MINUTES OF THE
CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

August 20, 2019

The regular monthly meeting of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District was held on Tuesday, August 18, 2019, at the office of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District located at 3209 W 28 St, Greeley Colorado. The meeting was called to order at 10:03 AM, and the following Directors were present: Randy Knutson, President; Chad Schafer, Vice President; Bret Schmidt; Treasurer; Frank Eckhardt, At Large; Vern Kammerzell; Everett Kissler; Jim Reasoner; Steve Bruntz; Dave Bernhardt; Alan Axton; Doug Dill; Gary Herman; and Tom Brown. Ralph Anders and Don Rosenbrock were absent.

Others present were: Randy Ray, Executive Director; Danyelle McCannon, Financial Analyst; Lynn Kramer, Contracts Manager; Ruthanne Schaffer, Senior Water Accountant; Francisoc Esquivel, Water Delivery Coordinator; Ed Armbruster of White Sands Water Engineers; and Brad Grasmick of Lawrence, Jones, Custer and Grasmick. Special guest was James Rae from The Adams Group.

ACCEPT INTO THE RECORD THE CONSENT CALENDAR, FINANCIALS, AND MINUTES OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST AS PRESENTED.

Motion: Everett Kissler
Second: Dave Bernhardt
MOTION CARRIED

PUBLIC DISCUSSION

James Rae presented the annual audits for all three districts.

Legal Reports

Brad Grasmick reviewed the resume.

MOVE TO FILE AN OPPOSITION TO CASE #19CW3148, TOWN OF LOCHBUIE.

Motion: Everett Kissler
Second: Doug Dill
MOTION CARRIED

I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE OPEN MEETING AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING POSITIONS RELATIVE TO MATTERS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS, AND/OR INSTRUCTING NEGOTIATORS, UNDER SECTION 24-6-402(4)(E) C.R.S. AND ALSO FOR A CONFERENCE WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS UNDER SECTION 24-6-402(4)(B) C.R.S.”
Motion: Everett Kissler
Second: Dave Bernhardt
MOTION CARRIED

The Board provided direction to Randy Ray to negotiate two separate blocks of water rights.

ADJOURN FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENE

District Action:

Approve the Thornberg Farms LLC estimate at $250 per hour with a not-to-exceed figure of $50,000 for the north pond at Walker.

Motion: Everett Kissler
Second: Dave Bernhardt
MOTION CARRIED

INSTRUCT STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AN ALLOTMENT CONTRACT WITH DAN MILLER.

Motion: Gary Herman
Second: Bret Schmidt
MOTION CARRIED

Direct staff to develop a policy for parties wishing to join the district who will have to get their own individual augmentation plans.

Staff Action:

MOVE TO COLLECT $15,000 FOR THE OGILVY BYPASS AGREEMENT AND $5,000 FOR LEGAL DRAFTING FEES FROM CER.

Motion: Vern Kammerzell
Second: Gary Herman
MOTION CARRIED WITH EVERETT KISSLER VOTING NAY

Presidents Report

President Knutson announced that he will be stepping down as president at the end of the 2019 calendar year.

Legislative/Education:

Randy Ray spoke about the WOTUS Act of 2019, USDA matters, and the Interim Water Committee.

Water Quality Report:

APPROVE THE MOXICRAN MEDIA VIDEO PROPOSAL FOR THE WATER QUALITY PROGRAM.

Motion: Chad Schafer
Second: Bret Schmidt
MOTION CARRIED WITH ALAN AXTON VOTING NAY

Subdistrict Report:

Randy Ray provided updates on the Walker Recharge project engineering and preliminary construction designs. The option to purchase additional shares of Chatfield was discussed, and how the split between the districts would be made on that purchase. Randy also informed the board the decision on the WEEG telemetry grant should be posted soon.

District Report:

A slide presentation was given on the Washington JUB tour of the Columbia River basin pumping projects.

Secretaries Report:

Randy Ray explained to the board that a letter regarding Waterhorse LLC was sent to the Colorado Water Conservation Board.

MOVE TO SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR JIM PARK FOR THE FARM CREDIT COLORADO AGRICULTURE HALL OF FAME.

Motion: Chad Schafer
Second: Everett Kissler
MOTION CARRIED

MOVE TO SEND A LETTER OF CONGRADULATIONS TO DON DIONES ON RETIREMENT AND THANK HIM FOR HIS WORK OVER THE YEARS.

Motion: Randy Knutson
Seconds: Gary Herman
MOTION CARRIED

Randy Ray informed the board about the acquisition of George K. Baum by Stifel, and that Todd Snidow will continue to be our representative after the merger of the companies.

The Colorado Water Congress summer conference is August 20-22nd.

Updates were given on the Chatfield Reallocation project, equipment contracting, and a change of date for the fall bus tour.

Move to allow weld county to use the Hokestra location for a ride your park day, September 28 2019.

Motion: Chad Schafer
Second: Gary Herman
Motion Carried

The board calendar was reviewed.

Unscheduled Business

Brad Grasmick spoke about matters related to Denver/Consolidated, and also informed the board that Kelly Custer will be retiring at the end of September.

Unanimous resolution of the board to develop a resolution to thank Kelly Custer for her time and service.

The audit was further discussed.

New Business

There was none.

The regular meeting was adjourned at 4:05 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Danyelle McCannon,
Financial Analyst