BOARD01505

• Board Meeting Date: 11/15/2005
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Water for the 11" Century Update: The Department of Natural Resources and Colorado Water .
Conservation Board have been very active implementing House Bill 1177 - "Interbasin Compact
Negotiations" legislation. During the months of August through November Colorado's counties,
municipalities, conservation districts and conservancy districts made their appointments to the basin
roundtables. These initial or designated members then selected additional at-large members to complete
their roundtable membership.

There are currently 287 individuals serving on the nine roundtables throughout the state (see detailed
summary below). The roundtable meetings have so far been a resounding success. Not only has the
number of participanta met expectations, but also the level of discourse and engagement has been
impressive. Roundtable members are engaged in a productive dialogue about how they can work together
to meet the state' s water needs.

In the coming months each roundtable will be making important contributions to the state's water
discussions. Each roundtable will select two individuals to represent their basin on the statewide
Interbasin Compact Committee.

Roundtable MeetinRS Held 19 in al19 basins and inl5 different cities
Number of Roundtable Members Arkansas 53
Colorado 35
Dolores/SM/SJ 31
. Gunnison 33
Metro 25
North Platte 6
Rio Grande 29 .
South Platte 51
YampalWhite 24
Total 287 '
Native American Tribes 2
Federal and State A2enCY Liaisons 13 from 7 a2encies
CSU Coonerative Extension Liaisons 11
Additional General Public Attendance 59

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Work Accomplished:
. 214 appointing authorities made appointments
. House and Senate Agriculture Committees appointed 9 legislative seats
. Filled 89 of the 90 at-large seats through competitive elections
. 8 of the 9 roundtables chose temporary or permanent chairs
. 31 individuals serving on 8 by-law committees
. YampalWhite Roundtable chose their 2 representatives to the mcc

Arkansas River Basin

Arkansas River Compaet Administration Update:
. The Annual Meeting ofthe Administration will be held on Tuesday, Dec.13 in Lamar Colorado.
Committees of the Administration will meet on the afternoon of Dec. 12.
. The terms of Colorado's two water user representatives, Tom Pointon and Jim Rogers, expired in .
August2005. The Governor's Office is considering replacing both representatives and we may
have more infonnation on this by the date of the Board meeting. The Attorney General's Office

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