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. � ♦ required). Voting Board members present at the call to order were Vice Chair John Redifer, Keith Catlin, Harold Miskel, Don Schwindt, Tom Sharp, Carl Trick, Eric Wilkinson, and Executive Director, Deparirnent of Natural Resources, Russell George. Ex Officio members present or represented were Acting CWCB Deputy Director Rick Brown, and Deputy Attorney General Casey Shpall. 19. Water Supply Protection Section — Chaffee County RICD Hearing Tape 2, Track 1 00:00:00 — 02:33:33 (This continued RICD agenda item was closed until 1:00 pm.) Tape 2, Track 3 00:00:00 — 00:13:06 (This continued RICD agenda item was reconvened after 1:00 pm and the Chaffee County RICD hearing was subsequently closed after the vote by the Board.) Action: Deliberations on this item were tabled until later in the afternoon for Staff to revise their recommendations, whereupon a motion was made by Eric Wilkinson and seconded by Carl Trick to approve Staff's amended findings of fact and recommendations and authorize Staff to send them to the water court for the Chaffee County Recreational In-Channel Diversion (RICD) Application. The motion passed unanimously (8-0). 20a. Water Supply Planning and Finance Section — Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund — Colorado River Water Conservation Disirict — Elkhead Reservoir Mitigation Plan Grant Request Tape 2, Track 2 00:00:00 — 00:23:49 Action: A motion was made by Harold Miskel and seconded by Eric Wilkinson to approve Staff's recommendation that the Board adopt the mitigation plan approved by the Colorado Wildlife Commission as the official state position on wildlife mitigation for the Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement project, and award the Colorado River Water Conservation District a grant from the Fish and Wildlife Resources Fund to cover the eligible design and construction costs of the mitigation plan in the amount of $1,048,554. The Board concurred with the understanding that the District would apply and credit 20/47�' of the grant to the Upper Colorado River Recovery Implementation Program's financial cost-share obligation in the Elkhead Reservoir Enlargement Project. Tom Sharp recused himself from this agenda item. The motion passed unanimously (7-0). 21. FY 07-08 Severance Tax Operational Account Recommendations Tape 1, Track 3 01:40:16— 02:07:48 Action: A motion was made by Tom Sharp and seconded by Carl Trick to direct staff to allocate FY 07-08 Severance Tax Operational Account funding based on the amount of Severance Tax available within the CWCB's five-percent share of the Severance Tax Operational Account, and to approve the staff's prioritization ranking for each project, with three modifications in ranking, and to forward the CWCB project requests to the Minerals, Energy and Geology Policy Advisory Board (MEGA Board) for their review and approval. The amended ranking changes were to move the two low Tamarisk rankings to high rankings, and the Lower South Platte River Program Feasibility Study from a low ranking to a high ranking. John Redifer was not present for this agenda item. The motion passed unanimously (7-0). Flood Protection • Water Supply Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection • Conservation and Drought Plamwlg 7