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Notice Second Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District and of the Colorado River Water Conservation District Acting by and Through Its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise April 21, 2020 9:00 a.m.* *PLEASE NOTE: The River District meeting will be a virtual meeting utilizing Zoom Webinar. To attend the meeting, please register at our website at www.coloradoriverdistrict.org. The second regular joint quarterly meeting of 2020 of the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District and of the Colorado River Water Conservation District acting by and through its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise will be held on Tuesday April 21, 2020 commencing at 9:00 a.m. Agenda Second Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District and of the Colorado River Water Conservation District Acting by and Through Its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise April 21, 2020 9:00 a.m.* *PLEASE NOTE: The River District meeting will be a virtual meeting utilizing Zoom Webinar. To attend the meeting, please register at our website at www.coloradoriverdistrict.org. 9:00 1. Review Meeting Agenda and Objectives. 9:00-9:05 2. Consent Agenda: a. Approval of Minutes and Actions Taken: i. Minutes of First Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting, January 21-22, 2020. ii. Minutes of Information and Outreach Committee Meeting, January 21, 2020. iii. Minutes of Special Joint Meeting, Teleconference, February 6, 2020. iv. Minutes of Special Joint Meeting, Teleconference, February 20, 2020. v. Minutes of Special Joint Meeting, Teleconference, March 5, 2020. vi. Minutes of Investment Committee Meeting, Teleconference, March 26, 2020. b. Acceptance of Treasurer’s Reports, Financials, and Check Registers for November and December 2019. c. Approval of Designated Location for Posting of CRWCD Meeting Notices and Agendas. 9:05-10:50 3. General Counsel’s Report: a. Matters Proposed for Executive Session: i. Wolford Mountain Reservoir and Ritschard Dam Operations. (An Enterprise Matter). Agenda – Second Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting (River District and Enterprise) April 21, 2020 Page 2 ii. CRCA Implementation Matters. iii. Colorado Springs Utilities, Application for Finding of Reasonable Diligence, Case No. 15CW3019, Water Division 5. iv. Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Alternative Management Plan. v. Colorado River District Conditional Water Rights. vi. Fair Campaign Practices Act and Potential Ballot Question. vii. Colorado River Compact, Interstate, International, and Intrastate Negotiation Matters, including Demand Management. 10:50-11:00 Break 11:00-11:20 b. Public Session: i. Summary and Action Items from Executive Session. ii. Request for Approval of Stipulation, Application of Roaring Fork Properties and South Canyon Ranch, Case No. 19CW3042, Water Division 5. iii. Discussion of Other Items in General Counsel’s Report. 11:20-12:50 4. General Manager’s Report: a. Update on CRWCD Long Term Financial Condition and Discussion Regarding Potential Ballot Question. b. Request for Approval of Proposed Modification to Retirement Health Savings Plan. c. Request for Approval of SB13-19 Conservation Plan: Evaluating Conserved Consumptive Use in the Upper Colorado River Project. d. Request for Approval of Crystal River Augmentation Study Contracts: i. Contract with Colorado River Engineering, Inc. to Conduct the Study. ii. CWCB Cost-Share Funding Agreements or Purchase Orders. iii. Cost-Share Agreement with the West Divide Water Conservancy District. e. Drought Contingency Planning and Demand Management Update. (Informational Only). f. Colorado River Basin Hydrology. (Informational Only). g. Phase III Risk Study Update. (Informational Only). h. Water Bank Workgroup Update. (Informational Only). i. Lower Gunnison Project/RCPP Update (Informational Only). j. Paradox Unit Alternative Analysis EIS (Informational Only). k. CCMRB Cloud Seeding (Informational Only). 12:50-1:20 Lunch 1:20-1:50 5. Directors Concerns/Updates. 1:50-2:20 6. Annual Policy Discussion: a. Funding/Infrastructure. b. Colorado River Compacts/Entitlements. c. Interstate Water Marketing. Agenda – Second Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting (River District and Enterprise) April 21, 2020 Page 3 d. Transmountain Water Diversions. 2:20-2:25 7. External Affairs (Informational Only): a. Information and Outreach Update. b. State Affairs. c. Federal Affairs. 