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agree to the rules during this workshop. 'The rules of engagement will include the general rules for decisions about the SVP process and criteria for eventual selection of an alternative. • Draft instream flow management objectives and performance metrics — the objectives will describe what the SVP team is trying to achieve with flow management and the metrics will provide quantified measures of performance against those objectives; • Evaluating the draft SVM and deciding on revisions and responsibilities — the team will decide on general needs for model revision, identify key areas of expertise that are needed and who is responsible, and the process for participating in the model revision process for the remainder of the project. For all of these discussions, Bill Werick and Mark Lorie will be prepared to facilitate the discussion using input received during previous meetings/discussion and our knowledge of successful SVP elements. Within one week after the workshop, Bill Werick and Mark Lorie will distribute draft workshop notes to the goup. The notes will not contain detailed minutes of the workshop, but will summarize major discussions, list all key decisions, and describe next steps and actions. The workshop notes are intended to document the major outcomes of the workshop that will be important for subsequent activities and eventual success. The draft will be revised based on input from the team. SVM Revisions Workshop #1 will provide key inputs to guide subsequent model revisions. Mark Lorie will work closely with Bill Werick and the core modeling team to implement the recommended revisions and input the draft performance metrics. SVM revisions will require regular meetings with the core modeling team, and several iterations of comparison between the SVM and MODSIM outputs. Transparency during this phase will be very important and Mark Lorie will make full use of the proposed project blog. Updates to the blog will summarize progress on SVM revisions including descriptions of changes and chart/graphics depicting the results. At the same time, Mark will add algorithms to the SVM for the proposed performance metrics as well as the first iteration of performance metrics to the SVM as soon as possible after Workshop #1. This should be done within two-three weeks after the workshop, depending on the quantity and complexity of the metrics proposed. In a series of ineetings with stakeholders, results of the preliminary performance metrics will be presented so that they can be reviewed and revised if necessary. There will be additional opportunities for revision throughout the rest of the project. All of these activities will be summarized and documented on the proposed project blog. Develop and Evaluate Flow Management Alternatives An initial set of flow management alternatives will be developed in order to improve performance against the proposed objectives. The alternatives will include modification of Halligan and Seaman Reservoir capacities and compartment ownership, the sharing of water rights between storage partners, shifting of Halligan space to Seaman space for Fort Collins and the TriDistricts, and changes in the operating rules for Halligan to better meet streamflow targets 5