BOARD02554

• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2001
• Description: Strategic and Long Range Planning Workshop
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Other

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STATE OF COLORADO

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

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

TO:
FROM:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
Rod Kuharich
Dan McAuliffe
May 21,2001
Strategic and Long Range Planning

Greg E. Walchel'
Executive Direccor

Rod Kuharich
Director

DATE:
RE:

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy DiceccoI'

On May II we held a strategic planning retreat to discuss issues related to next year's budget and
revisions to the Board's 1994 Long"range Plan. In order to frame the recommendations we may make,
several things need to be considered:

· We need to plan, not based strictly on our budget, but on the goals of Board members, the
DNR Executive Director, the General Assembly, staff, citizen input at our Basin Planning
Meetings, the Colorado Water Congress and others.

. OLlr operating expenses continue to increase because we are essentially a field type agency
with an office in Denver.

. As water needs and uses increase, the conflicts we are expected to help resolve increase.

. Technology is and will continue to drive many outreach, planning and support activities.

. Litigation and the costs of reaching equitable settlements are increasing as we try to ensure
the maximize utilization of water and defend the Board's instream flow filings.

. The amount offunding in the Construction Fund is growing and projections indicate there
will be a consistent and reliable source of funds for a variety of Board purposes.

. We need to identifY speclflc projects in each basin that should be undertaken using our
funding to reduce the risks associated with drought, and to meet growth and other water
related demands.

. We need to continue to supply water information to the public.

.. We still face the risks associated with floods and droughts.

This list of considerations is obviously not complete. It is intended to spark discussion among
Board members and the public about what we should try to accomplish in the next five-years and what
the public policy backdrop for these activities will be.

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning