San Juan Water Conservancy District scheduled a 2025 Draft Budget Hearing for 4 pm on Monday, October 14. The public is welcome to attend and comment on the proposed budget. The location is 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5. A Zoom link will be published in the upcoming agenda of the Regular Meeting to follow the Budget Hearing.
San Juan Water Conservancy District has released “The Value of Snow,” the first of three short films intended to educate the public in understanding our watershed and the future of our water supply. The second and third films in the series, “This is Your Watershed: Upper San Juan River,”are being released later in 2024.
Use the link below to view “The Value of Snow.” The public is invited to share the film widely. Contact SJWCD to schedule a showing and a Q and A with your Water Conservancy District.
All water uses – environmental, agricultural, recreational, industrial, and municipal – are considered in the short film series. The health of our community’s economy is directly dependent on the health of our watershed.
Southwest Basin Roundtable funded San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) to create the three educational short films in 2024. Professional film maker, Christi Bode of Moxiecran Media, is producing the film series, “This is Your Watershed: Upper San Juan River.” Collaboration with other water organizations and stakeholders is expected to enrich our understanding of our San Juan River home.
Quantitative and qualitative data, collected across decades, that explains water supply and projects water needs in our hotter, drier future. Risk management and Colorado compact compliance requirements will be incorporated into explanations of all water uses.
The creation of the three informative films are part of SJWCD’s Strategic Plan to educate the community about the water resources of the Upper San Juan River Basin and related issues, including climate change, future water needs, water resource planning, water conservation, and the work of the SJWCD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) is scheduled for Monday, September 16, 2024, 4:00 PM (Mountain Standard Time).
The meeting will be at the SJWCD office at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5, Pagosa Springs, CO. The SJWCD Board will be discussing and sharing documents related to the agenda below. This meeting is in-person, but may be attended by Zoom.
San Juan Water Conservancy District is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: SJWCD Special Meeting
Time: Sep 16, 2024 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 858 1213 1319
Passcode: 069811
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Proposed Agenda for the Special Meeting is as follows:
1. Call to Order
2. Revisions to Agenda and Approval
3. Executive Session. Pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-402(4): The Board reserves the right to meet in executive session for any purposes allowed and announced prior to voting to enter into executive session.
4. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest
5. Public Comment (3-minute limit)
6. Consideration of Attorney’s Report
7. Consideration of Treasurer’s Report
8. Consideration of Technical and Project Management Services / Authorization to Engage Professionals
9. Consideration of Community Outreach Plan for Educational Video Series
10. Discussion of Weber Request to Extend Grazing Lease at Running Iron Ranch
11. Discussion of Preliminary 2025 Budget
12. Board Member Reports and Outreach
SJWCD joint meeting with PAWSD
Federal Grant Opportunities
Water Information Program (WIP) Partner Meeting. 9/25/24, 1–3 pm. SWCD Durango office and Zoom.
C-9 Summit, October 1 & 2
Polaris land use planning tool
2-3-2 Partnership field trip/meeting this Wednesday, 9/18
Other Items of Mutual Interest
13. Consideration of Approval of Record of Proceedings for August 19 meeting
14. Updates from Committees Advancing Strategic Objectives and Actions
Objective 1: Advance the San Juan River Headwaters Project (SJRHP) as one resource for meeting agricultural, municipal, environmental, and recreational water needs of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) community. (Directors Riehm, Nobles, Proffitt)
Objective 2: Identify complementary and supplemental uses for the Running Iron Ranch property and initiate programs with suitable partners to develop the particular use cases. (Directors Hagberg, Riehm, Proffitt)
Objective 3: Educate the SJWCD community about water resource issues facing the Upper San Juan River Basin and define the public position on the construction of a reservoir. (Directors Tedder, Nossaman, Hagberg, Nobles)
15. Consideration of Executive Session Pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-6-402(4)(b) for the purpose receiving legal advice on specific legal questions regarding: Consideration of Attorney’s Report; Consideration of Treasurer’s Report; Consideration of Technical and Project Management Services / Authorization to Engage Professionals; Consideration of Community Outreach Plan for Educational Video Series; Discussion of Weber Request to Extend Grazing Lease at RIR; Consideration of Federal Grant Opportunities; Board Member Reports and Outreach; Consideration of Approval of Record of Proceedings for August 19 Regular Meeting; Updates from Committees Advancing Strategic Objectives and Actions.
15. Consideration of Scheduling October Budget and Regular Meeting
SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
By /s/ Sally High
Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors
DISTRICT SEAL
San Juan Water Conservancy District has scheduled a Work Session for 3 pm on Friday, August 9. The location is 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5. The purpose of the in-person Work Session is to plan the community premiere of “The Value of Snow.” A Work Session has no agenda, no public comment, and no Zoom option.
San Juan Water Conservancy District has scheduled a public Work Session with Southwestern Water Conservation District at the Ross Aragon Community Center at 12 noon on Wednesday, August 7. They will tour Running Iron Ranch, the Pagosa Gateway Project, and Yamaguchi Park River Improvements.
SJWCD board members, SWCD board members, and local invitees will depart Ross Aragon Community Center at 1:15 pm to tour SJWCD’s proposed reservoir site and local Watershed Enhancement Partnership projects. Members of the public joining the tour are responsible for their own transportation and should come prepared for walking (appropriate shoes, hat, sunscreen, water bottle).
The SWCD board will meet on August 8, 8 am – 1 pm, at the Ross Aragon Community Center, Small Conference Room.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) is scheduled for Monday, August 19, 2024, 4:00 PM (Mountain Standard Time).
The meeting will be at the SJWCD office at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5, Pagosa Springs, CO. The SJWCD Board will be discussing and sharing documents related to the agenda below. This meeting is in-person, but may be attended by Zoom.
San Juan Water Conservancy District is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
To remotely access the SJWCD Regular Meeting via Zoom on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM MSD, use this link:
Topic: SJWCD Regular Meeting
Time: Aug 19, 2024 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Proposed Agenda for the Special Meeting is as follows:
Objective 1: Advance the San Juan River Headwaters Project (SJRHP) as one resource for meeting agricultural, municipal, environmental, and recreational water needs of the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) community. (Directors Riehm, Nobles, Proffitt)
Objective 2: Identify complementary and supplemental uses for the Running Iron Ranch property and initiate programs with suitable partners to develop the particular use cases. (Directors Hagberg, Riehm, Proffitt)
Objective 3: Educate the SJWCD community about water resource issues facing the Upper San Juan River Basin and define the public position on the construction of a reservoir. (Directors Tedder, Nossaman, Hagberg, Nobles)
SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
By /s/ Sally High
Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors
DISTRICT SEAL
Click on the link below to see a graphic of all five Water Rights of SJWCD. The image includes:
Dry Gulch Reservoir (1967) 6,300 Acre Feet (AF), conditional
Dry Gulch Reservoir (2004) 4,700 AF first fill, 11,000 AF refill, conditional
Dry Gulch Pumping Station, 50 Cubic Feet Per Second (cfs), conditional
Park Ditch, 11 shares, 1.1 cfs, absolute
Dutton Ditch Second Enlargement, 20 cfs, conditional