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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.... .. <br /> <br />,'4' . <br /> <br />The plan will be reviewed by the USFWS in an Environmental Assessment (BA). The plan <br />embodies two major goals: providing approximately 7,000 acre feet of water for the fish from <br />new and existing sources and the management of non-native species. At least 3,700 acre-feet of <br />this water would come from an enlarged Elkhead Reservoir. <br /> <br />Because the construction of the enlarged reservoir will require a separate environmental analysis, <br />the Colorado River Water Conservation District and our staff have begun working with an <br />environmental consultant hired by the District to assess wetlands impacts resulting from an <br />enlarged reservoir. We expect that the lead federal agency involved in the anaiysis will be <br />Reclamation. The Army Corps of engineers and the USFWS will review the analysis. <br /> <br />Agency <br /> <br />Personnel Update: We have several personnel action pending. <br /> <br />We are in the process of hiring an Engineering Tech for the Flood Protection Section to Carolyn <br />Fritz who now works in the Water Supply Protection Section. Twenty people applied, and after a <br />resume review 10 candidates were selected for testing. Nine candidates actually took the test on <br />Mar. 9 and we are waiting for the next level of oral panei interviews likely to take place in Mid- <br />March. <br /> <br />We have also begun the process of hiring a new accoWltant, an Office of Water Conservation <br />Director, and up-grading several staff because of their increasing workloads and performance. <br /> <br />JBe FIgure Setting: The Joint Budge! Committee met on Feb. 28 to discuss our budget. The <br />major actions taken included a reduction of our personal services line items (primarily the DSS) <br />by 1.5 percent, or approximately $34,000. It also adopted a JBe staff reCOmll1endation to deny <br />our dues increase request to pay the Upper Colorado River Commission. It said we should absorb <br />the $5,500 cost increase internally. The JBe also recommended funding the DWR's three-year <br />imaging project using Construction Funds rather than General Funds. We have prepared <br />"comebacks" to contest these decisions. <br /> <br />17 <br />