Date: 09/30/2014
Final
Discussion on the SB 14-115 Report
WATER RESOURCES REVIEW COMMITTEE
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05:33 PM -- Discussion on the SB 14-115 Report
Representative Fischer explained that pursuant to Senate Bill 14-115, the Water Resources Review Committee is required to collect feedback from the public and provide a summary of the public's feedback as well as its own feedback on the draft Colorado Water Plan (CWP) to the CWCB by November 1, 2014. Based on prior discussions with committee members, Representative Fischer explained that he would not ask the committee to meet after October 1 to discuss the SB 14-115 report. He explained that staff has received several anonymous comments on the draft CWP and asked if the committee wanted to include anonymous comments to the CWCB. Several members objected to providing anonymous comments to the CWCB. He also explained that staff raised questions about the quality of small group discussion reports that were provided at each SB 14-115 hearing. Specifically, some reports appeared to represent consensus of the table while other reports were a list of issued discussed and did not appear to represent the consensus of the table. Representative Fischer asked the committee if it wanted to include a summary of the small group discussion reports in its report to the CWCB. Several members discussed the value of the small group discussion reports and requested that a summary of these reports be provided to the CWCB. Staff was instructed to include a summary of the small group discussion reports in the committee's preliminary report to the CWCB.
05:40 PM
Representative Fischer also asked the committee if its wants to provide comments on the draft CWP. Several members expressed concern about providing comments to the CWCB prior to seeing the full draft CWP. Instead, Representative Fischer invited members to submit comments and observations on the CWP to him and that he would then include these comments in his letter to the CWCB concerning the preliminary SB 14-115 report.
05:45 PM
Thomas Morris, Office of Legislative Legal Services, responded to questions from the committee about the Open Meeting Law and whether members could discuss the CWP outside of a public meeting.