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2 <br /> <br />a) Colorado River Cooperative Agreement (which is anticipated to be signed in May) <br />b) Another example is the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages <br />and Coordinated Operations for Lakes Powell and Mead <br />4) We need to continue to encourage greater and earlier coordination and collaboration <br />amongst stakeholders. Addressing issues in a conflict rich environment rarely yields timely <br />and effective solutions. <br />a) My theory is If you have time to whine and complain about something then you <br />have the time to do something about it. <br />b) For example, I created advisory committees for the promulgation of the Irrigation <br />Improvement Rules in Water Division 2 and the Division 3 Well Compliance Rules. <br />Takes at least three years for this process to work with at least the first two years <br />meeting monthly. We were able to settle with 22 objectors in the Irrigation <br />Improvement Rules case, thus avoiding a trial. <br />c) An area that has been recently developing has been regarding augmentation plans <br />may not have not done a good job of addressing impacts to personal property rights <br />(1) flooding of basements in the South Platte basin <br />(2) Working on investigation (funding in 2012 Projects Bill and potential legislation) <br />5) Need for sustainability <br />a) "Tragedy of the Commons"- We have been at times in the state of the "Tragedy of <br />the "Un-regulated" Commons" <br />b) Examples-Well compliance and Expansion of irrigated acreage <br />c) First requirement for sustainability came under SB 04-222 for the aquifers in the Rio <br />Grande basin-this has been difficult but I am confident that we will get this <br />completed as part of the Division 3 Well Compliance Rules <br />6) Technology has played a vital role in our administration <br />a) More real-time administration (comparison of the days of horse travel to the use of <br />technology and satellites) - conflicts with natives-well some things never change <br />b) Internet, GIS, paperless office, online tools (e.g., online data submittal), field <br />equipment, remote sensing and telemetry, SMS, CoHMS <br />c) DWR has needed to adopt technology-Same number of water commissioners today <br />as in the 1960s <br />d) Additionally, we have lost funding for 24 FTE in the past three years including <br />another 1% cut this year <br />7) Governor Hickenlooper's has focused on cutting red tape in government (making <br />government more efficient, effective and elegant) - story of meeting and his description of <br />"elegant" - the fourth "e" <br />8) What lessons can be learned from this that would improve DWR and our administration- <br />some insight I gained this past year when discussing this with our staff