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South Platte water Related Activities Program, Inc. 220 Water Avenue, Berthoud, Colorado, 80513 Meeting Minutes of the Interim Board of Directors Conference Call (due to weather) December 21, 2006 1. Call to Order Darling. The Interim Board of Directors meeting was called to order by Vice President Lisa 2. Call Participants: Steve Simms, Ted Kowalslci, Greg Dewey, John Kolanz, Dennis Bode, Dennis Harinon, Lisa Darling, Deb Freeman, Alan Berryman, Austin Hamre, Jon Altenhofen, and Kevin Urie. 3. Approval of the minutes from the November 16, 2006 Board meeting was tabled until the Januaiy 2007 meeting. 4. Ted Kowalski requested the addition of an additional item to the agenda, a discussion of the immediate set-up tasks and responsibilities of the State of Colarado to the. Program. 5. Discussed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Division of Wildlife (DOW). A discussion was held that questioned whether ar not the SPWRAP Board currently has all the necessary information to make a decision regarding the MOU with DOW. It was recognized that the Board's decision will be greatly influenced by what percentage of recharge will be conducted on State lands versus private lands and it was suggested that SPWRAP should pay for the DOW's full time employee (FTE) based on the percentage of recharge developed oii state land vs. private lands. Jon Altenhofen stated that it will take another 60-90 days before we have a good understanding of the percentages of recharge that will likely occur on state vs. private lands. The Board thought it would likely take 3-6 months before they could make a decision on the MOU. Additional discussion included whethec or not the DOW FTE could be paid for through the Species Conservation Trust Fund (SCTF). The State believes the FTE could possibly be funded through the SCTF and that the attorney general's office is looking at the legality of it. The State is concerned that with a new administration coming into office that we will end up spending a lot of extra time educating the new administration on the Program and further delay the signing of the MOU. It was mentioned that this might not be bad and that it could be helpfiil in getting the new administration quickly up to speed on the Platte River Program. A question was raised about the 20% of augmentation credits developed at Tamarack that go right to DOW "off-the-top". There needs to be further discussion with DOW to clarify their understanding, if the 20% is always "off-the-top" or do they only take the 20% when they need augmentation credits? The 20% may be workable, but will depend on the timing of the credits talcen by DOW in relation to the timing of the credits that must be generated for Program compliance. It was stated that the belief was that DOW is primarily interested in augmentation credits to keep the sloughs wet on Tamarack SWA but DOW needs to confirm if they have any other augmentation needs. It was identified that long-term and short-term task lists need to be developed for SPWRAP (see below) and this issue should be logged on that list. Deb Freeman, Page 1 of 3