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<br />facilities. End of summer we will have a public/recreationists meeting to better assess recreation <br />values on Chatfield reservoir. There is $40,000 in a consultants budget request for next year. <br />Also we will need to get with the Corps to plan for the extra expense of an earthquake seismic <br />analysis. Rick Miner will get figures for these extra tasks. <br /> <br />Preble's Meadow Jumpinl! Mouse <br />Brad Piel updated us on his report and discussed the mitigation requirements and the status of the <br />mouse; Chatfield is prime PMJM habitat. DOW has done limited studying ofthe mouse at the <br />reservoir but we will need mitigation strategies. Increasing the pool will displace mouse habitat. <br />Displacing mouse habitat is rumored to cost $15,000 an acre up to 75 acres and then $30,000 an <br />acre above that elevation. Mouse habitat is tall grasses, and shrubs near water sources but the <br />normal reservoir operation may drown the mouse during its hibemation periods. Habitat <br />enhancement elsewhere like Plum Creek and Deer Creek may be adequate mitigation. <br /> <br />Recreation/Economic Analvsis <br />We can start this now independent of the reservoir operations determinations, or the completion <br />of the hydrology and hydraulics analysis. We will need State Parks and local governments <br />interested in the project to give us input for this task. <br /> <br />Vision and Corens for the Future <br /> <br />1) Build it (storage) and they will come. <br /> <br />2) Review and understand Denver Water Boards 10,000 total AF pool and why 17,000 AF <br />seemingly doesn't get used <br /> <br />3) Identify those that will want the additional water. <br /> <br />4) Defl11e impacts and implications of wet year operation and dry year operations. <br /> <br />5) Figure out environmental impacts and mitigation costs and strategies. <br /> <br />5) Figure out the details of the conditional storage decrees on the reservoir (i.e. Denver decree <br />for rapids on Kayak course and DOW filing for water for the deer in summer.) <br /> <br />Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning <br />