2:25 -2:45 8. Project Operations and Updates: (Enterprise Matters). a. Wolford Mountain Reservoir: i. Proposed Approval of Continuing Services Agreement with Grand Fence, LLC, re: Fencing Services at Wolford Mountain Project. ii. Proposed Approval of Continuing Services Agreement with Grand Power and Plumbing, LLC, re: Miscellaneous Electrical Work at Wolford Mountain Project. iii. Semi-Quantitative Risk Analysis Process regarding Ritschard Dam: A. Proposed Approval of Contracts with Three Expert Panelists. B. Proposed Approval of Contract with HDR Engineering for Technical Support. C. Proposed Approval of Cost-Share Agreement with Denver Water. 2:45-2:50 9. Future Meetings: a. Third Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting, July 21-22, 2020, Glenwood Springs, CO. b. CRWCD 2020 Budget Workshop, September 10, 2020, Grand Junction, CO. c. CRWCD Annual Seminar, September 11, 2020, Grand Junction, CO. d. Fourth Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting, October 20-21, 2020, Glenwood Springs, CO. e. Board Fact Finding Mission to Lower Basin, re: Agricultural Fallowing and Augmentation Programs, November 10-13, 2020. f. Other Meetings: i. CWC Summer Conference, August 25-27, 2020, Steamboat Springs, CO. ii. CRWUA Conference, December 14-16, 2020, Las Vegas, NV. The Board may address the agenda in any order to accommodate the needs of the Board and the Audience. - - - - - - Persons with special needs due to a disability are requested to call the River District at 970-945-8522 at least three days prior to the meeting. This agenda may be viewed and printed from our website at www.crwcd.org Go back to Agenda FIRST REGULAR JOINT QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND OF THE COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS COLORADO RIVER WATER PROJECTS ENTERPRISE January 21-22, 2020 _____________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to notice duly and properly given, the First Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD) and of the Colorado River Water Conservation District acting by and through its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise was held on Tuesday and Wednesday January 21-22, 2020 at the offices of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, 201 Centennial Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Directors present during all or part of the meeting: David H. Merritt, President Martha Whitmore, Vice President Tom Alvey Tom Gray Steve Acquafresca Rebie Hazard John Ely Doug Monger Alden Vanden Brink Stan Whinnery Karn Stiegelmeier Kathy Chandler-Henry Directors not present: Mike Ritschard Marc Catlin William S. Trampe Others present during all or part of the meeting: Andrew A. Mueller, General Manager, CRWCD Peter Fleming, General Counsel, CRWCD John Currier, Chief Engineer, CRWCD Audrey Turner, Chief of Operations, CRWCD Jason Turner, Senior Counsel, CRWCD Laurie DePaolo, Executive Assistant, CRWCD Jim Pokrandt, Director, Community Affairs, CRWCD Ray Tenney, Deputy Chief Engineer, CRWCD Dave Kanzer, Deputy Chief Engineer, CRWCD Don Meyer, Sr. Water Resources Engineer, CRWCD Ian Philips, Chief Accountant, CRWCD Mike Eytel, Sr. Water Resources Specialist, CRWCD Hunter Causey, Sr. Water Resources Engineer, CRWCD Zane Kessler, Director of Government Relations, CRWCD Luci Wilson, Accountant, CRWCD Lorra Nichols, Paralegal, CRWCD Alesha Fredrick, Director of Information & Outreach, CRWCD Gracie Wright, Contract Administrator/Information Specialist, CRWCD Eleanor Hasenbeck, Water Policy & Communications Fellow, CRWCD Eric Kuhn, Author and Pursuer of Leisure Diane Johnson, Eagle River Water & Sanitation District Ted Kowalski, The Walton Family Foundation Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism 1An audio recording has been made of the meeting. The motions described herein may not necessarily represent a verbatim transcription. The audio recordings are available for listening at the CRWCD offices during regular office hours. These minutes are the official record of the Colorado River Water Conservation District’s meeting. Minutes, First Regular Joint Quarterly Meeting (River District/Enterprise) January 21-22, 2020 Page | 2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Maria Pastore, Colorado Springs Utilities Scott Hummer, Water Division 6 Orla Bannan, Western Resource Advocates Drew Peternell, Trout Unlimited Sarah Porterfield, Trout Unlimited Angie Fowler, SGM Consulting Jackie Brown, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Bob Hurford, Colorado Water Division 4 Jason Ulman, Colorado Water Division 4 Cliff Thompson Quorum. President Merritt found a quorum and called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Review Meeting Agenda and Objectives. Andy Mueller requested the addition of Appointment of Jason Turner as the Colorado River District representative to the Colorado River Basin Roundtable as agenda 11. l. with Service Anniversaries Recognition being re-lettered as agenda item 11. m. Director Alvey moved, seconded by Director