BOARD01297

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2005
• Description: ISF Section - Adoption of Strategic Plan
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Attachment A
Summary of SLP Section Ongoing Base Program
Activities and Tasks

The SLP Section is required to maintain its base programs to support implementation of the
Board's statutory authorities, The activities and tasks being performed within each of the
base program elements, as presented below, are generally consistent year,in and year,out.
External and internal influences on how the Section's resources are allocated to the base
programs may change over time and/or within any given year. Potential external and internal
influences may include:

. The emphasis that is placed on anyone set of tasks, based in part on strategic and
other planning efforts;
. The need for staff to respond to emerging situations, new conditions or candidate
stream recommendations that demand immediate response (such as the Gunnison
River ISF through the Black Canyon), as they occur;
. The changing needs of the citizens of the State; and
. The effect of changing weather patterns on water rights administration,

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For example, outreach and educational efforts have been increasing over recent years in
response to the needs of the State's citizens and the desire of the Board to have stronger
relationships with other governmental entities, In addition, as more appropriations and
acquisitions occur, the CWCB will be required to expend more resources to legally and
physically protect its water rights, Therefore, resource allocation will need to be flexible as
demands on the ISF Program change, Nonetheless, the basic "guts" of the base programs will
remain the same into the future,

Therefore, the listing of base program activities and tasks provide the means to define the
day,to,day business that is conducted by staff, recognizing that the mix of activities and tasks
performs shift' regularly in response to external and internal influences, some within the
control of the Section and some not.

Base Program Elements:

. New Appropriations
. Water Acquisition Program
. Legal Protection
. Physical Protection
. Engineering and Water Quality
. ISF Biology and Methodology

New Appropriations

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New appropriations activities and tasks relate to identifying candidate streams and lakes,
developing and evaluating those candidates for Board and public review and approval, and
resolving issues related to the Board's water court applications, In addition, staff that support
new appropriations support and perform various types of public and stakeholder education,
and outreach tasks,

5/13/2005

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