Board Meeting | March 11-12, 2020

Event Details

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 commencing at 9:00 a.m. and continuing through Thursday, March 12, 2020. This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO. 80228.

Although dates and times are indicated in this notice and in the following agenda, the CWCB may address and take action on noticed items in any order. Any known changes to the agenda will be announced at the beginning of the meeting. This notice, any late notice(s) of additional items, and briefing memos prepared for the CWCB will be posted at 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721, Denver, CO 80203, and on our website at www.cwcb.colorado.gov.

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

9:00 – 9:02	CWCB Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
9:02 – 9:05	1. Board Appointments and Election of Officers Review and Approve Agenda
9:05 – 9:07	2. Review and Approve January 27-28, 2020 Board Meeting Minutes
9:07 – 9:10	3. Approve and/or Remove Consent Agenda Items
9:10	Board Meeting Dates in 2020 May 20 & 21 –  Southwest Basin July 15 & 16 – Colorado Basin September 16 & 17 – South Platte Basin November 18 & 19 – Denver Metro
9:10 -10:00	4. Directors’ Reports DNR Executive Director IBCC Director Agriculture Commissioner CWCB Director State Engineer Division of Parks and Wildlife Director Water Resource and Power Development Authority
10:00 – 10:10	5. Financial Matter – Construction Fund and Severance Tax Perpetual Base Fund   Finance Section Financial Projections and Cash Management Report
10:10 – 10:20	6. Water Project Loans - Finance   Finance Section Deuel and Snyder Improvement Company – Diversion Structure Replacement
10:20 – 10:35	Morning Break
10:35 – 11:15	7. Changes to Existing Loans   Finance Section The Tunnel Water Company – West Half Laramie-Poudre Tunnel Rehabilitation Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District – Windy Gap Firming Project
11:15 –11:35	8.  Severance Tax Operational Fund Grants FY20/21    Finance Section
11:35 – 11:55	9.  Marketing and Communications Update   Operations Section
11:55 – 12:55	Lunch
12:55 – 1:05	10.  Proposed Lease of Water for Instream Flow Use in the 15-Mile Reach of the Colorado River, Water Division 5 (Ute Water Conservancy District)     Stream and Lake Protection Section
1:05 – 1:15	11.  Public Comment on 2020 Instream Flow Appropriations in Water Divisions 2, 4, and 6    Stream and Lake Protection Section
1:15 - 1:25	12.  Notice of Instream Flow Recommendations for 2021     Stream and Lake Protection Section
1:25 -1:45	13.  Demand Management Update     Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
1:45 – 2:05	14.  Paradox EIS Update     Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
2:05 – 2:35	15.  Alternative Transfer Method Grant Program      Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section Colorado Basin Roundtable and Trout Unlimited, Evaluating Conserved Consumptive Use in the Upper Colorado River Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, Ag-Municipal
2:35 – 2:40	16.     Attorney General’s Report, Legal Briefing, and Executive Session
2:40 – 2:55	Afternoon BREAK
2:55 – 3:40	17.  Executive Session         a.  Upper Basin Fund MOA Negotiations         b.  Colorado Compact Compliance Study         c.  Case No. 16CW3160 (Water Division 1) –              Application of The City of Boulder and CWCB
3:40 – 3:45	18.  Report from Executive Session
3:45 – 4:00	19.  Colorado Compact Compliance Study – Next Steps      Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
4:00 – 5:00	20.  Snow Data, LiDAR Pilot Program       Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
5:00	RECESS

 

 

 

 

Thursday, March 12, 2019

8:30 – 10:00	21. Basin Directors’ Reports Colorado River (Mainstem) Basin Director’s Report San Juan/San Miguel-Dolores River Basin Director’s Report Gunnison River Basin Director’s Report North Platte River Basin Director’s Report South Platte River Basin Director’s Report Arkansas River Basin Director’s Report City and County of Denver Director’s Report Rio Grande River Basin Director’s Report Yampa-White River Basin Director’s Report
10:00 – 10:15	Morning BREAK
10:15 – 10:25	22. Request for Authorization to Proceed to Trial, Case No. 16CW3160, (Water Division 1) – Application of The City of Boulder and CWCB    Stream and Lake Protection Section
10:25 – 12:10	23.  WSRF Grant Applications    Water Supply Planning Section

