BOARD00711

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/2003
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Temporary Mapping Coordinator and Pilot Study: Using a combination ofFEMA and floodplain
mapping fimding, we will be selecting a Temporary 1fapping Coordinator to conduct further work
related to the Map Modernization Program (MMP). The MMP is a result of our efforts to be prepared
for the appropriation of federal funds. The Coordinator would be responsible for two new projects:

1. MMP Development. The coordinator will work from our offices and will conduct new Flood
Insurance Studies once federal funding becomes available.

2. Pilot Studies. The coordinator will also conduct a pilot study in Douglas and Teller counties.
The pilot study will make use of available floodplain information, including information
about flood hazards for watersheds adversely impacted by the Hayman Fire last summer, to
prepare new electronic floodplain mapping for each of the counties. Perhaps the most
important products of the entire project will be technical memos and a PowerPoint
presentation describing the technical and procedural "lessons leamed" in these two counties
that can be shared with other counties (and municipalities) for the effective preparation of
new floodplain mapping.

"QQ" Coordination Meeting. Representatives from various agencies met on Dec. 3, 2002 to
discuss the Watershed Protection Fund Program Guid8flce, the Section 309 Study, the CRRP Project,
and potential changes in the Shoshone Power Plant winter operation. A meeting summary is attached
for your review.

USGS Gaging Coordination: On Dec. 19,2002 we met with representatives from the Division of
Water Resources and the US Geological Survey (USGS) to discuss gaging issues and interagency
coordination efforts. One of the main topics of discussiqlll was the upcoming 2003 stream gaging
symposhun. The tentative date and location for the symposium is May 8 in Breckenridge. The
symposium agenda is still being developed but topics will likely include gaging issues related to the
drought; flood hardening, and monitoring of runoff in burn areas, an assessment of Colorado stream
gages, new technology; and CWCB sponsored cooperative projects including a new low and high
flow alert system, and tracer gage studies.

Groundwater Atlas: The groundwater atlas being prepared for us by the Colorado Geological
. Survey is nearly done! We will be able to show you a complete draft at the meeting.

Arkansas River Basin Issues

Arkansas River Compact Administration 2002 Annual Meeting: Due to scheduling conflicts
caused by recent activity in the Kansas v. Colorado litigation, the annual meeting normally held the
second week in December was conducted by conference call on Dec. 10, 2002. The meeting will
continued on May 23-24 in Lamar.

During the conference call we were able to get Kansas' to agree to allow modified stock water
deliveries to continue in the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District project area through the
winter.

The new Federal Representative and Chairman of ARCA, Robin Jennison of Healy, Kansas,
participated on the call and was helpful in his willingness to expedite passage of the stock water
measure and other business. A tour this spring of the Arkansas Basin and its water systems in both
states is being developed for Mr. Jennison and other AReA representatives.

Kansas v. Colorado: The trial before the Special Master on damages and Compact compliance issues .
continued during December and January. Early in Decen',lber the Special Master announced his
decision that the amount of damages to which Kansas is entitled for depletions during the period
1950-1995 should be calculated consistent with Colorado's methodology and determined that

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