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Scope of Wog k.
<br />L Tasks
<br />Task 1
<br />Develop Issues, Concerns, Goals and Objectives
<br />This task will consist of an extensive public outreach effort aimed at developing a consensus among
<br />interested local citizens and water managers regarding the issues to be addressed in the Plan and the goals
<br />of the Plan. In addition, out-of--basin interests will be solicited for their input and participation in this
<br />process. An effort will be made to incorporate the concerns of all parties that can be identified who have
<br />an interest in the Roaring Fork's water resources. This will include parties and agencies based outside the
<br />Roaring Fork Valley, such as the South East Water Conservation District, the Twin Lakes Canal
<br />Company and Ruedi Reservoir water contractors, all of whom have already been consulted pursuant to
<br />Phase I of the Watershed Plan. Phase I of the Plan, the State of the Watershed Report, will be made
<br />available to the public at large. All beneficiaries of Roaring Fork basin water and All water rights holders
<br />within and outside the basin who can be identified will be specifically notified of the availability of that
<br />Report. Those beneficiaries and water rights holders will be asked to comment on Phase I and to
<br />participate, to the extent they wish, in the Phase II process. Those beneficiaries and water rights holders
<br />will also be invited to notify any and all other potential stakeholders and to extend similar invitations for
<br />comment and participation to them. Although RWAPA cannot guarantee that all potential stakeholders
<br />will be included, we will attempt through this process to contact and include as many as possible in the
<br />planning process. All of the beneficiaries, water rights holders and other interested parties identified
<br />through this process will be considered stakeholders for purposes of this Plan. Stakeholder contacts,
<br />interviews and meetings will be organized to assemble input from the public at large and to identify the
<br />major issues and concerns raised by the information contained in the State of the Watershed Report. The
<br />interactions with stakeholders and the public will be focused on relating the findings of the State of the
<br />Watershed Report to consumptive and non-consumptive needs. A Technical Committee will be formed
<br />to provide expert advice in the areas of physical, technical and legal feasibility, cost, potential conflicts
<br />with other agencies, regulations, projects or objectives, and effectiveness. The Technical Committee will
<br />be made up of experts from various disciplines including engineering, hydrology, water law, water
<br />management and government. The Tecluucal Committee has not yet been formed but it is anticipated that
<br />it will be a volunteer group which will provide its services mostly through review and conul7ent on
<br />issues, concerns, Plan findings and Plan recommendations. The Technical Committee will provide a
<br />means by which the scientific validity of the Plan's findings and recommendations can be assured.
<br />Although the findings of Phase I and the recommendations to come out of Phase II will be founded in
<br />sound research and science, the final Plan will be a product of both those findings and will seek to meet
<br />water supply needs of all stakeholders by identifying balanced approaches that address the important
<br />water supply, social, economic, and environmental goals of stakeholders. The product of this Task will
<br />be a comprehensive listing of issues, concerns, goals and objectives.
<br />Task 2
<br />Prioritized development, conservation and improvement projects
<br />Tasks 1 will identify, among other things, specific projects aimed at immediate improvements to local
<br />water management. Projects could address such issues as water storage or diversion, conservation
<br />measures, water quality control, riparian or in-stream habitat, non-point pollution, irrigation
<br />infrastn~cture, or other readily-identifiable needs or problems associated with determiiung or providing
<br />for consumptive or non-consumptive needs. All projects will be analyzed to assure their consistency with
<br />existing water rights, laws and regulations. Task 2 will prioritize and analyze these projects in terms of
<br />legality ,cost, regulatory issues ,feasibility, jurisdiction, etc. and will produce a matrix ranking the
<br />projects in terms of overall effectiveness. Analysis of legal and regulatory issues will consist of
<br />researching how recommended actions may be consistent with, or in conflict with, existing laws and
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