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' PRRIP — ED OFFICE FINAL 07/16/2008 <br />'89 Frank Kwapnioski asked if anyone was opposed to Jerry making a recommendation to the GC to <br />90 proceed with this acquisition. Mike Drain said he would like to continue to work on the details <br />91 with respect to the water bank. Jerry said the moving forward means to continue discussion with <br />'92 the land owner, make sure WAC and LAC are comfortable, and work out the numbers. Jennifer <br />93 Schellpeper said the details on the water banking also need to be worked out. The WAC <br />94 discussed how this could be a case study for this type of acquisition and how the Program would <br />95 use water banks. Mike Drain indicated the case study opportunity is a good reason to move <br />96 forward and maybe the Program should go ahead and purchase and then take the time to figure <br />97 out the details. Mike explained that the LAC has recognized that land owners will likely <br />'98 continue coming forward with land opportunities and that the LAC should have a process in <br />99 place to evaluate, versus taking everything that comes through the door; the WAC may need to <br />100 create a similar evaluation process for the water aspects of land acquisitions and this is could be <br />' 101 a good example. <br />102 <br />103 Frank Kwapnioski asked the WAC if there were further questions. Ted Kowalski made a <br />' 104 motion to proceed with negotiations to purchase, using this as a case study. Kent Miller <br />105 seconded the motion. The recommendation will be presented to the GC. <br />106 <br />107 Water Quality Protocol Update <br />108 Beorn Courtney provided an update on the Water Quality RFP process; the Program interviewed <br />1o9 three potential contractors and selected EA Engineering, Science, and Technologies, Inc., teamed <br />110 with Brown and Caldwell. The interview committee recognized that the Program is asking the <br />111 contractor to begin with protocol development prior to the AMWG having an opportunity to <br />112 provide full direction on how the water quality data will be incorporated into the hypotheses <br />113 testing. The ED's Office is helping identify a focus committee to participate in the Water <br />114 Quality Protocol Development process; a kickoff meeting is being planned and Pat O'Brien from <br />115 Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has agreed to participate. Don Anderson <br />116 expressed interest in participating. Anyone else interested should contact Beorn Courtney. <br />117 <br />'118 Additional Business <br />119 Beorn presented a draft document which summarizes Program water - related activities as <br />120 identified in the Program Document, which will require WAC involvement. Recently the WAC <br />t121 has been focused on the Water Management Study and there is a need to not lose focus on other <br />122 water - related activities we are required to lead. The purpose of this document is to provide a <br />123 Program Document "cheat sheet ". The draft will continue to be updated (with actual dates for <br />'124 due dates versus Program Year) and circulated. The current WAC members list was included as <br />125 an attachment. WAC members and alternates need to be reviewed/identified as decisions of the <br />126 committee, including those regarding recommendations to the GC, must be by consensus of the <br />'127 WAC members (per the Charter). Comments should be provided to Beom. <br />128 <br />129 The ED's Office is beginning to draft the FY09 budget, the first draft will be provided to the GC <br />130 at the October meeting. This Draft WAC planning document will also help focus that effort. <br />131 <br />132 As identified in the Draft WAC planning document, by end of 2009, the Water Action Plan <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />