BOARD01807

• Board Meeting Date: 5/24/2004
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Army Corps Civilian Deployed: Our liaison with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Sandy Rayl, has
been deployed to Baghdad. She left on April 25. She will be working with wastewater management, oil and gas
and restoring electricity.

Her interim replacement will be Ron Kneebone from the Albuquerque office. He will be in Denver two days a
week and can be contacted at: 505-342-3355 or by email at:[e-mail].

Statewide

Governor Issues 30th Anniversary Proclamation: On May 6 Governor Bill Owens recognized Colorado's
Stream and Lake Protection Program as one of the first programs in the country to balance water development
needs with reasonable environmental protections. The Governor signed a proclamation declaring June 2004 as
the 30th Anniversary of the Stream and Lake Protection Program (copy attached w/News Release).

Forest Service and State Sign MOU: On April 16 DNR Executive Director Russell George, Regional Forester
Rick Cables and I signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing to work together to manage water
resources on National Forest System lands in Colorado. The MOU establishes a framework for the Forest
Service, the state, private permit holders, and owners of water rights and facilities to collaborate on issues
regarding the management of water and water uses. The agreement states that the agencies "will explore
creative ways to assure the continual operation of water use facilities on Forest Service land while conserving
the aquatic resources." Copies of the news release and MOU are attached.

Status of Legislation: A spreadsheet showing the status of legislation at the end of the General Assembly is
attached.

QQ Meeting: Our quarterly meeting with representatives from the Colorado Water Quality Control
Commission and Division occurred on AprilS. A surrunary of the meeting is attached.

Dam Safety Report: The State Engineers' Dam Safety Report for FY 2002-2003 has been completed. During
this period, plans were approved for four new dams, and 39 plans for modification, alteration and enlargement
were also approved. The increased storage space was estimated to be 13,500 acre-feet.

Of a total of 806 safety inspections, 193 dams were restricted (affecting the ability to store an estimated 144,437
acre-feet). The report has been imaged and is available through our virtual Water Resources Information Center,
as Administrative PUB 114.

A WRA Compacts Seminar: On April 30 the Colorado Section of the American Water Resources Association
hosted a seminar entitled "Compacts Then and Now."

CWC Schedule: The Colorado Water Congress (CWC) has scheduled the following list of their upcoming
activities. The seminars and workshops will be held in the CWC conference room at 1580 Logan Street, Suite
400 in Denver. CLE credits are typically given for the seminar and workshops.
. Colorado Water Law Seminar - Sept. 20 - 21
. Workshop on Water Quality - Oct. 13
. Workshop on Endangered Species - Oct. 14
. Workshop on A Review of Federal Environmental Laws - Oct. 20
. Workshop on The Initiative Process - Oct. 27
. Workshop on Leadership for W.C.D. Board Members - Oct. 29
. Workshop on the Legislative Process -Nov. 1
. Workshop on Ethics -Nov. 3
. Workshop on the Nine Interstate Compacts -- Nov. 10

The 2004 Summer Convention is also scheduled to be held on Aug. 26-27 at the Silver Tree Resort in
Snowmass. One entire afternoon will be devoted to CWCB issues.

For more information and to register, visit http://wvv'\v.co\vatercongress.org/rneeting notices.htHL

Water shed Seminar s: The National Water Health Project has announces the dates of its free technical trainings
sessions for watershed organizations.

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