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Welcome, Introduction, and Agenda Review <br />Harris Sherman and Eric Hecox started the meeting and welcomed the group. <br />Harris Sherman addressed the group and extended his gratitude to the CWCB (Colorado water <br />conservation board) members for getting together with the IBCC (Interbasin compact committee). <br />He expressed that the purpose of this meeting would be to make progress on the visioning process <br />and continue discussion on strategies for meeting the vision. The two issues that will be discussed, <br />agricultural water transfers and development of Colorado River water are hot button issues. <br />However, Director Sherman wanted the group address the tough issues and to have a real dialogue <br />about how we approach the future. <br />Director Sherman also discussed the respective roles of the IBCC and CWCB who are both <br />involved in looking at the water future for Colorado. The IBCC is charged with developing the <br />framework for discussion at the basin level. In that capacity they are engaged in the visioning <br />exercise to explore where there is common ground and identify opportunities for cooperation and <br />negotiation. The CWCB helps make water supply decisions for the state and they clearly need to be <br />part of this discussion. Harris asked the group, "Can we articulate a common goal for Colorado's <br />Water Future?" <br />Visions and Strategies for Colorado's Water Supply Future <br />Discuss Draft Vision Statement and Vision Goals <br />Eric Hecox and he went through the visioning document and discussed the changes that were made <br />based on feedback from the Basin Roundtables. These changes were highlighted in the 10121 /08 <br />version of the Visioning Document (attached). The major changes and subsequent discussion <br />included: <br />• The use of the word "sustainability." The word is wide open to interpretation. A revised <br />vision statement was put together that uses the word "balances" instead of "sustainably <br />meets" and includes a definition of "balances." There was a long discussion on whether the <br />vision statement should include the word "balances" or "sustainably meets" and the <br />definition of "balances." Eric Hecox discussed that the change was made to reflect that <br />things will not stay exactly the same but the vision is to have a diverse use of water in <br />Colorado and that one use is not sacrificed for another use. Some members did not like <br />"balance" because of its connection to other statutes/rules, some members did not like <br />"sustainably meets" because they felt it was not achievable, and some members did not like <br />the overall vision statement and definition because they did not feel it was achievable. The <br />group did not reach 100% agreement, but in the end decided to use the revised vision <br />statement (including "balance") as a working draft and move on. After additional work is <br />done on water supply strategies they can return to the visions statement. <br />• The next set of changes involved the vision goals. There was general agreement on the <br />changes to the vision goals, but significant discussion on the overall use of the goals. Jay <br />Winner (Arkansas Basin Representative) asked that the goals be simplified and to let the <br />basins come up with the specific measures for each goal. Eric Hecox said that this could be <br />part of the next steps. Sue Morea discussed how the vision goals and the larger visioning <br />exercise is modeled after an integrated resource planning process. The next step in the <br />process is to develop specific measures for each goal. She discussed how the goals could be