Committee Meeting Information

June 7, 2007

Wyoming Water Development Office

Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

Committee Members Present

Senator Gerald E. Geis, CoChairman

Representative Rodney “Pete” Anderson, CoChairman

Senator Rae Lynn Job

Senator Drew Perkins

Senator Chuck Townsend

Senator Bill Vasey

Representative Marty Martin

Representative Owen Petersen

Representative Frank Philp

 

Committee Members Absent

 

Senator Pat Aullman

Representative Ross Diercks

Representative Lorraine Quarberg

 

Legislative Service Office Staff

Mark Quiner, Assistant Director

 

Others Present at Meeting

Wyoming Water Development Office: Mike Purcell, Director

Please refer to Appendix 1 to review the Committee Sign-in Sheet
for a list of other individuals who attended the meeting.

Call to Order

 

A joint meeting of the Select Water Committee and the Wyoming Water Development Commission (WWDC) was held on June 7, 2007.  The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m.  The order of the meeting generally followed the prepared agenda, Appendix 2.  The purpose of the meeting for the Select Water Committee was to begin its approved interim work including the oversight and approval of certain water project documents.

 

Approval of Minutes

Senator Vasey moved the minutes of the December 15, 2006 meeting of the Select Water Committee be approved.  The motion passed.

 

Planning Contract Approval

Following explanation by Mr. Jon Wade of the Wyoming Water Development Office, the Committee approved the following planning division contract documents:

 

• Arapahoe Master Plan

• Bridger Valley Reservoir

• Clearmont CBM Impact Plan

• Cody Canal Hydropower

• Cottonwood Lake Enlargement

• Dayton Raw Water Supply

• Dixon Water Supply

• Enterprise Conservation

• Fort Laramie Water Supply Rehabilitation

• Frannie Raw Water

• Green River Basin Plan II GW, MOU

• Green River-Rock Springs-Sweetwater County JPWB Master Plan

• Greybull Valley Rehab/Upper Sunshine Diversion

• Hopkins Producers ID Watershed /Water Storage

• Instream Flow Hydrologic Studies

• Kirby Irrigation District Conservation

• Laramie County Aquifer Study, Phase I

• Laramie Water Management, Phase II

• Lusk Area Ground Water

• Manville Source Water Supply Study

• Pinedale Master Plan

• Rawlins Raw Water Storage

• Star Valley Ranch Groundwater

• Star Valley Regional Master Plan

• Sublette Creek Reservoir & Covey/Mau Canal Rehabilitation

• Upper Green River Westside Storage

• Upton Well No. 6

• Viva Naughton Enlargement

• Willwood Rehabilitation & GIS

 

Following discussion, Representative Philp moved that the Committee approve the contracts.  The motion passed.

 

Other Business

Mr. Purcell gave a summary of the previous day's workshop.  Topics discussed included dams and reservoirs, water project criteria, rural water development projects, the loan/grant mix for water development projects, the formation of a public entity during the three levels of water development project phases, instream flow laws, and funding feasibility studies in areas where there is little chance of development. 

 

Mr. Purcell also indicated that the Water Development Office received an appropriation from the Legislature for a water summit to be held jointly with the Indian Tribes.  Senator Case is working on the summit which will be held October 2 through 4, 2007.  There is funding to reimburse members of the Select Water Committee should they wish to attend.

 

Mr. Dan Budd of the Water Development Commission provided an update on the Colorado River Basin including information on the salinity control measures and potential oil shale development.

 

Next Meeting

Mr. Purcell announced the next meeting will be held August 23 and 24, 2007 including a water tour on August 23.  The meeting will be held in the Gillette area.

 

Meeting Adjournment

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Senator Gerald Geis, CoChairman

 

Committee Meeting Materials Index

 

Appendix		Appendix Topic		Appendix Description		Appendix Provider
1		Committee Sign-In Sheet		Lists meeting attendees		Legislative Service Office
2		Committee Meeting Agenda		Provides an outline of the topics the Committee planned to address at meeting		Legislative Service Office