BOARD00234

• Board Meeting Date: 7/23/2002
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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said Greg is comfortable with this document, but would like to acknowledge the possibility of
achieving self-sustaining populations before 2015. Bob reminded the Committee that this .
timeline applies to recovery in both the upper and lower basins. We also have to overcome the
recruitment bottleneck. Tom Blickensderfer noted that Colorado is filing a friend ofthe court
brief on the Oregon case in the 9th Circuit regarding the role of hatchery raised fish in recovery.
7. Program Planning
a. Recommended RIPRAP revisions - Angela Kantola noted that she will add an item for
O&M on the GVIC fish screen. Angela and Brent will make sure that Reclamation's
comments were incorporated. Tom Pitts will review and submit any additional
comments by July II. >Angela will then finalize the document and get it printed and also
posted to the website.
b. FY 2003 Work Plan Schedule - Angela Kantola said there is amendments to the work
plan in terms of some proposed new starts and significantly revised ongoing work. These
will be peer-reviewed as necessary and .then discussed by the Biology Committee at the
end of August, then by the Management Committee in September. The Management
Committee will need to discuss with their Implementation Committee members whether
or not the Implementation Committee will need to approve the amendments to the 2003
work plan once the Management Committee has reviewed them. Brent Uilenberg
expressed concern about potential effectiveness of pond screening (based on experience
at Horsethief). >Angela Kantola will post a complete list of proposed new starts and
significantly revised scopes of work that will be reviewed by the Biology Committee in
August.
8. Agenda for July 23, 2002, Implementation Committee conference call - Agenda items for this .
conference call include: timelines for recovery (no decision required); Recovery Program '.
environmental group representation; status ofthe legislation; and status of recovery goals. Tom
Iseman said he doesn't have any new information on environmental group representation at this
point.
9. Capital. funds status report - Brent Uilenberg distributed an updated out year budget planning
spreadsheet. The FY 02 column now reflects, Reclamation's best estimates of what will be spent
this year in the Upper Colorado and San Juatj programs. >The Program Director's office will
, provide Reclamation with an estimate of spending under Yampa River Management Plan the this
year. >CRWCD will provide a realistic set of expenditures for E1khead enlargementlYampa plan
through 2008. Bottomlands restoration was revised to reflect the payment from the title
company as well as the Bird/Pennington settlement (DOJ did not accept input from Reclamation
or the Program on the settlement). The totaL anticipated FY 02 capital program expenditure is
$7,662M. $5,982M is the total Federal amOUnt available to both Programs after under-financing,
but Reclamation proposes to reprogram $800K of that (which will not be charged to the Program
ceiling). The legislation requires balance b~tween the power and state contributions. The non-
Federal funding need for FY 02 is $2.48 million. Brent asked the Committee how that should be
contributed between the three states and how we should balance between power revenue and
state contributions. (The table only shows expenditures for FY 99-02, not contributions.) >By
then end of July, Brent, John Shields, Tom Blickensderfer, Robert King, John Whipple and
Shane Collins will identify the balances in NFWF accounts and recommend to the Committee
suggested allocation of state and power cost share. >The states will inform Brent what's in their
appropriation pipelines. Federal funding is currently (FY 99 - FY 02) significantly ahead of state
and power contributions. FY 03 costs shown in the table for the Yampa, floodplain restoration,.
Tusher Wash, and Price-Stubb may need revising.

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