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" Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Proposal Hydrosphere, Inc. Septmber 17, 1993 Page 41 would provide access to sources of expertise, and ideas and opinions from its members would be used to help guide the Project's direction and progress. In addition, the members of the TSC will provide the primary communication mechanism between the MWSI Project and the Front Range Water Forum. Methodology and Evaluation Techniques The State and the Front Range Water Forum would be responsible for TSC selection, with input from the Project team as requested. TSC should include key parties and interests that must be involved in the study process by virtue of their areas of expertise and their importance to system integration possibilities. Likely TSC member organizations include: Denver Water, Aurora, Arvada, Thornton, Westminster, Arapahoe County Utility Advisory Board, the Douglas County Water Resource Authority, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, the Colorado River Water Conservation District, the Barr Lake Companies, the environmental and agricultural communities, and the Metro Denver Wastewater Reclamation District. Throughout the course of the MWSI Project it will be necessary for the project manager or designated members of the study team to consult directly with a representative of the TSC regarding technical and procedural issues and questions. We would therefore suggest that the TSC designate a chairperson to serve as a contact person for the consulting team. We recommend that, as one of its first tasks, the TSC develop groundrules establishing channels for communication between interested parties and the consulting team, rules for conducting meetings and mechanisms for dispute resolution. Groundrules should also establish guidelines for dissemination of information to the public and the news media regarding the status and progress of the study. Linkages With Other Tasks TSC will be involved in an oversight and review capacity throughout all aspects of the investigations and thus will have input to all of the other tasks. Likely Sources of Information To Be Used The primary source of information for this task will be Governor Romer's Executive Order creating the Front Range Water Forum. Anticipated Problems Because of the large number of interests associated with water supply planning, it would not be surprising if there are many request to expand the size of the TSC to include additional representatives. We believe that the TSC, as constituted in the Draft Executive Order, provides a sufficiently broad base of representation while maintaining a manageable number of representatives. Expansion of the size of the TSC will tend to increase management problems and diminish its effectiveness as a working group. It should be recognized that historically, many of the interested parties to be involved in the TSC have had competitive and adversarial relationships. These parties must be assured that information sharing through the course of these investigations will not be used for purposes outside the context of the MWSI Project.