Notice of Special Meeting, January 20
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, January 20, 2025, 4 PM (Mountain Standard Time).
The meeting will be at the SJWCD office at 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5, Pagosa Springs, CO. The SJWCD Board anticipates an Executive Session and discussion of shared 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. Only the SJWCD Attorney and Directors will have access to Zoom during an Executive Session. Members of the public will be placed in the Zoom Waiting Room during an Executive Session. The public may be admitted before and following Executive Session. An unknown Zoom attendee will be asked to identify him/herself before being admitted to the meeting.
Topic: SJWCD Special Meeting
Time: Jan 20, 2025 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Proposed Agenda for the Special Meeting is as follows:
1. Call to Order
2. Revisions to Agenda and Approval of Agenda
3. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest
4. Executive Session. Upon an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members present, the San Juan Water Conservancy District will go into executive session pursuant
to section 24-6-402(4) of the Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.) to discuss matters concerning the transfer or sale of real, personal or other property interest pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(a) of the C.R.S., to confer with the District’s attorney for the purposes of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(b), C.R.S., and to determine positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to section 24-6-402(4)(e), C.R.S., all regarding the potential sale of the Running Iron Ranch on the initiative of the Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District and related litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), forthcoming settlement negotiations, and public statements.
5. Consideration of Actions regarding the Running Iron Ranch and related litigation (Case No. 24CV30069 filed in Archuleta County District Court), settlement negotiations, and public statements
6. Consideration of Attorney’s Report, including water rights cases
7. Consideration of Treasurer’s Report
8. Consideration of Resolution 2025-01
9. Consideration of Resolution 2025-02
10. Consideration of Contract with Yeh Engineering
11. Updates from Directors
- • San Juan-Chama Watershed 9th annual Rio Chama Congreso and 2-3-2 at Ghost on Ranch Friday, February 28, through Saturday, March 1
- WECO River Basin Tour
- Colorado Water Congress – last week of January
- Southwestern Water Conservation District – compact compliance presentation, March
- San Juan Headwaters Forest Health Partnership Meeting – Jan. 17
- Replacement map from Davis Engineering
- Trust for Public Lands
- Other recent meetings or updates
12. Update about Video Three, “Threats to Our Water,” from Director Tedder
13. Consideration of Approval of Records of Proceedings
14. Set date for work session to review Strategic Objectives for 2025
15. Adjournment
SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT
By /s/ Sally High
Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors
DISTRICT SEAL