BOARD01384

• Board Meeting Date: 9/24/2001
• Description: Administration of Oath
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Shennan Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Dan McAuliffe
September 11, 2001
Agenda Item 2-Administration of Oath

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Rod Kuharich
Director

37-60-104 (2) (CRS) states that:

The appointed members of said board shall be chosen geographically as follows: Four from
the western slope and five from the eastern slope; but, of the five members to be appointed
from me eastern slope, one shall be from the Rio Grande drainage basin, one from the North
Platte drainage basin, one from the Arkansas drainage basin, one from the South Platte
drainage basin outside of the city and county of Denver, and one from the city and county of
Denver and intimately familiar with its water problems; and that of the four members to be
appointed from the western slope, one shall be from the Yampa-White drainage basin, one
from the main Colorado drainage basin, one from the Gunnison-Uncompahgre drainage basin,
and one from the San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan drainage basins. Before entering upon the
discharge of his duties, each appointed member shall make, subscribe, and file with the
secretary of state the oath prescribed by the constitution.

In 2001 Governor Owens appointed and the Senate confirmed the appointment ofthree Board
members:

· Dave Smim of Meeker was re-appointed. Smith will be serving his seventh three-year term-
a record for CWCB service. Smith represents the Yampa and White River Basins in
Northwest Colorado.

· Greg Hoskin, a lawyer from Grand Junction who will represent interests along the mainstem
of the Colorado River;

· Carolyn McIntosh, a lawyer from Denver who will represent the City and County of Denver.

On August 1, Ray Wright also formally replaced Sen. Lewis Entz as a Board member to represent the
Rio Grande Basin.

Each appointed member must take and subscribe the attached oath. Board Members Smith and
Hoskin took and subscribed the oath in July. Members McIntosh and Wright must take and subscribe
the oath at the September meeting.

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