29c ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/19/2008
• Description: CF Section - Referred Non-Reimbursable Investments - Water Adaptation Projects
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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MEMORANDUM
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
T0: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Harris D. Sherman
FROM: Veva Deheza, Ray Alvarado, Joe Busto, Michelle Garrison ~NR Executive director
DATE: November 7, 2008
Jennifer L. Gimbel
SUBJECT: Agenda Item 29c, November 18-19, 2008 Board Meeting cwcB Director
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section -Referred Dan M~Auliffe
Non-Reimbursable Investments, Water Adaptation cwcB Deputy Director
Projects
In 2007 Governor Ritter asked state agencies to develop a Climate Acton Plan.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) stepped forward with along-term plan to
address the impacts on climate variability on water supplies in every region of our state because
each region will experience the impact of climate variability differently, and therefore, must be
prepared to plan and implement adaptation strategies that take into consideration future
activities, regional uniqueness and water information and water management needs.
Recommendation (written as proposed statutory language)
The Board should approve the inclusion the following provision in the 2009 Projects Bill:
SECTION _. Water Adaptation Projects. (1) The Colorado water conservation board is
authorized to expend up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from the Colorado water
conservation board construction fund to undertake Water Adaptation Projects with the goal of
increasing understanding of climate change; communicating the information to those who need
plan and implement adaptation strategies and building partnerships that will produce the models
and data upon which actions are based. (2) The moneys appropriated in subsection (1) of this
section shall remain available for the designated purposes until the project is completed.
Background
A component of the CWCB's Climate Action Plan strategy involves:
understanding the threat of climate change;
• communicating the information to those who need plan and implement strategies; and,
• building the partnerships that will produce the models and data upon which actions are
based.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigation • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate Water Management & Development