BOARD01199

• Board Meeting Date: 1/20/1993
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos. Partial.
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Properties and Case No. 5-92CW228; Eagle River Mobile Home Park" (5:01 - 5:03
p.m)

Dan Merriman gave a brief overview of the Grand West Properties case and the Eagle
River case, and recommended the Board ratify the staff s decision not to file statements
of opposition because they are de minimis impacts. Ray Wright made a motion to ratify
the staff action not to file statements of opposition. Dave Meyering seconded the motion,
The motion passed unanimously (10-0),

21. Instream Flow Program - Withdrawal of Statements of Opposition: Case No.
2-9290CW056; City of Colorado Springs" (5:03 - 5:05 p.m.)

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Dan Merriman reviewed the staff memorandum. Bob Jackson moved for approval of the
staff recommendation to withdraw the statement of opposition on Item 21a, City of
Colorado Springs. The motion was seconded by Janice Sheftel. The motion passed (9-1),
Tyler Martineau was not in favor.

Instream Flow Program - Rules and Regulations (5:05 -5:06 p.m.)

Dan Merriman gave a brief update and a schedule, A revised set of Rules and
Regulations will be given to the Board by mid - February. No action was taken.

Colorado River Issues - Seven Basin StateslIndian Tribes Negotiations" (5:06 - 5:19
p.m.)

Jim Lochhead reported on discussion of the Memorandum of Agreement between the
Colorado River Indian Tribes and the States regarding the lease of Indian waters. The
states and tribes reached an agreement on a process to address these issues, including a
format for the negotiating process, I) purposes and parameters of the negotiations, 2)
agreement on who the parties to the negotiations would be; 3) establishing ground rules
for the negotiations; 4) agreement on a specific process. The group is to identify
reasonable consumptive uses over a defined period of time for California and Nevada, and
develop alternatives for meeting these requirements, The Indian tribes are to identify the
amount, type and location of water available as well as alternatives for making this water
available, and by the end of January, any other state(s) can identify alternatives for
satisfying anticipated reasonable consumptive use requirements of California and Nevada.
The next meeting will be in March, 1993 in Nevada. This is a formalization of the
process initiated by Governor Romer's original letter of February 1991. Procedural
processes were the only issues addressed. The Colorado River Advisory Council endorsed
Colorado's participation in this process, The Upper Basin States have initiated analysis
of operational alternatives to address the needs in Nevada and California. These
alternatives will be reviewed with the AGO, staff and the Upper Colorado River
Commission, and brought back to the Board for policy input and direction. David
Harrison made a motion to ratify the State's participation in the process outlined above.
The motion was seconded by Bob Jackson and passed unanimously (10-0).

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