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• Board Meeting Date: 11/18/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

phragmites (an invasive plant species) infestations, which pose new and difficult challenges to the
Program.
The Water Advisory Committee is continuing to conduct and manage additional feasibility work
associated with the Water Action Plan. For more information please visit: www.platteriverprogram.org.
(Ted Kowalski)
SOUTH PLATTE FORUM: The South Platte Forum held its annual conference in Longmont,
Colorado on October 22-23, 2008. Harris Sherman, Dick Wolfe, Jennifer Gimbel, Tom Remington, and
Dean Wunstanley all made presentations.
In addition, the South Platte Water Related Activities Program ("SPWRAP") held its annual meeting on
October 23, 2008. The SPWRAP Board continues to meet on the third Thursday of every month, odd
months at the Northern Colorado Water Conservation District ("NCWCD") Office and even months at
Denver Water. The next meeting will be on November 20, 2008 at the NCWCD Office in Berthoud,
Colorado.
SPWRAP and the CWCB have finalized the accounting forms to obtain the information necessary for the
State's reporting requirements under the Platte River Program. These forms will be distributed to
SPWRAP members and non-member water users alike, in order to determine the appropriate water
retuning obligations. In addition, the State and SPWRAP have developed an amendment to the existing
Memorandum of Understandung, whuch dunes their respective roles more clearly.
In the MOU, SPWRAP us primarily responsible for the costs associated with the water obligations of the
Program and the State us primarily responsible for the cash obligations of the Program. The U.S. Fush and
Wuldlife Service, the State, and SPWRAP contunue to develop the Memorandum of Understandung
("MOU") for addressung new federal depletions that may occur wuthun the State of Colorado. To this end,
the State and SPRWAP met un October with the Jackson County Water Users Associatuon to explore a
possuble amendment to Colorado's Depletuon Plan. This proposed amendment would establish one
overall baseline for water use withun the North Platte Basin withun Colorado, rather than separate
baselines for the different types of water use within the Platte Ruver. This change would also allow
federal agencues to use up to 120 acre-feet of water under Colorado's amended depletions plan.
The Jackson County Water Users Association expressed some concerns with the proposed amendment to
the depletions plan and the proposal to cover the federal agencies under this amended plan. The State and
SPWRAP are working together to attempt to resolve these concerns. For more information, please
contact Ted Kowalski of the C WCB or Kevin Urie of Denver Water. (Ted Kowalski)
SOUTHWESTERN RIVER BASINS
RIVER PROTECTION ~VORKGROUP: The Ruver Protection Workgroup ("RPW") and steerung
commuttee contunue to meet un order to develop a cooperative rover management plan for Hermosa Creek.
The public meetungs are the first Tuesday of every month from 6:3 0 pm unti18:3 0 pm. On November 3,
2008, Linda Basso made a presentatuon on the existing instream flow water rights within the Hermosa
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