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Moffat County Land Use Board

Minutes of Meeting

October 13, 2008

MOFFAT COUNTY LAND USE BOARD MEETING MINUTES October 13, 2008 Attendees: Ed Winters, LUB Tom Gray, Moffat County Commissioner Steve Hinkemeyer-LUB Tom Deakins, LUB Jeff Comstock, Moffat County Bob Grubb, LUB Jean Stetson, LUB Luke Shafer, Colorado Environmental Coalition Moment of Silence: Observed Call to Order: Ed called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm Roll call was taken. Approval of Minutes from September 8, 2008 No changes in September minutes were suggested. Minutes were approved by acclimation. General Discussion/Committee Reports Overland Pass Pipeline Re-Route- Jeff shared with the LUB a Power Point Presentation that John Husband created describing the reasons for a pipeline re-route of the Overland Pass Project. A USDA Grassland Reserve Program Easement prevented following the same corridor as previous pipelines had followed, as well as the path of least ground disturbance. The easement was placed on the ground after previous pipelines had been installed. After public comment, BLM authorized the re-route which bypasses the property with easement protection knowing it was not the preferable, although legal, pipeline route. BLM hoped by next year, when the construction is scheduled to cross the parcel in question, that USDA would have fixed the easement language to allow the least environmentally impacted path to be followed through the property easement. Update from Ag Forum- Jean attended the Division of Wildlife Agriculture listening session. The Ag forum is a session where the DOW communicates with ranchers regarding issues affecting agriculture. Jean discussed with the group her concerns of the minimal input from the public that the DOW used to create the draft Prairie Dog Plan. She discussed the importance of local review of the Prairie Dog Plan and comment. Jean also discussed her disappointment in the DOW requesting at the last minute to incorporate chick and female counts into the Little Snake RMP without this going through the local Grouse Working Groups. She stated that the DOW Director, Tom Remmington, did not seem to support this idea from his staff. Jean stated that DOW seemed genuinely concerned about their perception with landowners after the Culverwell Trial and they would do what they could to assist landowners this winter and improve landowner public relations efforts. DNR Water Meeting- Tom Gray updated the LUB on a meeting he and Jeff had attended in Denver hosted by Harris Sherman regarding using approximately 250,000 acre feet from Blue Mesa Reservoir to be used to meet a future lower basin state’s compact call for Colorado river water. Tom discussed that during years where a call would not be needed, DNR was proposing water for ‘other uses’ but had not defined those uses. A discussion occurred about using the Blue Mesa Water to substitute water from another project that would retain the same acre feet in the State, i.e. the Yampa Pumpback. Elkhead Erosion Project- Ed discussed an Elkhead Creek Landowner approaching him about the County assisting in an erosion problem that was negatively affecting him and others who live along Elkhead Creek. Ed and Tom described a series of discussions held with a couple of landowners along Elkhead Creek about increased erosion since the Dam was built in the 1970’s as well as erratic flows from the reservoir water releases exacerbating erosion in the 2008 flow season. Tom discussed some of these concerns with the River District. The River District agreed to make changes to the release patterns, change the reservoir fill dates to absorb a bit more of the runoff and assist in future creek rehab treatments. Moffat County will work with CSU to bring a fluvial geomorphologist to assist in helping landowners identify projects and better understand the hydrologic characteristics of Elkhead Creek. Road Maintenance Committee Report- A committee meeting was held and Jeremy brought the draft Road Maintenance Agreement (RMA) from BLM to consider as a Blanket RMA. Jeff is to review the draft RMA and make a recommendation as to the appropriateness of the draft RMA and any suggested changes. Closing Updates: The LUB requests a presentation on the Prairie Dog Plan and a followup report from the BLM on the medicine wheel grant. Adjournment Jeremy motioned to adjourn Steve seconded, 9:00 PM. Unanimous Vote.

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