Finance Committee Meeting 2008

• Board Meeting Date: 9/16/2008
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 16, 2008
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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STATE OF COLORADO
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1313 Sherman Street,Room 721 .��
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Bill Ritter,Jr.
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Governor
Finance Committee Harris D.Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Jeff Baessler
Jennifer L.Gimbel
Tom Ley CWCB Director
DATE: September 4,2008 Dan McAuliffe
CWCB Deputy Director
SUBJECT: CWCB Finance Committee Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance—Non Reimbursable Projects
Satellite Linked Monitoring System&Flood Hardening Program
Background
410 The Division of Water Resources(DWR) has requested an annual appropriation of approximately
$350,000 for the continued operational viability of the state Satellite-linked Monitoring System and the
stream gage Flood Hardening Program. Each year, funding for these programs has been reviewed and
approved by both the Finance Sub-committee and the Board. It has been recognized that it is critical for
both the State's water planning and water administrative agencies to support and maintain state-of-art
stream gaging programs and continue to provide accurate water resources data to support multi-agency
and water user needs. The DWR Satellite-linked Monitoring program is outlined in §37-60-121 and
§37-80-102 C.R.S.
It should be noted that in previous years, CWCB staff has requested approximately$250,000 from the
Construction Fund in order to address specific on-going CWCB stream gaging needs related to flood
forecasting and warning, instream flow monitoring, compact protection, and Decision Support System
data collection efforts. In 2007, the legislature created a stream gage fund under §37-60-124 in the
amount of$250,000 to address the CWCB's gaging needs. Since this fund has been created, staff is no
longer applying for annual non-reimbursable construction fund dollars. This request is solely for the
DWR Satellite Monitoring System and the DWR/CWCB Flood Hardening Program.
Discussion
Following are the key elements of the DWR Satellite-linked monitoring system and Flood Hardening
Program:
• Continue the long term operational viability of over 450 satellite-linked water monitoring sites
by:
Flood Protection•Water Supply Planning and Finance•Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection•Conservation and Drought Planning