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<br />. It was pointed out that the priority will still fall to the when the State <br />Engineer's Office (SEa) says that water will be released but there is some <br />flexibility of when the Cooperators will call the water out. <br />. Question from Rick to Tom R: What is your timeframe for having the <br />Mitigation Plan done? Tom R thinks it will be sometime in March when <br />most of this will come together but he did not give a firm deadline. <br />. Question from Dave to Tom R and Steve: Is the FWS going to be flexible <br />on these issues? Steve feels like they will buy off on this. <br />. Eric is looking at what it would take to raise the main road based on the <br />5,444 foot elevation. He is also still looking at a berm that would protect <br />the trees and getting an estimate on tree removal as well. <br />. Bill Ruzzo (Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield) found two more plant <br />communities that he wants to consider for mitigation and will give those to <br />Gary to be included in Chapter 3. <br />. Cecily Mui (South Suburban Parks and Recreation and South Platte Park) <br />pointed out that long term monitoring and ecological data at the South <br />Platte Park facility exists. It includes data on waterfowl, migratory birds, <br />and other ecological factors. The data is in raw form but she can give it to <br />anybody who is interested. Eric thinks some of this info might have been <br />looked at when examining downstream benefits but it is important to <br />review the data for due diligence related to mitigation efforts. Rick asked <br />Cecily if she has any data on the functions of wetlands. She does, and <br />Tom R said he would like to look at costs for wetland restoration so that <br />they can consider it in cost estimates. He will coordinate with her to figure <br />out relevant information. Tom B. encourages anyone who finds the data <br />relevant to contact Cecily <br /> <br />4) Recreation Analysis <br />. The meeting participants agreed that this agenda item had been covered <br />in detail earlier in the meeting. Dave will follow-up with EDAW to <br />determine how the Corps' setback requirements were addressed. <br /> <br />5) Wrap-up: Summary of Next Steps and Next Meeting Date <br />. Rick asked for an update on the funding and contracts. Eric said the <br />federal funding will be spendable in about a week and a half and there are <br />no worries about funding at this point. This particular funding is the <br />change order money and it should be enough to carry everyone through <br />the rest of the project. <br />. Eric is expecting a draft of the Ground Motion Study within a week or two. <br />It is being prepared by William Lettice and Associates. It could affect the <br />scope in a good way if they find that ground motion is less than in other <br />studies in the area. Tom B. said that the CWCB will pay the <br />approximately $100,000 cost for the study and that they should have <br />some feeling within the next month or so on what to do next. After the <br />Ground Motion Study comes out they can get started on the Seismic <br />Study and hopefully have something ready for internal CaE review by mid <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Tetra Tech <br />