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1 April, 1998 • CWCB will prepare a draft summary report with operator reports, Division 5 accounting and Service monitoring report as attachments. ' • Committee will review report and approve its submittal to the Recovery Programs Management Committee and for general distribution. • CWCB will distribute report to interested parties on behalf of the Committee. • Reclamation will arrange for a meeting location in Glenwood. Purpose: Review coordinated operations, accounting and monitoring report with public. Reclamation will prepare a short press release and mail out public announcements 2 weeks in advance of meeting. • Each operator will explain their operations and how they differed from normal operations if at all, the Division 5 Engineer will indicate the estimated cumulative impact of coordinated operations on the hydrograph and provide appropriate water right accounting, the Service will report on endangered fish and critical habitat monitoring- • The public will provide comments. Issues, concerns, problems that occurred and potential fixes will be discussed. • Discuss whether next meeting should be in January or April. • Repeat Process with or without January meetings. Coordination Process Description Establishment of Coordination Committee A Coordination Committee has been established to provide a forum to consider and plan for the annual coordination of reservoir operations. The committee is currently composed of representatives from each of the participating reservoir owner/operators, the Recovery Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Weather Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Colorado Division of Water Resources -- Division 5 Engineer's Office. As other entities that may contribute to the process are identified, they may be added to the committee. The following five steps have been identified as key elements for implementation of the Coordinated Reservoirs Program. 1. Characterization of Run-off Year Each April, following receipt of projected hydrologic data from the National Weather Service (NWS), the coordinating committee will determine if the predicted peak flow in the coming runoff season will be within the range of flows (12,900 cfs to 26,600 cfs) in which coordination of reservoir operations could contribute to peak enhancement and improved conditions for endangered fish. In years that peaks could be enhanced the participating entities will continue the process of coordination as follows: 2. Development of Initial Annual Operating Plans Once the estimated discharge and period of peak flow is determined by the coordinating committee on the basis of NWS projections, participating reservoir operators will develop two Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) for their facilities. The first plan would project reservoir operations with no consideration for peak flow enhancement (Conventional AOP). The second would give consideration to enhancing spring peak flows (Enhanced AOP). The Conventional AOPs will be based on the operational parameters historically used in determining reservoir 27