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

Harold Evans: Haligan Seaman project is an IPP under SWASI Phase One; our needs
assessment assumes that this project will be built; and if it is not built, gap.
Motion carries unanimously.
Hecoi: Reminder that we need the complete application and letter for approval for Chair.
3) Ducks Unlimited -Requesting Approval for $1,209,552 from the Statewide Account
Greg Kernohan: $1,182,000
Ducks Unlimited briliging $2,353,000 to table
Total project: $3,253,000
Will conserve 2100 acres; Restore 756 acres of wetlands; Water: 5,500 acft new or
retuned water
30 rear agreements with DU with lando~~7iers; thus, comes to $720 per acft over that
period of trine; habitat for ~zildlife; recreation for hunting and hunting heritage
Application meets 9 tlueshold levels (promote cooperation; facilitate water activity; meet
eater needs; optimize existing and future water supplies; economic vitality. etc. both
locally and tlu-oughout the state.)
Hevborne Project (funded last year through Roundtable); design is complete; these finds
are for conservation easement: DU easement's have detailed language about water; water
is tied to land in perpetuity; however, owners can use water for aug projects, etc; Weans
that they reissue their share certificates as DU as co-o~~ ner of the share certificate.
Fender Project; 850 acres; working to put recharge on 650 acres of the project; plan is to
open this to the public tlus fall; DU will sell the land in five years: to date, every asset has
ended up as State lands.
DT Ranch: 800 acres under contract; ti-~~ing to put the entire area in recharge project;
short tern return tine here; Morgan Cty useful; many wetlands; proposing to put pump in
river for recharge.
Drake Land Farms: DU closed conservation easement; 300 acres; worl~ing with Central
CO Water Conservation District to put water to work: County shut down gravel pit;
Central covers evap loss; landowners ~tiill do a change of rights.
Kernohan reviews mission of DU
Questions:
Joe Frank: Please clarify per `'to tie up ~~ ater rights•': lower holds water on that property.
(Recorder misses answer from Kernohan)
Harold Evans: Do you have matching fiands in hand?
Kernohan: Yes, NACRA grant last year: just received $300,000 fi-om DOW in Januas-~~;
conservation easements are donated; only two have been purchased.
Bruce Gerk: $700,000 in request is for easement value (page 26); please clarify.
Kernohan: Total easement value; top of market value; we are asking for $52,000 for this;
rest is matching funds of value.
Sasha Charnev_ :Conservation easements in perpetuity but agreements for 30 years, please
eiplaiii.
Kernohan: Site specific improvements for purposes are for 30 years; ask that property
owner maintains that for 30 years; but yes easements for perpetuity.
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