Board Meeting | May 21-22, 2025

Meeting Notice

A meeting of the CWCB will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 commencing at 9:00 AM and continuing through Thursday, May 22, 2025. The meeting will be held at the Steamboat Grand Hotel 2300 Mt. Werner Circle Steamboat Springs and virtually on Zoom.

The CWCB posts notice 30 days in advance of each regularly scheduled meeting. Notices for special meetings are posted on the website typically within five business days and not less than 24 hours of such a meeting. Notices of regular and special meetings may also be received by email. To receive notices by email please visit our Notification Portal.

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 item scheduled for the regular agenda may be discussed in executive session if legal questions arise as authorized under § 24-6-402, C.R.S.  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 on our website.

The CWCB’s meetings are made available through live audio/video streaming on YouTube, although Board workshops are not. To listen to the proceedings, find links to either day's meeting on the right sidebar.

The CWCB encourages citizens to express their views and provide feedback to the Board on the agenda items. This can be done by filling out this form, by sending a letter to a Board member or to the Chair of the Board, or by attending the meeting. If you want to make a public comment during the meeting you must fill out a comment sheet prior to the meeting date and email it to the Board Coordinator. The Board will appreciate hearing your views when it reaches that agenda item. If you have any questions, need special accommodations as a result of a disability, or require further information on any CWCB activity, please contact Viola Bralish at 303-866-3441, ext. 3206. All programs, services, and activities of the CWCB are operated in compliance with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Zoom link below is for presenters and commenters only. If you wish to watch the meeting, please use the YouTube links to the right.

Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

CWCB Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance - 9:00-9:02

1. a. Election of New Chair and Vice Chair - 9:02-9:05
   b. Review and Approve Agenda
    
2. Review and Approve March 19 & 20, 2025 Board Meeting Minutes - 9:05-9:08
    

3. Approve and/or Remove Consent Agenda Items - 9:08-9:15

   2025 CWCB Board Meeting Dates & Locations
   a. July 16 & 17 - Arkansas Platte Basin (Salida)
   b. September 17 & 18 - Southwest Basin
   Finance Committee, September 16
   c. November 19 & 20 – Denver Metro Area

4. Directors’ Reports - 9:15-10:15
   1. DNR Executive Director
   2. CWCB Director
   3. IBCC Director 
   4. Agriculture Commissioner
   5. State Engineer
   6. Division of Parks and Wildlife Director
   7. Water Resource and Power Development Authority

5. Attorney General’s Report, Legal Briefing, and Executive Session - 10:15-10:20

   Morning Break - 10:20-10:35

6. Executive Session - 10:35-11:35
   1. Colorado River Update: Post 2026 Operations
   2. Litigation Fund
   3. South Platte Update: Perkins County Canal
       
7. Report from Executive Session - 11:35-11:40
    

8. WEco Annual Allocation - 11:40-12:00
   Water Supply Planning Section

   LUNCH - 12:00-12:45

9. Instream Flow Appropriations - 12:45-1:10
   Stream and Lake Protection Section
   1. Final Action on 2025 Instream and Natural Lake Level Recommendations
   2. Public Comment Instream Flow Water Rights in Water Divisions 4, 6, and 7
10. Instream Flow Acquisitions - 1:10-3:55
    Stream and Lake Protection Section
    1. Proposed 2-Year Water Use Agreement with Garfield County to Lease Ruedi Reservoir Water for Instream Flow Use on the 15-Mile Reach and Request Funding, Water Division 5. (2nd Meeting)
    2. Proposed Permanent Acquisition for an Interest in the Mineral Point Ditch Water Right on Burrows Creek for Instream Flow Use as a Perpetual Lease with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Water Division 7 (1st Meeting)
    3. Implementation of a Renewable Temporary Lease of Stagecoach Reservoir Water for Instream Flow Use on the Upper Yampa River, Water Division 6d.Proposed Acquisition for an Interest in the Shoshone Water Rights for Instream Flow Use on the Colorado River, Water Division 5 (1st Meeting)
    4. Proposed Acquisition for an Interest in the Shoshone Water Rights for Instream Fow Use on the Colorado River, Water Division 5 (1st Meeting)
        

