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Platte River Recovery Implementadon Program Governance Committee Meeting Minutes Country Inn & Suites - Denver (CO) International Airport August 20 & 21, 2007 August 20. 2007 Agenda Modifications Jerry Kenny requested the addition of an update from Mark Czaplewski about Central Platte NRD's Elm Creek Project and an update from Water Advisory Committee Chair Frank Kwapnioski about the WAC conference call on August 8, 2007. Minutes Ann Bleed moved to approve the June minutes; Don Ament seconded. Minutes approved. Updates Program Legislation Ted Kowalski reported that for reasons outside of our control there was no mark-up of the Program legislation in early August as expected. A full committee mark-up in the House is anticipated sometime in September with a Senate mark-up to follow (no firm dates). Ted said if the mark-ups occur in September and the legislation moves in one chamber or another there is a chance there will be a vote on the legislation in October or November. That would get the authorizing legislation in place by the end of 2007. Brian Barels asked if there are any outstanding issues. John Lawson reported that the lack of movement on the bill was not due to the legislation itself but to Congress dealing with more pressing issues prior to recess. Lawson made an inquiry about the technical change being discussed for the legislation and found it was related to budgetary matters and was not a major issue. Kowalski said there may be language in committee report to deal with that budget issue, but that there are no outstanding problems. Mike Purcell reported that he would be meeting with new Wyoming Senator Barasso during the next week. Lawson and Kowalski discussed whether there needed to be any changes made to the legislation to address the fact that the legislation was written with 2005 dollars, but now it will likely not be effective unti12008. Lawson said the legislation may need to be changed to reflect 2007 so that there is not a funding shortfall as of January 2008. Kowalski said we need to keep the numbers to what was agreed upon. Legal Subgroup Ted Kowalski reported on the ad hoc legal sub group's teleconference in July. The group made two recommendations: 1) The group wants to ensure that the Program has enough but not too much insurance. Don Kraus, Brian Barels, and Mary Jane Graham followed up on the existing insurance quote to make sure the insurance company understood the details of PRRIP insurance needs. Don is still waiting to hear back from the ad hoc committee and others to get more thoughts about that insurance proposal. The Legal Subgroup is hoping to set a date to meet with the individual that provided the initial insurance quote to see if the PRRIP should move ahead with that person, pick another representative, or consider being self- This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Govemance Committee before approval. Page 1 of 8