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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />. developing long-range plans with the Department of Natural Resources that will guide the <br />development of budget requests for the FY-2001 based upon a "zero-based-budget" <br />approach, <br /> <br />The Senior Staff and I have given extensive consideration to our organizational structure <br />during the past 6 months and a copy of our current organization chart is attached for your review. <br />We expect to continue our consideration of workload and staff allocation among the existing <br />program areas, including the coordination of conservation planning and office management <br />activities, and invite your suggestions, After considering opportunities to "flatten" the <br />supervisory structure to stretch our limited number of personnel, I have decided not to change <br />supervisory relationships among the Director, Deputy Director and the other Senior Staff <br />members, I will work closely with the Senior Staff to set priorities in accordance with your <br />guidance and Dan McAuliffe will work directly with the rest of the Senior Staff to translate those <br />priorities into annual performance plans and evaluations. As indicated in the attached <br />organizational chart, the Director will continue to supervise the Deputy Director who will <br />supervise the rest of the Senior Staff who will supervise the rest of the staff. <br /> <br />Budget: The Governor has signed the 1999 Long Bill appropriating moneys and <br />authorizing personnel for the FY-2000 budget year. That bill includes the entire request for the <br />CWCB except for the $225,000 increase requested from the Severance Tax Operational Account <br />for water planning studies. However, with assistance from several friendly legislators, those <br />funds were added by amendment to our annual projects bill in the House Agriculture Committee <br />and will be available for our use with only a minor accounting distinction. The Long bill <br />provides authority for 36.5 FTE and appropriates approximately $3.9 million to support CWCB <br />operations. <br /> <br />Long-Range Planning Proposal: In March, we discussed the need to revise the CWCB <br />Long-Range Plan. The current version of the plan was developed in 1994 and was revised in <br />1995. This plan was initially developed by Board members and Senior Staff at a workshop and <br />three successive drafts were distributed widely for review and comment to address concerns <br />raised by the Colorado Water Congress. <br /> <br />The time has come to revise the 1995 plan. This obviously presents an opportunity to <br />strengthen our awareness of regional characteristics and needs for water supply, flood protection, <br />flow protection, etc. To take advantage of this opportunity, I propose the following plan, which I <br />developed with considerable input from Senior Staff, <br /> <br />1. Over the summer, we can prepare "water fact sheets"-- one for each of the principal river <br />basins -- using the funds available from the Severance Tax Operational Account for FY-99 <br />and FY-2000. These fact sheets could cover four principal topics in a fairly standardized <br />pattern: water supply, flood protection, flow protection and demographic/economic trends. <br />The water supply element, for example, could summarize available data concerning the <br />extent to which water available within the basin has been developed, and the extent to which <br />that developed supply is already being used. It could identify major water projects and <br />summarize interstate compact, water rights, and other factors (e,g. water quality, endangered <br />species) that may constrain future water supply opportunities. The flood protection <br />. component could identify major projects, designated floodplains, etc., and the flow <br />protection element could identify natural lakes and stream segments that have been protected, <br />along with any other known issues or needs. The demographic/economic component could <br />summarize recent population and economic data needed to characterize future needs for <br />water, funding, etc. <br /> <br />2 <br />