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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Meeting of May 9, 2007 Meeting Notes 1. Roundtable Business Chairman Hamel and other officers of the Roundtable attended a concurrent meeting of the Interbasin Compact Committee held in conjunction with the Metro Roundtable. Recorder Barber opened the meeting at approximately 12:30 pm. A quorum was not achieved, with 25 members present, so all approvals and other business was postponed to the next regular meeting. 2. IBCC Reports None. 3. Subcommittee Reports A. Bylaws subcommittee. None. B. Groundwater Subcommittee. The Alluvial Aquifer Recharge conference is confirmed for September 27 - 28, 2007, at the Double Tree Hotel in Colorado Springs. C. Transfers Guideline Subcommittee. Chairman Sena reported the committe e had achieved closure around s ome statements and objectives. A separate report of the committee’s work will be distributed. D. Needs Subcommittee. No report, committee Chairman Winner was attending the IBCC as an Alternate. 4. SB 179 Funding Reques t s Two items approved by the Round t able, Round Mountain and rd Fountain Creek Vision, are pending at the CWCB meeting in Montrose May 23 . 5. Facilitated Discussion of Needs for the Arkansas Basin. Ms. Mary Lou Smith provided a facilitated discussion of the needs of the Arkansas Basin relying on the input received at the April meeting. Ms. Smith organized the attendees into working groups to act as “librarians” to condense and organize the many needs statements submitted. The results a re attached to the se minutes. The next regular meeting will be June 13, 2007 in Salida . Reed Dils provided an overview of the program, which will focus on non - consumptive uses of water in the Arkansas Basin. The meeting adjourned about 2:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Gary Barber Recorder 1