Approved Minutes March 2008 CBRT

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how will we augment our water supplies in the future? M&I uses will continue to take water from agricultural uses and harm recreational opportuiuties. 6. Grants Update: The grant applications for the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan - Ph. II and Grand County's Stream Management Plan Phase III were not reconul7ended for approval by CWCB staff. The other applications from the Roundtable (the Old Dillon Reservoir Enlargement and the Fraser River Settling Pond) were approved. Mark Fuller is resubmitting the grant application for the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan - Ph. II. Lurline Curran noted that Grand County had not yet decided if it would resubmit its application, as this was the second time the application had not been recommended for funding by CWCB staff. The study would continue, regardless of CWCB funding. Attendees discussed CWCB staff's continued assertion that projects such as the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan and the Grand County Stream Management Plan constitute unacceptable challenges to Colorado water law. The Roundtable has had repeated discussions with CWCB staff on this matter and st~•ongly disagrees with CWCB staff's position. The question was asked, `Zs the C'WC,B staff no~~~ exercising veto pol~~er over grant a~~lications t°ecomnzer~ded by tl2e Ro2a~~dtables? " Roundtable membership is greatly concerned by statements such as the one reportedly made by Rick Brown -that the hydrographs recommended in such watershed studies "must have some play in them" for M&I diversions. Johu1 Redifer expressed his belief that good data (such as the information we would collect under the two projects whuch were not approved for fiinding) should be used and that recommendations for changes in statutes and regulations should come from such data. 7. Committee Reports: a. Educational Outreach Committee: Rod Sharp presented the Conunittee's recommendations pertaining to Town Hall Meetings. These meetings would be in partial satisfaction of HB OS-ll7Ts requirement that the Basin Roundtables educate the public about the process and collect public input. The Committee concluded that people would not travel > 15-20 miles to attend these meetings; thus, the Committee is now recommending that Town Hall Meetings be held throughout the Basin -with each Roundtable member responsible for spearheading a meeting in their jurisdiction, with the Conunittee's assistance. The Committee also recommended that meetings not last > 90 minutes. Rod went through a sample agenda, flyer and PowerPoint presentation for the meetings, which included suggested topics for discussion. Feedback on the presentation included the following comments from attendees: i. Kirk Klancke suggested that partnering with other organizations (e.g., Trout Unlimited) might be appropriate for these meetings. 2