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TWG Budget Ad hoc Group GCMRC FY 06 Non-Experimental Budget and Work Plan Development QuestionlResponse Table 2 implementation in FY 2006, need to be fully resolved prior to the August 2005, AMWG meeting, Related to this planning effort, the 2006 workplan and budget should better General 3 clarify what is proposed by GCMRC as core monitoring and what is proposed as research (also include a table ofID acronyms). Currently several elements (Norm are specified as core monitoring in the workplan and budget but are not Henderson) included in the 2006 provisional CMP (e.g., fine sediment storage and KAS). Some elements described in the workplan as core monitoring are actually a combination of core monitoring and R&D (e.g., downstream fish monitoring). Some elements are listed as core monitoring in the CMP are not listed as core monitoring in the workplan (e.g., survey and control). Some elements listed as core monitoring in botb the CMP and workplan have different budget amounts (e.g., Lees Ferry trout). Finally, some elements within the workplan are identified as core monitoring in the past but bave been terminated in '06 (e.g., Streamflow and SS transport) with no explanation. Below is a table that summarizes many of these inconsistencies. '06 Budget '06 Budget '06 '06 Item spreadsheet spreadsheet WPS Provisional Line # S CMPS Lake Powell Monitorine 158 215,250 215,250 445,500 Downstream WQ and sediment mass flux 62 1,1l3,373 1,113,373 I 104,000 Fine sediment storal!:e 63 294,688 294,688 Not in. Lees Ferry trout monitorine 90 118,450 118,450 184,000 KAS 87 221,260 221,260 Not in. Survey operations 130 148,523 148,523 100,000 Control network 132 176,813 176,813 100,000 Airborne RS 77 94,415 94,415 138,000 GCMRC's The main reason there are inconsistencies between the FY06 budget and the FY06 Response to core monitoring plan is because the definition of core monitoring is not static and General has changed since the FY06 budget was prepared, Furthennore, the FY06 budget Comment lacks sufficient funding flexibility to accomplish all the identified core monitoring #3 elements for even the "green projects" that are not considered to be within the FY06 Provisional Core Monitoring Plan, We are addressing the discrepancies by including a paragraph and table within the FY06 Provisional Core Monitoring Plan that identifies the pieces of each project that will be funded in the FY06, The two projects previously described as "Streamflow and SS transport" and Downstream Quality of Water" have been integrated into one unified effort in the FY 2006 work plan and their budgets have both been reduced over the amounts that were approved in FY 2005. Including GCMRC salaries, the total of the combined FY06 project, now listed as "Downstream Quality of Water and sediment mass flux" is less than the total Core Monitoring components of the individual projects, plus associated salaries, as listed in the FY 2005 approved budget. It is only because the 001 . . . Document Reference: FY06 Master Draft AMP Budget - BOR GCMRC 02117/05 11 :05 AM