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IBCC Colorado Ri~-er Basin Minutes of Meeting on February 2~, 2[108 Western Slope dater resource impacts of coalbed methane and natural gas drilling Discussion of ~i•hat Colorado «•ill lool: lil.e in ~0 years 1. Neit Meeting: Monda~~, March 2~, Glen«•ood Springs Community Recreation Center, 1:00 to x:00. a. Agenda: 2. Appro~ a December 2007 and January 2008 meeting minutes. The minutes for both months were passed unanimously. 3. Reporter: These minutes ~Tere prepared b~~ Ken Ransford. Esq.. CPA. 970-927-1200. kenransford'd~comcastnet. 4. Upcoming meetings: ~. Report from other Roundtables -None. 6. Discussion of ~~hat Colorado rill lool: lil.e in ~0 years. Stan Cazier and Carlyle Currier, the CBRT representatives to the IBCC, led a discussion of what members ~~ ant Colorado to look like in ~0 years ~~•ith respect to fuh~re ~~~ater resource de~~elopment. Belo~~~ are comments from CBRT members. a. Address eater in land planning decisions. Historicalh~, water use has not addressed when local land planning decisions are made, but Stan Cazier reconunended that this be done. Lurline Curran seconded this recommendation. b. Sa~-e agriculture. Many members noted that fixture municipal gowth. especiallti~ on the Front Range, will be at the elpense of West Slope agriculhue unless something is done. The roundtable consensus was that preserving West Slope agriculture was more important than ~~-~atering la~ens in new developments. Louis Meyer noted that more and more communities are addressing ho~~~ to locall~~ gro~~~ the food theti~ consume. Land for agriculh~ral use and «Tater to grow the foods should be preserved. c. The Front Range should conser~~e more. Denver and other Front Range communities should adopt practices to limit ~~ ater consumption. Dick Proctor noted that the aquifers underl~-~ing Denver and along the Front Range are depleting. Las Vegas, Ne~~°ada, is buying bluegrass back from landowners to conserve water. d. Preser~-e prior appropriation sti~stem. Stan Cazier mentioned that ~~~hile fuh~re population ga owth camlot be controlled, deciding where «,°ater comes ti om to support that growth can be controlled. Representati~~°e Kathleen Cum- of Uunnison. ~~~ho represents Ulem~~ood Sprnigs, is sponsoring a bill that would require all ne~~-~ deg elopments to prove they have an adequate water supple as a condition of approval Caroline Bradford said the cost of water is not limiting new development, noting that a new development with 1,700 projected homes in Eagle County is paying ~ 100.000 per acre foot of «-ater. Therefore, cost coati-not be a limiting factor in restricting future ~~~ater dig ersions. Deleted: z~T~n~ P~,i~nn~lt ~ i~„ a~l~, ~ Basin Roundtable~CBRT`:~~~b000S- ~ 03`n-Iunrtes Feb X008 CBRT.doc ~ Deleted: ~ ~3'oos ~~ - L Literbasui Couipaat Couuiuttee Basui Ronudtables Colorado l~linutes ~iunrtes Feb 20(18 CBRT.do~ 1 i! ~~1( ~