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• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

SOUTH PLATTE WATER RELATED ACTIVITIES PROGRAM -The South Platte Water
Related Activities Program ("SPWRAP") continues to meet on the third Thursday of every month, odd
months at the Northern Colorado Water Conservation District Offices and even months at Denver Water.
SPWRAP and the CWCB are continuing to develop the information necessary for the State's reporting
requirements under the Platte River Program. For more information, please contact Ted Kowalski of the
CWCB or Kevin Urie of Denver Water. (Ted Kowalski)
CHATFIELD RESERVOIR REALLOCATION PROJECT -CWCB staff continues to work
with a large coalition of interested stakeholders to pursue water supply storage space in Chatfield
Reservoir. The Corps of Engineers will soon release the remaining two Preliminary Draft Chapters
(Chapters 4 and 5) of the Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Study (FR/EIS) for internal
Cooperator review. The Corps has already released Preliminary Draft Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6.
Coordination among affected DNR agencies (CWCB, State Parks, DOW, and DWR) is occurring in a
positive and collaborative manner. Two new studies, jointly sponsored by the CWCB and State Parks, are
underway to investigate: 1) Socio-economic impacts due to potential reallocation of storage space, and 2)
Feasibility of modifying/relocating recreation facilities based on new Corps guidance with respect to the
recalculated 10-year flood pool elevation.
Public Outreach activities are gearing up in anticipation of a Draft EIS released to the public as early as
July 2008. The Corps is also working on several documents related to the nationwide push for dam safety
reports and dam safety hazard classifications. The dam safety "report card" for Chatfield maybe available
this summer. (Torn Browning
CITY OF BOULDER 2007 REPORT ON BOULDER CREEK ISF PROGRAM - In March
2008, the City of Boulder provided its 2007 water year annual report to the CWCB, describing its
operations under the July 20,1990 Agreement between the City and CWCB under which the City donated
various water rights to the CWCB for instream flow use on Boulder Creek. Water available to the CWCB
for instream flow use under the Agreement was used to maintain the CWCB's instream flow water rights
in various reaches of Boulder Creek from November 2006 through March 2007, in the latter part of July
2007, and from August through mid-October 2007. The CWCB used approximately 1,560 acre-feet of
donated water from the City for instream flow use. Additionally, the City exercised its right to lease
water generated by its operations under the Agreement to users downstream of the CWCB's instream
flow reach. (Linda Bassi)
BIG THOMPSON A HOT TOPIC -The plot thickens regarding two widely separated events that
have grabbed the attention of the Colorado outdoor community.
In a dispute involving continued access to public parcels on the Big Thompson River, the Federation of
Fly Fishers has weighed in on the public's side. That sentiment may not appear much of a surprise or of
particular impact until one considers this. FFF is considering moving its national headquarters to
Loveland, the city where the Big T meets the plains.
An FFF presence would be a major angling tourism boost for the Thompson Valley, and the state as a
whole.
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