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Action: This agenda item is being deferred until the January Board meeting. No action taken at <br />this time. <br />22e. Water Supply Planning & Finance Section -Proposed Statute Revisions/Legislation within the <br />2008 Projects Bill -CWCB Water Ownership (relative to proposed Water Supply Partnership <br />Program -Policy # 18) <br />Tape 4, Track 1 01:10:03 - 01:14:56 <br />Action: This agenda item is being deferred until the January Board meeting. No action taken at <br />this time. <br />22f. Water Supply Planning & Finance Section -Proposed Statute Revisions/Legislation within the <br />2008 Projects Bill -Clarification of Water Conservation Plan Elements <br />Tape 4, Track 1 01:10:03 - 01:14:56 <br />Action: This agenda item is being deferred until the January Board meeting. No action taken at <br />this time. <br />23. Water Supply Protection Section -Request for Expenditure for Republican River Compact <br />Litigation <br />Tape 4, Track 1 01:08:36 - 01:10:03 <br />Action: A motion was made by Don Schwindt and seconded by Barbara Biggs to approve staff <br />recommendation that the Board: <br />(1) Authorize the expenditure of additional moneys, not to exceed $240,000 for the costs <br />of litigation associated with the defense and protection of Colorado's allocation of water <br />in the Republican River Basin; <br />(2) Direct the CWCB Director and Staff to expend these funds in a manner consistent <br />with the request by the Office of the Attorney General; and <br />(3) Direct the CWCB Director, CWCB staff, and Office of the Attorney General to <br />comply with the annual reporting requirements as specifically provided for in Section 37- <br />60-121(2.5)a. Eric Wilkinson and Geoff Blakeslee were not present for this motion. The <br />motion was approved unanimously (6-0). <br />24a. Severance Tax Operational Account Proposal -Forest Restoration and Tamarisk <br />Tape 3, Tr,rck 1 02:07:20- 02:32:30 <br />Action: A motion was made by Barbara Biggs and seconded by Geoff Blakeslee to approve <br />staff's revised recommendation that the Board: <br />(1) Recommend that the Department of Natural Resources submit a Budget Amendment, <br />written by the CWCB, to the FY 2008-2009 Budget Request that increases the CWCB's <br />allocation of revenue from the Severance Tax Trust Fund Operational Account by <br />$2,000,000. The $2,000,000 increase should be comprised of: <br />(a) $1,000,000 for the purpose of financing amulti-year forest restoration grant <br />program. This funding shall be provided in the form of a lump sum grant to the <br />Colorado State Forest Service, or if Service prefers, distributed by the CWCB i.n <br />cooperation with the Service in accordance with the Services grant program <br />guidelines; and <br />(b) $1,000,000 for the purpose of financing a Tamarisk and Russian Olive Control <br />Cost Sharing Grant Program to be managed by the CWCB in cooperation. with the <br />Tamarisk Coalition, the Department of Natural Resources and the Colorado <br />Department of Agriculture. <br />10 <br />