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finalized and submitted-will send a copy to the committee if there are any comments, finalized version sent out to membership to act upon at October meeting. Greg Kernohan: Application is a work in progress, DU is not the leader on this, we do not have water rights to devote, but we do have access to 100s and thousands of landowners who have the water to work with, therefore, we bring to the table the landowners who might be working with this. Bill Jerke: This would be one of the first bottom up action where this is really coming from this Roundtable, usually- other entities coming to us: this is more us that what most projects coming from, Jim Yahn: Also not asking for money, going to different source for money. John Metli: Summaiv,.) Don Ament: We are attempting to look at South Platte River, CWCB looking at what is happening on the river, any day a farmer can get a knock on the door.. So in the spirit of the water conservation, looking for ways of how to conserve water. Thus, trying to put together the idea of looking for a union of who has water and who needs water. Looking for people willing to take a look at leases not selling, looking at economic advantage, who what where... does it work. CSU, Brown & Caldwell, legal, farmers, lessors... etc. Greg Kernohan: At last meeting, we did say that Corn Growers would be the lead: what this would provide to agriculture something besides dry up. Todd Doherty: 1.5 million allocated at May/July meeting, FREICO, Illiff, project; Board reserved .5 million for additional projects... other note: at Sept board meeting: projects that will be funded through projects bill: putting in request to put in request for looking at this program: 1.5 million available on July_ 1, 09. Joe Frank: Split? Todd: Not a requirement that there is an equal split of the pie: if extension of this bill, there could be other basins that could provide interesting concepts for this important alternative 4:45: Discuss Yampa Basin Tour and Report on Gunnison Doug Rademacher: Treated very well, had opportunity to sit with board members of Gumiison basin to discuss philosophy Dianne Hoppe: Evident that Gunnison took some of Bill's ideas to heart, especially as to lining gravel reservoirs, think that some of our data needs to be updated to update presentation: primarily that presentation shows that more water is leaving the South Platte than is actually leaving the state: great learning opportunity: Bill's presentation was excellent: Bill Jerke: This was written in 95 or 97, has not had these years of draught; old report says 400,000 acres leave the state is erroneous: Dianne: Uncompagrhe Water Valley Users considering putting in low hydro agriculture. Don Arnent: The Uncompagrhe diversion is amazing, bring lots of water through diversion and dumping it into river, 5 acre feet available is amazing: they do a smart job of how they use their water: makes you thing of Senator Isgar on Platte-he was miming 150 acft per second-slow moving water... but think