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7. SPWRAP Meeting Minutes January 17, 2008 commitments, assuring that Colorado's financial commitments are met, and ng both with proper reporting. members of the Operating Committee are: 2 from Dept. of Natural Resources: Ted Kowalski and Jim Hall 2 from Division of Wildlife: Mary Halstead and Grady O'Neill • 2 from SPWRAP: Alan Berryman and Kevin Urie Additional technical assistance is provided by Joe Frank, Jon Altenbe€€ei Altenhofen, Kenny Fritzler and Caren Aguilar. Jon . ltenhofen invited any other Colorado water users to attend if they wanted to help provide technical assistance. SPWRAP is primarily responsible for meeting Colorado's water commitment. Jon - Alte hoff',enAltenhofen passed out a flow chart for a water accounting spreadsheet which determines the amount of net recharge credits available, in parallel, for Colorado's Initial Water Proiect (Tamarack 1) as well as for ether augmentalien Colorado's Plan for Future Depletions (CPFD). SPWRAP's obligation for the credits produced by Tamai-aek 4-at CROW Tamarack Ranch SWA is to pay for the operating and maintenance costs for the Tamarack recharge wells. SPWRAP's obligation for the credits produced by the other augmentation plans is to pay lease fees. Colorado also has an interim milestone to develop capacity to produce 5,000 acre -feet per year of recharge credits (vai-tl+ -for Tamarack 1) by December 31, 2008. Accounting / reporting is also due by December 31, 2008. Tamarack 1 needs to be fully capable of producing 10,000 acre -feet per year of recharge credits by December 31, 2010. ACTION REQUESTED: Lisa Darling asked Jon ^'"rof€enAltenhofen to communicate to the Operating Committee that she would like to see them produce a timeline of expected activities for 2008. Jon Alter nAlten.hofen passed out a list of excess recharge credits produced during 2007 that are available for SPWRAP to lease. The total produced during March, April, May a & June and October was 6,459 acre -feet. Of this amount, 528 acre -feet were produced '° T CDOW Tamarack Ranch SWA, where SPWRAP is responsible for the operating and maintenance costs for the Tamarack recharge wells. The remaining 5,931 acre -feet were produced by other augmentation plans, and SPWRAP could lease the water for $40 per acre -foot, or- - aor total cost of $237,251_ If the credits are leased by SPWRAP, then Colorado can claim that they are available to meet Colorado's water obligation. John Kolanz moved to authorize SPWRAP, Inc. to enter into leases to secure interest to the excess recharge credits and to approve payments up to a total of $237,251. Dennis Harmon seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. Jon AltenhoffenAftenhofen discussed the estimated operating and maintenance costs for the 9 wells at TamIik 1CDOW Tamarack, Ranch SWA. Power costs to operate each well for February and March are estimated at $2,300 per well. Maintenance costs to rehabilitate each well's electric motor are estimated at $1,500 per well. Dennis Harmon moved to approve up to $40,000 for the operating and maintenance costs during February and March. Kim Elkins seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. Page 2 of 3