BOARD00929

• Board Meeting Date: 11/9/1992
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos. Partial.
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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his testimony in Kansas v. Colorado. Comments were made by Eisel and Jackson.

4d.

Directors' Reports, Attorney General (10:58 - 11:08 a.m.)

Gale Norton, Attorney General, reported the AG's team to review Colorado River issues,
personnel changes, special use permits for existing facilities, and the legal aspects of
delegating certain authority to division directors. Steve Sims reported on the State
Supreme Court's affirmation of Judge Brown's decision in a case in the Upper Gunnison
River Basin in Division 4. Norton reported on litigation regarding the ability of state
agencies to contract for personnel services and Amendment One issues. A question was
asked by Sheftel.

4f.

Directors' Reports, Water Resources and Power Development Authority
(11:08 - 11:19 a.m.)

Dan Law reported on the election of new officers; the Authority's bonding activities
under the Small Water Resources Projects program; applications for new projects, deleted
projects, and federal appropriations to the Authority's revolving loan fund; a needs and
funding source analysis for small water utilities being conducted by the Water Utility
Council; a potential capitol funding program coordinated with the Division of Local
Government, the Department of Health, and the CWCB; ratings on recent bond issues in
Colorado; potential impacts of Amendment One, future projects; and announced that the
Authority's next meeting will be on December 4, 1992. A question was asked by Sheftel.

5c.

Special Studies, Lower Arkansas Commission (11:19 - 11:37 a.m.)

Ken Salazar reviewed institutional arrangements made to consider proposals to create a
state park in southeastern Colorado: Steve Norris, DNR staff, reported on the goals of
the Lower Arkansas River Commission and the status of efforts to date. Discussion of
the Board's potential role in this matter was discussed by Simpson, Norris, Salazar,
Jackson, and Martineau. There was consensus to have a report at the next meeting.

5b.

Special Studies, Water Quantity/Quality Task Force (11:37 a.m. - 12:03 p.m.)

Ken Salazar commented that Leo Eisel and Peter Evans were leading the effort on this
matter and that the deadline for the report to the Legislature was November 1, 1992. Leo
Eisel commented on the intent of HB 92-1200 and the progress made after three meetings
of the Water Quality Task Force. The task force has made a series of recommendations
to the Water Quality Control Commission. Peter Evans commented on speed at which
the task force arrived at the recommendations. Discussion followed by Jackson, Eisel,
Evans, Wright, Lochhead, Salazar, Harrison, and Lile. There was consensus to recognize
water quality as an emerging significant issue, but to deal with it may require priority
judgements due to staff and time limitations and that some mechanism needs to be set up

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