	Basin	Applicant	Water Activity
a	Arkansas	Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative	Arkansas Basin Fire, Flood, and BIP Initiative
b	Arkansas	Huerfano County Water Conservancy District	Bruce Canyon 50% Design
c	Arkansas	Huerfano County Water Conservancy District	Maria Stevens 50% Design
d	Arkansas	St. Charles Mesa Water District	St. Charles Mesa Cottonwood Irrigation Ditch #2 Headgate/Augmentation Station Project
e	Colorado	Grand Valley Audubon Society	Audubon Nature Preserve Wetlands Improvement Project
f	Colorado	Garfield County School District 16	Diamond Ditch Piping Project
g	Colorado	Colorado River Water Conservation District	Investigations of Augmentation Demands, Exchange Potential, Small Reservoir Storage and Recharge Pit Feasibility in the Crystal River Basin
h	Gunnison	Redlands Water & Power	RWPC Pumpline Replacement Project
i	Gunnison	Lake Fork Conservancy	Lake Fork River Enhancement Project
j	Gunnison	City of Ouray	Non-Potable Water Supply Project  Phase I
k	Rio Grande	Terrace Irrigation Company	Alamosa River Water Delivery Improvement Project
l	Rio Grande	Colorado Open Lands	Jackson Ranch Conservation Easement
m	Rio Grande	Colorado Open Lands	Schaefer Farms Conservation Easement
n	Rio Grande	Rio Grande Watershed Conservation and Education Initiative	Rio Grande Basin Roundtable Community Education Staff Liaison 2020-2023
o	Rio Grande	New Ceniceri Ditch Company	Cenicero Diversion Dam, Headgate and Bank Stabilization
p	Southwest	Montezuma Land Conservancy	Innovative Agricultural Management and Colorado’s Next Generation of Water Leaders
q	Southwest	Mountain Studies Institute	416-Fire Aquatic Monitoring Year 2
r	Southwest	Mountain Studies Institute	Upper San Juan Integrated Water Management Planning Phase II
s	Southwest	Conservation Legacy or Southwest Conservation Corps	Dolores River Restoration Partnership Revegetation and Outreach
t	Southwest	Upper Road 42 Water Association	Upper Road 42 Water Extension Phase I
u	South Platte	Colorado Trout Unlimited	South Boulder Creek Stream Management Plan Phase II and Infrastructure Design Preliminary Engineering Design of Physical Infrastructure Modifications  (WSR Phase I)
v	Metro          South Platte	Colorado Division of Water Resources	Data Logger/Telemetry Installation Project, South Platte River Basin (Division 1)
w	Yampa/White/ Green	Trout Unlimited	Lower Elkhead Creek Restoration Project, Phase 1
x	North Platte	Colorado State University – Colorado Climate Center	Continuation of Weather Stations for North Park Lysimeters to Determine High Altitude, Hay Meadow Crop Coefficients
Change of Fiscal Agenda (Grantee)
y	North Platte	Original Grantee: Colorado State University – Colorado Climate Center	Proposed Grantee: Colorado River Engineering

12:10 – 1:10	LUNCH
1:10 – 1:25	24.  Snow Course Work      Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
1:25 – 1:55	25.  Spring Drought and Flood Climate Report     Water Supply Planning & Watershed and Flood Protection Section
1:55 – 2:25	26.  SPROWG Grant Effort Update – Matt Lindburg      Water Supply Planning Section
2:25	ADJOURN

 

CWCB Consent Agenda March 11-12, 2020

Matters may be placed on the Consent Agenda when the recommended action follows established policy or precedent, there has been a negotiated settlement, or the matter is uncontested and non-controversial. Staff provides memos to CWCB members explaining the matters on the Consent Agenda. Matters on the Consent Agenda are noticed for hearing in the same manner as other agenda items. If a member of the CWCB requests further consideration of an item on the Consent Agenda, the item will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and discussed at the end of the meeting or at the next meeting. The Consent Agenda may be voted on without reading or discussing individual items. Any CWCB member may request clarification about any matter on the Consent Agenda.

 

1. Statements of Opposition     
Stream & Lake Protection Section

The Board will be asked to ratify Statements of Opposition that have been filed by staff to protect instream flow and natural lake level water rights and to protect CWCB’s exclusive authority to hold instream flow water rights in the following water court cases:

1. This item has been removed
2. Case No. 19CW3086 (Water Division 2): Application of Henderson, et al.
3. Case No. 19CW3089 (Water Division 2): Application of Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District
4. Case No. 19CW3019 (Water Division 3): Application of The City of Alamosa
5. Case No. 19CW3091 (Water Division 4): Application of Dalwhinnie Group LLC
6. Case No. 19CW3092 (Water Division 4): Application of Dalwhinnie Group LLC
7. Case No. 19CW3098 (Water Division 4): Application of Board of County Commissioners of Ouray County, Ouray County Water Users Association, Tri-County Water Conservancy District
8. Case No. 19CW3102 (Water Division 4): Application of Rocking JL Ranch, LLC
9. Case No. 19CW3103 (Water Division 4): Application of Rocking JL Ranch, LLC
10. Case No. 19CW3129 (Water Division 5): Application of Grand County Water & Sanitation District No. 1
11. Case No. 19CW3143 (Water Division 5): Application of The Basalt Water Conservancy District
12. Case No. 19CW3159 (Water Division 5): Application of The City of Aurora
13. Case No. 19CW3161 (Water Division 5): Application of Sun River Run Ranch RV, LLC and Town of Granby
14. Case No. 19CW3174 (Water Division 5): Application of Williams Fork Valley Ranch, LLC
15. Case No. 19CW3031 (Water Division 6): Application of Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation & Park District and Town of Meeker
16. Case No. 19CW3035 (Water Division 6): Application of Harvey and Seaton Cattle Co., LLC
17. Case No. 19CW3036 (Water Division 6): Application of Harvey and Seaton Cattle Co., LLC

 

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