Afternoon Break - 3:55-4:10

Public Comment – Shoshone Water Rights for Instream Flow Use on the Colorado River - 4:10-5:10

RECESS - 5:10

Thursday, May 22, 2025

11. Basin Directors’ Reports - 8:30 – 10:00
    1. San Juan/San Miguel-Dolores River Basin Director’s Report
    2. Gunnison River Basin Director’s Report
    3. North Platte River Basin Director’s Report
    4. South Platte River Basin Director’s Report
    5. Arkansas River Basin Director’s Report
    6. City and County of Denver Director’s Report
    7. Rio Grande River Basin Director’s Report
    8. Yampa-White River Basin Director’s Report
    9. Colorado River (Mainstem) Basin Director’s Report

Morning Break - 10:00-10:15

12. Water Plan Action 1.9 – Storage Study Informational Update - 10:15-10:45
    Water Supply Planning Section
     
13. Financial Matters - Construction Fund and Severance Tax Perpetual Base Fund - 10:45-10:55
    Finance Section
    1. Financial Projections and Cash Management Report
        
14. Water Project Loans - 10:55-11:30
    Finance Section
    1. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District – Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Unit Purchase
    2. Lower Latham Reservoir Company – Jurgens Reservoir Construction Project
    3. Circle C Ranches, LLC – Little King Ranch Dam Rehabilitation Project

LUNCH - 11:30-12:30

15. FY25-26 Water Plan Grant Funding Targets by Category - 12:30-12:45
    Grants Section
     
16. Water Supply Reserve Fund Applications May 2024 - 12:45-12:50
    Grants Section
    1. Basin – North Platte
       Applicant – Tom Barenberg Properties
       Name of Water Activity – Doran Creek Reservoir
        
17. South Fork Focus Zone Irrigated Acreage Retirement Program Guidelines - 12:50-1:05
    Administrative and Operations Section
     
18. Technical Assistance for Federal Cost Share Program Guidelines - 1:05-1:20
    Administrative and Operations Section
     
19. Diane Hoppe Memorial Scholarship - 1:20-1:35
    Administrative and Operations Section
     
20. Intrastate Administration on the Colorado River - 1:35-2:05
    Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
     
21. Perkins County Canal Administration - 2:05-2:35
    Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section
     
22. Litigation Fund Request - 2:35-2:45 
    Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section

Public Comment - 2:45-2:55
ADJOURN -  2:55

CWCB Consent Agenda May 21 - 22, 2025

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 during the meeting or at the next meeting, with action taken after discussion of the item. If a member of the CWCB requests further consideration of an item on the Consent Agenda that pertains to a pending or imminent court action, the matter will be withdrawn from the Consent Agenda and may be discussed during executive session of the same meeting, and any action on that item will be taken in public session. 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
   Staff recommends the Board ratify CWCB’s filing of the following Statements of Opposition:
   1. Case No. 25CW3003 (Water Division 6): Application of Alpine Mountain Ranch Metropolitan District
   2. Case No. 25CW3002 (Water Division 7): Application of Olympus Real Estate Group
       
2. Turf Replacement Grant Program
   Water Supply Planning Section
   1. Basin – South Platte
      Applicant – Denver Parks and Rec
      Project – Denver Parks and Rec
   2. Basin – South Platte
      Applicant – Denver Water
      Project – Denver Water
   3. Basin – Arkansas
      Applicant – City of Lamar
      Project – City of Lamar
   4. Basin – South Platte
      Applicant – Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority
      Project – Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority
       
3. Water Supply Reserve Fund Grants
   Grants Section
   1. Basin – North Platte
      Applicant – Owl Mountain Partnership
      Name of Water Activity – Chapman North Ditch/South Division Structure & Flume
       
4. Change of Grant
   Grants Section
   1. Culebra Watershed Partnership Project
       
5. Prequalification of Water Project Loan
   Finance Section
   1. Fox Fire Subdistrict of the La Plata Archuleta Water District

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Need anything else?

If you have any questions, need special accommodations as a result of a disability, or require further information on any CWCB activity, please contact Viola Bralish at 303-866-3441, ext. 3206. All programs, services, and activities of the CWCB are operated in compliance with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).