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-4- . The goal of the meeting is to try and come to some consensus on: need, availability of funds, water rights and the development of a reservoir water use operational plan. . Brown and Caldwell completed the "Storage Use Patterns Investigation Study" in February 2003. . The CWCB will likely put Brown and Caldwell under contract for technical assistance to this committee. . Once this study is completed we may need to get water users contributions for a calendar year 2005 study cost contributions. The CWCB may look at somewhere between $5,000- $20,000 from each water user to bring this study to total completion. . Marc Waage and Rick McCloud agreed there are still unknowns but that we all will just need to plunge forward and see where this goes. . The EIS locks in the operations scenario so the water users meetings will need to be as specific as possible and come up with an operational plan, Threatened and Endangered Species Mitigation Concurrent to these efforts are the meetings with the Corps and Tetra Tech regarding wildlife mitigation with the USFWS and Division of Wildlife. The CWCB will start to attend these meetings. . There was some discussion about the difference between an Environmental Impact Statement and an Environmental Assessment. . If you can't do "finding of no significant impact" or FONSI then we need to go to an EIS. . The process includes a notice of intent as part of the NEP A process. . Tetra Tech will host a series of meetings, give information to the public, and then bring those issues back to the Corps and project team. . Summer Adamietz has agreed to make a presentation at the June 2nd meeting regarding the Environmental Impact Statements and NEP A process to help the project team understand the next steps. . It appears likely the project will need an EIS. . Summer Adamietz may have a short overview of the EIS process that will be attached to the next meeting reminder. Chatfield Proiect Website CWCB's completed reports for the "Recreation Mitigation" and "Storage Use Patterns Study" are available on the CWCB web site at http://www.cwcb.state.co.us/f1ood watch/ChatfieldWeb- Current/index.htm. Corps - Policy on Land Use at federal reservoirs There was discussion of a new proposed recreation site policy on federal reservoirs. This policy will be discussed in further detail at future meetings. State Parks mentioned that one of their employees that is attending the next meeting may have some explanation of this policy and its relevance to the project. The Corps will let us know when this policy is final. Next Meetings June 2nd 1:00 - 3:00 PM at the Tetra Tech offices. Flood Protection - Water Project Planning and Finance - Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection - Conservation Planning