A meeting of the CWCB will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 commencing at 9:00 AM and continuing through Thursday, March 11, 2021. The meeting will be held 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: https://dwr.state.co.us/Portal/Login/.
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 https://cwcb.colorado.gov/.
The CWCB’s meetings are made available through live audio streaming on YouTube, although Board workshops are not. To listen to the proceedings, click the link for the meeting on the CWCB's online calendar and select the link under "Listen to this meeting live" for the proper day and time. The link will be posted just prior to the start of the meeting.
The CWCB encourages citizens to express their views and provide feedback to the Board on the agenda items. This can be done by sending an email to viola.bralish@state.co.us 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).
Meeting Agenda
- Wednesday, March 10, 2021
9:00 - 9:02 CWCB Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance 9:02 – 9:05 1. Review and Approve Agenda 9:05 – 9:07 2. Review and Approve January 25-26, 2021 Board Meeting Minutes 9:07 – 9:10 3. Approve and/or Remove Consent Agenda Items 9:10 Board Meeting Dates in 2021
- May 19 & 20 – TBD
- July 21 & 22 – TBD
- September 15 & 16 – TBD ( finance committee meeting on September 14 )
- November 17 & 18 - TBD
9:10 -10:00 4. Directors’ Reports
- DNR Executive Director
- CWCB Director
- IBCC Director
- Agriculture Commissioner
- State Engineer
- Division of Parks and Wildlife Director
- Water Resource and Power Development Authority
10:00 -10:10 5. Public Comment on 2021 Instream Flow Appropriations in Water Divisions 1, 4, and 7
Stream and Lake Protection Section10:10-10:35 6. 2021 Instream Flow Appropriations in Water Divisions
2 and 4 - Executive Summaries & Appendices
Stream and Lake Protection Section10:35-10:50 Morning Break 10:50-11:05 7. Notice of Instream Flow Recommendations for 2022
Stream and Lake Protection Section11:05-11:25 8. Loan and Grant Review Process
Operations Section11:25-11:55 9. Chatfield Shares Purchase
Lauren Ris, Deputy Director11:55 – 12:25 10. Demand Management Feasibility Investigation Update
Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section12:25-1:10 LUNCH 1:10-1:25 11. Colorado River Updates
Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section1:25-2:10 Draft Common Criteria and Guidelines
Lauren Ris, Deputy Director2:10-2:25 13. Loan Delinquency Action
Finance Section
Two Rivers Water & Farming Company, and Two Rivers Farms F-2, Inc.2:25-2:30 Attorney General’s Report, Legal Briefing, and Executive Session 2:30-2:45 Afternoon BREAK 3:20-3:25 15. Executive Session
- Two Rivers Water & Farming Company, and Two Rivers Farms F-2, Inc.
- Chatfield Environmental Pool and Shares Purchase
3:30-3:35 16. Report from Executive Session 3:35 RECESS - Thursday March 11 , 2021
8:30 – 10:00 17. Basin Directors’ Reports
- City and County of Denver Director’s Report
- Rio Grande River Basin Director’s Report
- Yampa-White River Basin Director’s Report
- 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
10:00 – 10:15 Morning BREAK 10:15-10:25 18. Financial Matters – Construction Fund and Severance Tax Perpetual Base Fund
Finance Section10:25-11:55 19. Water Project Loans
Finance Section- Rio Grande Water Conservation District Subdistrict No. 5 -Saguache Pipeline
- City of Victor – Victor Reservoir No. 2 Dam Rehabilitation
- Logan Irrigation District – Prewitt Reservoir Rehabilitation
- North Sterling Irrigation District – North Sterling River Diversion Replacement
- Grand Valley Water Users Association – Vinelands Power Plant
- Orchard Mesa Irrigation District – Vinelands Power Plant
- The Tunnel Water Company – Rawah Ditch Tunnel Rehabilitation
- The Tunnel Water Company – Headgate Improvements (Wildfire Impact Loan)
Action Item
11:55-12:40 LUNCH 12:40-1:25 20. Spring Drought and Flood Climate Report
Water Supply Planning Section & Watershed and Flood Protection Section1:25-1:45 21. Wildfire Watershed Recovery Update
Watershed and Flood Protection Section1:45-2:05 22. Program Guidance for Special Release of Colorado Watershed Restoration Program
Watershed and Flood Protection Section2:05 ADJOURN CWCB Consent Agenda March 10-11, 2021
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 SectionThe 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:
- Case No. 20CW3165 (Water Division 1): Application of Board of County Commissioners of the County of Clear Creek and Clear Creek School District RE-1
- Case No. 20CW3208 (Water Division 1): Application of HF2M, Inc.
- Case No. 20CW3216 (Water Division 1): Application of City and County of Broomfield
- Case No. 20CW3087 (Water Division 2): Application of Chris and Dale Van Aelstyn
- Case No. 20CW3099 (Water Division 4): Application of Quartz Creek Land Company
- Case No. 20CW3100 (Water Division 4 : Application of Hartman Family Trust
- Case No. 20CW3102 (Water Division 4 : Application of Beaver Pines LLC
- Case No. 20CW3137 (Water Division 5): Application of Crystal River Ranch Co LLC
- Case No. 20CW3138 (Water Division 5): Application of Winter Park Water and Sanitation District
- Case No. 20CW3139 (Water Division 5): Application of Upper Midnight LLC
- Case No. 20CW3166 (Water Division 5): Application of Laramie Energy, LLC
- Case No. 20CW3173 (Water Division 5): Application of Kevin Mize
- Case No. 20CW3174 (Water Division 5): Application of James Peak Ranch LLC
- Case No. 20CW3176 (Water Division 5): Application of Big Fish Amalgamated, LLC
- Case No. 20CW3185 (Water Division 5): Application of Cornerstone Winter Park Holdings, LLC; Byers Peak Properties, LLC; Byers Peak Downhill Properties, LLC; C. Clark Lipscomb; and Meredith C. Lipscomb; Colorado Adventure Park LLC
- Case No. 20CW3187 (Water Division 5): Application of Compass For Lifelong Discovery and The Aspen School District
2. Water Supply Reserve Fund Application Grants
3. Water Plan Grants
4. Alternative Water Transfer Method Grants
Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section- Trout Unlimited, Evaluating Conserved Consumptive Use in the Upper Colorado River – Phase II
- Lower Arkansas Water Conservancy District, Evaluation of Agricultural Land Protection Measures
5. Technical Assistance for Federal Cost-Share Grant
Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section6. Change to Existing Loan
Finance Section
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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.
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The CWCB’s meetings are made available through live audio streaming on YouTube, although Board workshops are not. The link will be posted just prior to the start of the meeting.
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Share feedback with the board
The CWCB encourages citizens to express their views and provide feedback to the Board on the agenda items. This can be done by sending a Public Comment Request form 5 days prior to the meeting date. The Board will appreciate hearing your views when it reaches that agenda item.
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).