RRWCD Quarterly Meeting Agenda

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 Board meeting – February 17, 2026

  – offered virtually and in person –

 Burlington Community Center

340 14th Street, Burlington, CO  80807

Proposed Agenda  (Times are Approximate)

  1. 10:00 AM – Welcome – Rod Lenz – President of the Board
    1. Pledge of Allegiance & Prayer
    2. Roll call of Directors/declare a quorum –Josh Lechman, Secretary of the Board 
    3. Introduction of guests
    4. Resolution 26-01 honoring Steve Kramer – Rod Lenz, Board President
    5. Approve the agenda
    6. Approve the minutes
      1. November 18, 2025 – Quarterly Board meeting
      2. December 10, 2025 – Special Board Hearing/meeting minutes
      3. January 8-9, 2026 – Special Board meeting during Board Retreat minutes
      4. January 8, 2026 – Executive Session minutes
      5. January 27, 2026 – Special Board meeting minutes
  1. 10:10 AM – Administration Reports 
    1. President’s Report – Rod Lenz, Board President
    2. General Manager’s Report – Deb Daniel, General Manager
    3. Financial Report – Reon McBride, Finance and Office Manager 
    4. South Fork Focus Zone acre update – Payton Liming, Administrative Assistant
    5. CCP Operation Report – Tracy Travis, CCP Operator
  1. 10:25 AM – RRWCD Committee Reports
    1. Budget Committee – Aaron Sprague, chairperson
    2. Conservation Committee – Tim Pautler, member
    3. Fee Evaluation Committee – Kevin Penny, chairperson
    4. Innovation/Technology Committee – Josh Lechman, member
    5. Legislative Committee – Brooke Campbell, chairperson
    6. Negotiation Committee – Roger Seedorf, chairperson
    7. Nominating Committee – Tim Fetzer, member
    8. Personnel Committee – Brooke Campbell, chairperson
    9. PTAC Committee – Tim Pautler, chairperson
  1. 10:45 AM – Associated Organizations Reports
    1. Colorado Groundwater Commission –Tim Pautler
    2. Colorado Water Congress – Greg Larson 
    3. South Fork Republican Restoration Coalition – Noah Nemmers/Stuart Dykstra
    4. South Platte Basin Roundtable – Deb Daniel
    5. Yuma County Water Authority –  Mike Leerar
  1. 11:30 AM – Professional Reports
    1. Lobbyist Reports
      1. Federal Lobbyists – Patrick Firth/Denise Bode, Constitution Partners, LLC
      2. State Lobbyists – Landon Gates/Brock Herzberg, Capitol Focus, LLC
    2. Engineer’s Report – Randy Hendrix, water engineer, Hendrix Wai Engineering, Inc  
    3. Attorney’s Report – David Robbins/Pete Ampe, legal counsel, Hill and Robbins P.C.

12:00 PM LUNCH – provided for everyone in attendance

  1. 1:00 PM – Public Comment
  1. 1:15 PM – Report from Colorado Division of Water Resources
    1. State Engineer, Jason Ullmann
    2. Chris Kucera, Republican River Team Lead Commissioner 
  1. 1:30 PM – Legislative reports
    1. Federal Legislators or staff members
    2. State Legislators or staff members
  1. 1:45 PM – Presentations
    1. Weather presentation by Brian Bledsoe,  owner Brian Bledsoe Weather
    2. Corn Conservation Project presentation by Greg Peterson, CAWA Executive Director and Brandi Bacquera, CO Master Irrigator Program, Project Program Director
    3. CCP Proposed Expansion presentation bid by engineering design firm
      1. V-3 Companies – Noah Nemmers, Andrew Regnery, Michael McWhirter & Stuart Dykstra
    4. RRWCD Compact Compliance Pipeline Maintenance Program and CCP Expansion Project – Chris Sanchez, BBA Water Consultants, Inc and Randy Hendrix, Hendrix Wai Engineering, Inc.
  1. 3:45 PM – Reports 
    1. RRWCD Bylaws update – Josh Lechman, Board Secretary
  1. 4:00 PM – Board Discussion & Action Items
    1. Discuss and vote on committee chairs – Rod Lenz, Board President
    2. Discuss and vote on Resolution 26-02 on change to RRWCD Water Use Fee – David Robbins, legal counsel
    3. Discuss and vote on Resolution 26-03 to change RRWCD Bylaws to require a ⅔ majority vote for any change to the RRWCD Water Use Fee and other updates – David Robbins, legal counsel
    4. Discuss and vote on bylaws update Resolution 26-04 – David Robbins, legal counsel
    5. Discuss and vote on amendments to Resolution 21-05 – Pete Ampe, legal counsel
    6. Discuss and vote on pipeline maintenance – Tim Pautler, PTAC chairperson
    7. Discuss and vote to award pipeline design engineering firm – Tim Pautler, PTAC chariperson
    8. Vote on RAMP blind evaluation – Payton Liming, Administrative Assistant
    9. Vote on contract to purchase groundwater rights in SFFZ – Pete Ampe, legal counsel 
    10. Discuss and vote on sponsorship/partnership with WEco – Deb Daniel, General Manager
  1. 4:45 PM – Old Business
  1. 4:50 PM – New Business
  1. 4:55 PM – Executive Session to receive legal advice on legal questions and litigation concerning South Fork water rights; to discuss and determine positions, develop strategies, and instruct negotiators concerning the purchase or lease of water rights; determine positions and instruct negotiators concerning water supply acquisition, receive legal advice on legal questions related to such agreements, contracts and easements, discuss program applications; Compact Compliance and discussions with Kansas (to the extent subject to privilege), and the Compact Compliance Pipeline and Bonny Reservoir, and to discuss personnel matters

5:15 PM – Adjourn Meeting

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