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<br />" <br /> <br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation Proposal <br />Hydrosphere, Inc. <br /> <br />Septmber 17, 1993 <br />Page 42 <br /> <br />The size of the TSC and its diversity of interests will provide a wealth of knowledge, <br />experience and ideas to the MWSI process. However, without well structured and effectively <br />implemented procedures for addressing complex and possibly controversial technical <br />assumptions and issues, decision making will be difficult, if not impossible. While it is <br />desirable to achieve consensus, it may not always be possible, and decisions will have to be <br />made to avoid costly delays. Development and implementation of TSC ground rules should <br />serve to minimize decision making process related problems. <br /> <br />Deliverables <br /> <br />This task would result in the development of a TSC roster and an initial TSC <br />organization meeting to adopt operational ground rules. <br /> <br />Cost <br /> <br />The estimated budget for involvement of the Contractor in this task is up to $1,000. <br /> <br />Conduct Initial Seoping Meetings <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />The goals of this task are to: I) better define specific water supply options to be studied, <br />2) identify the technical issues the Project team should be prepared to address, 3) identify <br />sources of available data and modeling capabilities that would be useful and available for the <br />Project, 4) initially identify data gaps related to the proposed investigations, and 5) define the <br />public policy and technical criteria to be used to evaluate the beneficial or adverse impacts of <br />water supply opportunities and 6) begin building good working relationships with TSC <br />members and other interested parties. <br /> <br />Methodology and Evaluation Techniques <br /> <br />Work under this task would include an initial expansive "brainstonning" phase followed <br />by a narrowing or "specifying" phase. During the brainstorming phase efforts would focus on <br />generating ideas, exploring general availability of data and models, and establishing working <br />relationships with TSC members other water provider participants. <br /> <br />During the specifying phase work would focus on refining and specifically defining <br />water supply opportunities to be investigated. Related data gaps and overall criteria for <br />evaluating the benefits and impacts of identified opportunities would also be identified. Key <br />interests would be surveyed regarding technical issues including modeling capabilities, data <br />availability, consistency.of systems integration options with individual water supply planning <br />and other relevant information. The Project team also needs to be aware of institutional and <br />legal issues so that relevant technical problems can be addressed, but the Project must retain <br />creative flexibility in this area so as to avoid undue legal and political restraints. <br /> <br />The need to narrow and better define water supply opportunities is particularly <br />important. For example, the Barr Lake Plan is probably the least defined and, to date the least <br />studied of the Project's three initially identifioo water supply opportunities. An effort should <br />be made to eliminate those parts which do not appear viable and concentrate on those concepts <br />or scenarios that are the most attractive to the Barr Lake owners and municipal users. Because <br />of the Plan's number of suggestoo exchanges or mechanisms and various combinations thereof, <br />