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Arkansas Basin Roundtable - July 2025

An Arkansas Basin Roundtable will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 10:30am - 3:30pm. Agenda and webinar details below. For more information, contact Jeff Rodriguez.

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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Meeting

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Start Time: 12:30 pm

The meeting will be hybrid
Pueblo Community College, Student Center Building
900 W. Orman Ave., Pueblo, CO, 81004

Zoom Meeting link

Meeting ID: 833 3982 6655 Passcode: 971863

Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome and Introductions – Mark Shea [15 minutes, 12:30-12:45]
    • Introductions
    • Establish quorum
    • Approval of agenda
    • Approval of minutes – June 11, 2025
    • Public Comment
  2. Reports– [45 minutes, 12:45-2:05]
    1. Executive Committee update (5 min)
    2. CWCB Report – Jeff Rodriguez and Greg Felt (15 min)
    3. IBCC Report – Jeris Danielson and Terry Scanga (15 min)
    4. Arkansas River Watershed Collaborative – Jonathan Paklaian (10 min)
    5. Needs Assessment Report - Gracy Goodwin (25 mins)
      1. CWCB Water Plan Grant Application Letter of Support for IN-RICHES Open Soil Moisture Monitoring Project – Helen Silver
      2. WSRF Letter of Support for Arkansas River Basin Water Forum – Jean Van Pelt
      3. WSRF Letter of Support for Fort Bent Ditch Siphon Repair – Bill Tyner
    6. PEPO – Ariel Hacker (No update this month)
    7. Enviro/Rec – Bob Hamel, Ricki Garden and Rena Griggs (Written report provided) 
    8. Ag/Muni Committee – Dan Tucker (5 min)
  3. Break - 2:05 - 2:20
  4. Presentations - 2:20- 3:10
    1. Ark Decision Support System (DSS) – Megan Kraner & Brian MacPherson, CWCB
    2. Lower Arkansas Valley Groundwater Study – Lesley Sebol & Orna Buch-Leviatan, Colorado Geological Survey
  5. Upcoming Meetings
    1. Arkansas Basin Roundtable – August 13, 2025, Lower Arkansas Valley
      1. Program Begins – 9:00 am, Lower Ark District Office, 801 Swink Avenue, Rocky Ford
      2. Roundtable– 12:20pm, Otero College, 2001 San Juan, La Junta
    2. Committees
      1. Needs Assessment - August 27, Zoom
      2. PEPO - August 21, 2025, 4pm, Zoom
      3. Environmental/Rec Committee - August 25, 2025, 10am, Zoom
      4. Agriculture/Municipal Committee- TBD
      5. IBCC - October 28 - 29, 2025, Lakewood
      6. ARWC -August 11, 2025, Zoom
    3. CWCB Board Meeting– July 16-17, Arkansas Basin
    4. Water Congress Summer Conference, August 19-21, 2025, Steamboat Springs
    5. C-9 Summit - October 28 - 29, 2025, Lakewood
  6. Adjourn
Date and time
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