Finance Committee Meeting 2009

• Board Meeting Date: 9/15/2009
• Description: Finance Sub-Committee Meeting September 15, 2009
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Bill Ritter,Jr.
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Governor
Finance Committee Harris D.Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Linda Bassi Jennifer L.Gimbel
Jeff Baessler CWCB Director
Stream and Lake Protection Section
Dan McAuliffe
CWCB Deputy Director
DATE: August 24, 2009
SUBJECT: September 15-16,2009 Board Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section—
In-Stream Flow Engineering and Technical Support Services
Introduction
• This request is for the continued implementation of the CWCB long range engineering and technical
support services program. Since 2005, the CWCB Finance and the Board have approved an annual
appropriation from the Construction Fund for support services to address specific agency-related needs
such as the protection of the Board's existing instream flow water rights, providing justification for new
appropriations, and providing technical analysis for the transfer of acquired water rights to instream flow
use on an as-needed basis.
This appropriation is consistent with the Stream and Lake Protection Section strategic plan. Under the
Strategic Plan's heading of"Fundamental Objectives Related to Current Authorities"is language that
references the CWCB's requirement to provide resources that can be used to both administer the
instream flow program in accordance with statutes and to maintain the base programs required to
perform the statutory duties. The appropriation of funds for engineering and technical support services
would help to provide such resources and thus continue to fulfill this objective.
In order to meet this request, staff is recommending that spending from the CWCB's $250,000
continuous appropriation for stream gaging be restricted to $200,000 for FY 2010-2011. Staff
believes that adequate funding exists for CWCB's identified stream gaging projects in the current fiscal
year. This temporary reduction in the stream gaging fund will also provide time for the completion of
the Hydrographic Strategic Plan which will help to prioritize and guide the expenditure of future stream
gaging funds. In addition, some delay in implementation of stream gaging projects may occur since
the new hydrographic FTE will likely not be in place until October 2009.
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