July 08 South Platte Minutes

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: South Platte July 08 Meeting Minutes
• Date: 7/8/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

--Evans distributes map of HSWMP Diversions and Facilities of the Project Participants;
--Halligan Seaman Project uiuque in that it is requesting a 404 permit to enlarge both
reservoirs (Seaman: 5000 to X3.000) (Halligan: 6400 acre ft enlarged to 40,000 acft);
joint application;
--looking to enlarge Halligan 2009-2010; Seaman looking to be enlarged in 2030; thus
aslang Corps to approve both projects in one study;
--Due to strategic location of these two locations, opportunity- to improve reach of river
and to improve main stem; thus in addition to increasing supply for participants, also
chance to do something good for river;
--Started in 200; NEPA process nosy in studying alternatives; preferred alternative is
enlargements of t«%o reservoirs:
--Suimner of 2007, participants were approached to see if participants were interested in
participating in Shared Vision Process in regulatory process; participants agreed that it
«ould be worth«-bile endeavor; October of 2007, participants gathered (from cities to
Nature Conservancy to Ducks Unlimited); concept of shared visioning is to bring
together all participants at beginning; shared vision includes hydrologic, ~~ ater rights,
~yater yield, enviromnental, stream flow, potential recreational attributes, to see if these
participants can come up «-ith shared vision of project;
--Bill Wai~~ick (Corps) has been facilitator and has proposed the development of a
computerized model (large eicel spreadsheet) looking at both consumptive and non-
consumptive needs to see if there are ~yays to model and operate these t~~-o projects in a
way that ~yould provide a yield for the participants needs as ~~ e11 as enviromnental and
rec needs (Nature Conservancy, Bob Streeter, Sierra Club, Friends of Poudre, Ducks
Unlimited have been present since beginning); if this is successful, this could be a model
for «~ater resource modeling throughout the USA for doing «ater pei7nitting through
regulatory process: 2"`' workshop in June: all stakeholders agreed that tlus ryas
«orthwhile endeavor.
(Halligan: FT Collins, Tri Districts; Seaman: Greeley)
Grant request: request for funds to help funds of development of hydrologic and biologic
enviromnental models that are needed for process: Greeley is contracting entity; aslang
for $2,000+ basin account; $76,000 from state wide account.
--Task to be accomplished: develop the shared visioning hydrologic model; develop
ecological model: Deliverable: Comprehensive Model looking at both consumptive and
non-consumptive needs; intent is to have operational regime for t~yo reservoirs that would
maximize the use of the ~yater at the same time to provide yield from reservoirs for future
supply- needs (to 2050): schedule is to commence modeling tlus summer to be complete
June 2009.
--Heather Knight ~yith the Nature Conservancy: reiterates involvement in project;
reiterates that the model could befar-reaching and that the resulting project ~yill meet
multiple goals in the watershed.
--Chandler: Rep of Corps of Engineers: From a regulator- perspective, Corps is trying to
avoid T«n Forks per the regulator process; contrasts ~yith long-dra~~m out regulatory
process of over 20 gears of litigation; ~yants to avoid some of the problems with the
regulatoi-~- process; looking for room to improve regulatory process; looking for
recommendations to facilitate these land of permitting processes: 3 years, 3 million
dollars bottom line of NEPA process;
1) Product: shared vision model does not have to stop with this process; thus, although
focused on North Fork of Poudre, opportunity to add on; model is very adaptable; it
~yould provide a baseline for other projects.
10