Section 37-75-102 CRS. Staff believes to fully evaluate the application the applicant must specifically address the above issues. In addition, since this effort is connected to completing a needs assessment for the Colorado Basin Roundtable it is imperative, especially in light of the above issues, that the applicant address how the tasks in Phase II scope of work conform with Section 37-75 -104 (2)(c). Specifically, the applicant must address the bolded section of the following excerpt from the statute: “ Using data and information from the Statewide Water 5