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., Gl125G3 . . .. evaluate the feasibility of repatriating Colorado pikeminnow in mainstream aquatic habitats in the Lower Basin, Essentially, the Board's proposed response focuses on the following impediments to Colorado pikeminnow reintroduction: (I) lack of clear management goals and objectives in the Lower Basin; (2) California's fully protected species status; (3) potential negative effects on LC~ 1 MSCP native fish augmentation efforts; and (4) potential interactions with other endangered native ' fishes in Lower Basin mainstream aquatic habitats, The Board suggests that it is premature to consider feasibility assessments of Colorado pikeminnow reintroduction until such time as these issues have been adequately resolved, A copy of the Board's proposed letter to the NWF is included in the Board handout materials, Lower Colorado Water Supplv Proiect (LCWSP) At the October Board meeting, it was reported that the well field will continue to pump next year, as we continue to work on two related issues, i.e" Advanced Delivery of Project water and well field water quality criteria, With regards to the concept of Advanced Delivery, the efforts include; determining the cost, developing a contract, and resolving other related issues with Reclamation (exchange, forbearance, etc,), An initial draft contract for Advanced Delivery has been prepared by the City of Needles and is being reviewed by Reclamation and CRB staff, Also, Needles' original contract needs to be amended to accommodate the development of phase 2 of the Project. The City of Needles has drafted this amendment and it is also being reviewed by Reclamation and CRB staff, When these documents are finalized, they will be presented to the Board, At last months Board meeting, it was reported that staff was working on developing criteria for the water quality of the well field water that is acceptable to lID and CVWD, A draft ofproposed criteria was provided to the Agency Manager's Technical committee members, The Board staffhas received comments from lID and CVWD and it is working on addressing these concerns, When these criteria are finalized by the Technical Committee, they will be presented to the Agency Managers and the Board, The City of Needles has been executing subcontracts with Project beneficiaries to receive Project water who have been approved by Reclamation, As of November I, 2003, subcontracts for 208 acre-foot of current use and 440 acre-foot of future use have been executed, There has not been any development on the Blythe Energy issue since the last Board meeting, Also, there has not been any progress on identifYing the 16,000 acres of PVID lands on the Mesa, 7