Colorado - Old Dillon Reservoir Enlargement_BRT Approval Letter

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THE COLORADO BASIN ROUNDTABLE C/O .PO. BOX 1120 GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO 81602 January 7, 2008 Mr. Rick Brown Intrastate Water Management and Development Section COLORADO WATER CONSER V ATION BOARD 1580 Logan Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Rick: At the December 17, 2007 Colorado Basin Roundtable ("CBRT") meeting, the membership voted to pursue several projects, and are requesting that funding be allocated from the various funding sources available to support these projects. Weare now requesting authorization and consideration for distribution of funds pursuant to SB 2005- 179, either Basin funds or Statewide funds. At the December 17 meeting, funding requests were considered for the following projects: PROJECT AND AMOUNT REQUESTED SOURCE OLD DILLON RESERVOIR - $100,000 BASIN FRASER RIVER SEDIMENT BASIN $60,000 BASIN FRASER RIVER SEDIMENT BASIN . $127,900 STATEwIDE ROARING FORK WATERSHED ASSESSMENT $40,000 BASIN GRAND COUNTY STREAMFLOW MANAGEMENT PLAN $100,000 BASIN Project proponents were provided time at the November meeting to make presentations, answer questions from the Roundtable Members, and respond to concerns. Twenty voting members of the Roundtable were present for this meeting, and after discussion, pre-printed ballots were distributed to all voting members. After the ballots were filled out, they were collected by Rod Sharp, the CSU Extension Liaison, and were counted and transcribed to poster sheet. The By-Laws of the Colorado Basin Roundtable require a two-thirds majority vote of those voting for any action, and thus all projects were supported. All ballots were retained in the records of the Roundtable.