April 8 08 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meeti

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: South Platte April 08 Minutes
• Date: 4/8/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

Eric: no action taken at this point;
Legislative Report:
Bill Jerke: 1141: Curry Bill: to have enough water before pernutting and
going forward for development; Water Congress supports it; Weld County
does not oppose it; up to water providers to prove they have water;
John Metli: Is bill tamed down? The bill seems redundant for our county.
Seems intn~sion by state into county policies.
Bill Jerke: Yes, the bill has been edited. Now the bill is in Water
Congress.
McVicker: 1165 did not pass; 1161 passed house, is in Senate
Appropriations Committee.
Education Liaison Report:
Bert Weaver: Next meeting is on May 16 in Walden. Will bring one of
the DVDs when it arrives.
Non-consumptive Sub-Committee:
Tom Iseman: Would like to postpone presentation to next meeting; have
not had any meetings since the last meeting.
Phreatophyte Sub-Committee:
Bob Streeter: Meeting on May 13; 1-4pm on 5/13; moving toward
bringing in all interested participants to move forward for specific plan for
funding requests; waiting for letters from state and a few counties.
John Metli: Basin wide interest?
Streeter: Yes; do not have actual responses yet.
Fred Walker: Focus on Russian Olive and Tamarisk, only those two to
start with?
Streeter: Yes, there are issues with others like cotton wood and willow; so
have decided to focus on the two non-native species, Russian Olive and
Tamarisk as these appear to be the biggest problems basin-wide; there are
also fielding sources available for these; also Eurasian Mill Foil is a
coming problem that needs to be nipped in the bud, but the control is
different so we will move into the Eurasian Mill Foil, although this is not
yet basin wide.
Jim Yahn: Meeting is here? Outside speakers?
Streeter: this will be a working section; outside speakers but no formal
presentations. Will have the leader of the Tamarisk Coalition; also Steve
Miller of North Platte wluch has been very successful.
Lease/Fallowing Sub-Committee:
Jim Yahn: Did not meet this month; had to have a proposal in by March
3 l; Don Amendt helped; Hillsboro Ditch as Water Provider;
Johnstown/Miliken as end user; general letter out to hold some of the
money; by September meeting of CWBC hope to have proposal in place;
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