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<br />I had a cOiiveisatioii with the Director oi Bouider's Uiiiiiy Departmeni about poieniial <br />effects of the drought on Boulder this year. In a nutshell, it is still too early to tell. The <br />next 4-6 weeks will give our water folks a better handle on the situation. Additionally, <br />our water folks will receive final confirmation of CBT water from Northern Water <br />Conservancy District. At this point in time, Boulder's various reservoirs are doing ok <br />and are mostly full. However, if we get hot dry spring weather for an extended period <br />of time, then there could be impacts. The feeling of the water folks at this very moment <br />is that we will probably start the year at a Stage 1 drought, which is a voluntary <br />reduction of water. In 2002, our Department was able to negotiate an allocation <br />approach to our water use in parks. Instead of being held to a two times per week, 15 <br />minutes per irrigation zone that we were subject to in 2002, we will receive a water <br />allocation. Based on the stage of drought that the City of Boulder is in will determine <br />the percentage decrease our water allocation will be. For instance, in a stage 1 <br />drought, we will be asked to cut back an additional 5% over our base allocation. At this <br />very moment, there is no information that the City has provided to our citizens <br />regarding potential water restrictions. That is what I know so far as far as Boulder is <br />concerned. <br /> <br />Doug Hawthorne - Boulder <br /> <br />Snowpack levels Down, Westminster's Storage High - The lack of significant <br />moisture during the month of March has reduced the Clear Creek basin snowpack water <br />content to approximately 74 percent of average. Snowpack for the entire South Platte <br />basin is at 63 percent of average. Westminster's storage in Standley lake is currently at <br />99 percent of capacity. The higher-than-average storage levels at Standley lake are <br />tempering the effects of recent dry weather and lower-than-average snowpack. <br />Westminster does not anticipate the need for restrictions at this time. Citizens are <br />requested to use water wisely and to maintain the use of conservation measures that <br />continue to produce water savings for the city. <br /> <br />Viola I. Duran - Westminster <br /> <br />Douglas County parks are served by five different water districts. <br />We are planning on adhering to each district's drought policy. We are <br />requesting that each district consider developing a water budget for us <br />for 2004. <br /> <br />Ron Benson - Douglas County <br /> <br />We are having a very hard time securing enough fields for our youth soccer and <br />baseball programs. Every youth serving agency is running into this problem. One month <br />we have fields and then we are called a week before a program starts to find out we do <br />not have any fields for the season. Kids just want to play!!! <br /> <br />Jan Weimer - Executive Director Sports Branch, Denver YMCA <br /> <br />2 <br />