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260 , .) .. i: 5. Is their supply limited by factors such as dam safety issues, treatment or distribution . capacity, environmental compliance issues 6. What are their opinions or concerns about drought preparedness and the adequacy of water supply If approved the CWCB would hire a contractor to conduct the survey in the summer of 2001. A status report would be given in December 2001 and the report would be completed by July 2002. The report resulting from the survey should contain GIS information, a data base, reported findings and an analysis of the information by the Colorado Flood and Drought Task Force, the Hazard Mitigation Council and the Office of Emergency Management, and a list of options/recommendations that addresses future needs as identified in the report. Funds are included in the request to allow the CWCB to hire two-year temporary FTE. The individual would help prepare the Request for Proposals (RFP) so it can be issued by July 2001, oversee the study process and ensure a targeted goal of 100 percent response to the survey is obtained ($150,000 of the $350,000 project costs). It is expected that the Governor will issue an Executive Order appointing individuals to an advisory committee to assist the CWCB in this effort. The membership of this committee is expected to consist of the DNR Executive Director or his designee, the State Engineer or his designee, the chair of the CWCB or his designee (s), the director of the Office of Emergency Management, and representatives from the Colorado Municipal League, Colorado Counties Inc., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service, the . Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, real estate and deyelopment organizations, the . Department of Local Affairs, the Farm Bureau, the Colorado Cattleman's Association, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, the Attorney General, Denyer Water, the City of Greeley, a climatologist, and the Colorado Water Utility Council. Recommendation (written as proposed statutory language) SECTION _. Drought planning survey. (I) The Colorado water conservation board is authorized to expend up to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) from the Colorado water conservation board construction fund to conduct a statewide drought planning survey/carry-over storage assessment study. (2) Up to one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000) of the amount authorized to be expended in subsection (1) of this section may be expended to cover the salary and operating costs associated with a temporary, contractual FTB to implement this section. (3) Unexpended funds shall revert to the construction fund on June 30, 2003 or upon the action of the board, whichever event takes place first. .