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More immediately, the water board took action to provide water to the football stadium and and 5.5-acre park just north of the stadium. The board unanimously voted to supply water to the Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl at CSU- Pueblo if the Friends of Football group can agree with the university to interconnect water lines. The board also voted to provide water for the park at no charge, provided the park is turned over to either CSU-Pueblo or the City of Pueblo for permanent maintenance. At an earlier work session, the board reviewed water needs for the entire Bella Villa housing and retail development. Two new water mains would have to be built to serve the development, but would be in the same pressure zone that serves the university. The university is served by the Platteville Road water tower, just north of the city, which is not fully utilized. To serve the larger Pueblo Springs development, which the city is in the process of annexing, two new pressure zones would have to be added. Each zone requires a pumping station from other water tanks and construction of at least a 1.5 million- gallon tank. The cost is about $2.5 million per zone, plus at least as much in mains and pipelines, said Terry Book, operations director. The cost of those items is to be paid by the developer, if the development represents a major expansion away from the current service area. The city also plans to add a second water main across Fountain Creek to serve the northeast part of the city at some point in the future. ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION (ARCA) -Colorado's ARCA representatives and advisors met in Denver on February 27 to brief the new State Engineer and CWCB Director on background and current issues. Jennifer Gimbel and Dick Wolfe were selected to represent Colorado on the Special Engineering Committee. A letter informing Kansas of this has been sent to Kansas. Colorado has decided to present an alternate Parks/DOW proposal for water sources for augmentation of the John Martin Reservoir permanent fishery pool based on concerns raised by Kansas. Preferred Storage Options Plan (PSOP) Staff and the Director met with the SECWCD to coordinate a response to concerns Pitkin County and the City of Aspen have raised about decreed ISF and/or bypass obligations to meet fish needs in the Roaring Fork basin. Staff continues to research operation and flow data that will allow further analysis of the Pitkin County claims. COLORADO RIVER BASIN BLM WILD AND SCENIC REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS -The Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") Wild and Scenic alternatives group continues to meet, and they have issued a Request for Proposals to seek a Project Manager. The Glenwood Springs and Kremmling BLM field offices are continuing to conduct their review of eligible streams within those areas (through their Resource ~19~