BOARD00049

• Board Meeting Date: 1/27/1999
• Description: Platte River Basin Issues - Status Report on Implementation of Platte River Cooperative Agreement
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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AGENDA ITEM 15e

STATE OF COLORADO

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 718
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
TOO: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E.Walcher
Executive Director

MEMORANDUM

TO:

CWCB Members

FROM:

Doug Robotham

DATE:

January 8, 1999

RE:

Status Report on Implementation of Platte River Cooperative Agreement

Work is proceeding on several fronts to implement the Platte River Cooperative
Agreement. These developments are summarized very briefly below, and will be
reported on more thoroughly at the Board's March meeting.

1) Cooperative Agreement Expenditure Procedures and Budget: The Governance
Committee has approved expenditure procedures developed by the Finance
Committee. In addition, a budget totaling $1.3 million has been prepared, as reported
at your November meeting, to serve asa planning and communications tool. This
budget will be adjusted regularly by the Finance Committee as new information is
developed, but currently is regarded as a ceiling for cooperative agreement
expenditures over the next 20 months.

2) Land Protection: Work is proceeding to identify lands to be protected under the
program; the most appropriate structure of an entity that would be created to hold
interest in land on behalf of the program, and identify and evaluate third party affects
(both positive and negative) that may result from land protection actions. Once
identified and evaluated mitigation of third party affects will be considered by the
Governance Committee. This is a controversial question and will be reviewed more
thoroughly with you in March.

Board of Land Commissioners. Division of Minerals & Geology/Geological Survey
Oil & Gas Conservation Commission.Colorado State Parks.Soil Conservation Board
Water COnj;ervation Board.Division of Water Resources.Division of Wildlife