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Arkansas Basin Roundtable <br />Meeting of April 9, 2008 <br />Meeting Notes <br />1. Roundtable Business <br />Chairman Barber called the meeting to order at 10:OOam. Twenty nine (29) members were present, <br />sufficient for a quorum. <br />Congratulated Reed Dils, new CWCB representative from the Arkansas River Basin. <br />Introduced Jim Pokrandt chair of the Colorado Basin Roundtable, who is visiting our Roundtable today. <br />Introduced Jennifer Gimbel, new Executive Director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. <br />Jennifer made a few comments regarding her background. She has a Projects Bill for 76 million dollars <br />going through the legislature now. There is a water quality study in the Arkansas Basin funded in the bill, <br />and a 60 million dollar loan to the Republic River to solve some compact issues. The CWCB website has <br />been upgraded (www.cwcb.state.co.us). Flood issues are addressed on the website, including daily <br />updates regarding runoff and flood info. On a personal note, if you think your home may be flooded this <br />spring, buy insurance now. There is a 30-day wait period for insurance to go into effect. Jennifer ended <br />by thanking the roundtable for their work, especially for the Zebra Mussel grant approval. Future funding <br />for the Zebra Mussel issue is being arranged by the State of Colorado. <br />A motion was made by Tom Verquer, seconded by Jim Broderick, and unanimously passed to approve <br />the minutes of the March meeting. <br />The agenda was reviewed. <br />Public Comment: Chris from Round Mountain announced a Water Forum to be held in Westcliffe, April <br />30th and May 1St <br />Public Comment: Greg from the Colorado Watershed Assembly. His task is to go to the roundtables and <br />find non-profit watershed group and encourage their participation in the Colorado Watershed Assembly. <br />He offered a letter for anyone interested, so that they might volunteer their contact information. <br />Public Comment: John Wiener. The US Global Change Research Program has been revived under the <br />name of US Climate Change Science Program. This group is producing 21 different reports, including a <br />report titled: Decision Support, Experiments and Evaluations Using Seasonal to Inter-Annual Forecasts <br />and Observational Data; A Focus on Water Resources. It is about what has been learned so far <br />regarding the use of climate information for better water management. This report is now out for public <br />comment. This will affect future efforts to supply information to people who want it. He's sure that any <br />comments will be gratefully received. www.climatescience.gov. <br />IBCC Report: <br />Eric Hecox: The quarterly newsletter is available. The visioning process continues. There is an update <br />on the consumptive needs assessments. Also an update on the non-consumptive needs assessment, <br />featuring the Arkansas Basin's efforts. <br />Alan Hamel: There hasn't been an IBCC meeting since the last roundtable meeting. He welcomes input <br />to the visioning process. <br />