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• Board Meeting Date: 7/22/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Presentation on Fountain Creek Master Planning Efforts by the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us
Bill Ritter, Jr.
TO: Board Members
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
FROM: Todd Doherty
DNR Executive Director
Jennifer L. Gimbel
DATE: July 10, 2008
CWCB Director
Dan McAuliffe
Agenda Item 10, July 22-23 Board Meeting
SUBJECT:
CWCB Deputy Director
Intrastate Water Management and Development
Fountain Creek Corridor Master Plan
Staff Recommendation
:
This is an informational item and no Board actio n is being requested. Jay Winner, Manager of
the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservanc y District, will present the Fountain Creek
Corridor Master Plan that is currently under de velopment.
Background Information:
The Fountain Creek Corridor Master Plan is being developed as a
part of an IGA between Colorado Springs Ut ilities and the Lower Arkansas Valley Water
Conservancy District. This Master Plan focu ses on a 44-mile stretch of Fountain Creek from
southern Colorado Springs to the Arkansas. It is being done in cooperation with the Army Corps
and their watershed study and focuses on addres sing various goals and st rategies developed by
the FCVTF, as well as getting approval from the Task Force. Work on this began in 10/07 and
will be completed in 2 years.
Previous Related Board Actions for Fountain Creek Watershed:
The CWCB has funded the
following related efforts in the Fountain Creek Watershed:
A portion of the Army Corps Fountain Creek Watershed Study (CWCB and DOLA are
funding $600K of this $3M study). This study is being sponsored by the Fountain Creek
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which is a consortium of 11 local governments in the
watershed.
A portion of the facilitation for the Fountain Creek Vision Task Force (FCVTF), through a
roundtable grant. This Task Force is made up of over 300 people th roughout the watershed,
from local elected officials to concerned citi zens. Monthly meetings of this group’s teams
and sub-teams have been ongoing for almost two years. These groups will produce
consensus approved goals, objectives and strate gies for addressing watershed concerns and
opportunities and constraints maps for the watershed.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Flood Mitigatio n • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • In trastate Water Management & Development