June 6, 2018 WAS Committee Minutes

MINUTES

WAS Committee

June 6, 2018

The meeting of the WAS Committee of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District was called to order at 1:52 P.M. on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 by Dave Bernhardt at Central’s office at 3209 West 28^th Street in Greeley. Committee members present were David Bernhardt, Randy Knutson, Bret Schmidt, and Gary Herman.  Board member absent was Steve Bruntz.  Staff members present were Randy Ray, Lynn Kramer and Ruthanne Schaffer.

Randy reviewed updates on the Walker Recharge Project.  The draft decree was submitted June 1^st for the water right.  Randy met with a land owner recently to go over the first pipeline easement with the option for a second pipeline in the future.

RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE PEGGRAM PIPELINE EASEMENTS WITH THE CHANGES AS REVIEWED.
Motion:  Gary Herman
Second:  Bret Schmidt
MOTION CARRIED

Wayne will attend the board meeting this month to review his estimated 10% design/construction budget for the first phase of the Walker Recharge Project.  This will be used in the RFP when released.

Randy met with the two land owners who own the Klug Reservoir land and a neighbor.  The mining company is going to inspect the area this week to see if the aggregate is what they are needing.  The mining company is also looking at another parcel near Gilcrest and Platteville.

Committee discussed the roughly 3,000 orphan shares of Chatfield Reallocation.  Central/Denver Water and the State are working on setting up a meeting to understand DW’s use of the space and how Central, DW and CPW could work together to maximize the storage space.

An update was given on the Marina at Chatfield.

Randy spoke to the Committee regarding oil and gas pipelines near Shores Reservoirs that might affect the gravity outlet design.

Randy reviewed some possible partnership opportunities William has been working on.

RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITES AS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING.
Motion:  Gary Herman
Second:  Randy Knutson
MOTION CARRIED

Lynn spoke to the Committee about updating the Policy Resolution regarding the adoption of District wide policies concerning the metering of wells within the District and Subdistricts.

RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO HAVE STAFF UPDATE THE POLICY RESOLUTION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF DISTRICT WIDE POLICIES CONCERNING THE METERING OF WELLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND SUBDISTRICTS.
Motion:  Randy Knutson
Second:  Bret Schmidt
MOTION CARRIED

RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO SEND A THANK YOU NOTE TO CHRIS TREESE AND THE COLORADO RIVER DISTRICT FOR HAVING HIM COME MEET WITH CENTRAL TODAY.
Motion:  Randy Knutson
Second:  Bret Schmidt
MOTION CARRIED

Chairman David Bernhardt adjourned the meeting at 3:01 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Ruthanne Schaffer
Sr Water Accountant