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OU~Jl(S , . . . EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MONTIll. Y REPORT TO THE COLORADO RIVER BOARD OF CALlFORNIA April 8. Z003 ADMINISTRATION CRR Budeet Hearing On March 19th, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.3 on Resources held a hearing on various agency budgets, including the Colorado River Board, The CRB's budget was pulled from the consent calendar due to the lack of any budget reduction in the proposed expenditures, The Committee requested that I return at a later date to explain why the CRB's budget should not be reduced, consistent with other state agencies, In the State Senate, Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No, 2 continues to have the CRB's budget as a consent agenda item, AGENCY MANAGERS MEETING The Agency Managers have not met since the January Board meeting, PROTECTION OF EXISTING RIGHTS Colorado River Water Report As of April 3, 2003, storage in the major Upper Basin reservoirs decreased by 251,000 acre-feet and storage in the Lower Basin reservoirs decreased by 356,000 acre-feet during March, Total System active storage as of April 3'd was 35.501 million acre-feet (mat) or 60 percent of capacity, which is 7.621 mafless than one year ago, March releases from Hoover, Davis, and Parker Dams averaged 15,570, 15,940 and 1 1,840 cubic feet per second (cfs), respectively, Planned releases from those three dams for the month of April 2003 are 18,500,19,300, and 13,400 cfs, respectively, The March releases represent those needed to meet downstream water requirements including those caused by reduced operation of Senator Wash reservoir, The preliminary April I, 2003, projected April through July 2003 unregulated inflow into Lake Powell was 5,200 maf, which is 66 percent of the 30-year average for the period 1961-1990, The preliminary April I , 2003, projected unregulated inflow into Lake Powell for the 2003-04 water year was 7.861 maf, or 65 percent of the 30-year average, The Lower Division States' consumptive use of Colorado River water for calendar year 2003, as calculated by Board staff, totals 7.813 maf and is distributed as follows: Arizona, 2.891 maf;