Water News: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Volume 2 Issue 7

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News and Notes from the SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT VOLUME 2, ISSUE 7 SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SECWCD AND THE CITY OF AURORA After several months of meetings with Aurora, the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dis- trict (District) Board of Directors voted 13 -1 agreeing to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Aurora (Aurora). During this time pe- riod the District featured many presentations and dis- cussions regarding the terms of the IGA between the District and Aurora, which Board members and the public had a chance to comment and ques- tion the details of the agreement. The IGA has resolved the conflict over Aurora's use of the excess capacity in the Fry -Ark Project in Lake Pueblo Reservoir. Board President Alan Hamel, Director Bill Long, General Manager FRYINGPAN— ARKANSAS Jim Broderick along with PROJECT TOUR District legal counsel Steve Leonhardt were di- rected to enter into nego- "' tiations and focus on a _r more viable agreement On August 25 and 26, a tour was held for legisla- tive staff mem- bers to see what the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project is all about. Ray Kogovsek and Christine Ar- bogast, SECWCD lobbyist for the Preferred Storage Options Plan (PSOP) legisla- tion, contacted (See TOUR on page 3) From left to right (top): Dawn Wiedmeier, Lee Miller, Dale Jones, Brian Person, Melissa Simpson, Christine Arbogast, James Brode r- ick, Alan Hamel, Mac Zimmerman, and Andy Colosimo. Bottom row: Tom Musgrove, Cory Gardner, Phil Reynolds, and Otis Canard. than was presented in Oc- tober of 2002. The IGA sets the groundwork for allowing Aurora, under the discretion of the Bureau of Reclamation, to use the Fry -Ark facilities. Aurora has had an If -and -When contract for the last 17 years for use of the Project facilities through the Bu- reau of Reclamation, which the District has (Continued on page 5, see IGA) ISSUE 2004 BUDGET PREPARATION//REFERENDUM A 2 CEOC HZ , INFORMATION SYSTEM 3 DIRECTORS JOIN ENTITIES WITHIN THE BASINIIRRA REPORTING//WATER 4 CONSERVATION IS HERE TO STAY i