Public Meetings

San Juan Water Conservancy District has scheduled a Regular Meeting for Monday, October 20, at 4 pm. The location of the Regular Meeting is 46 Eaton Drive Suite 5. A Zoom link will be published in the upcoming agenda.

San Juan Water Conservancy District has scheduled a Work Session for Tuesday, September 23, at 10 am. The location of the in-person Work Session is Higher Grounds, 189 Talisman Drive. The purpose of the Work Session is to discuss the maintenance of Running Iron Ranch with Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District’s ranch subcommittee. SJWCD has submitted specific questions in advance and three SJWCD Directors plan to attend.

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 15, 2025, at 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 may require an Executive Session and discussion of shared documents related to the agenda below. This meeting is in-person, but may be attended by Zoom.

Use the link below to connect to the scheduled Zoom meeting. Only the SJWCD Attorney and Directors will be on Zoom during the Executive Session. The public may be admitted before and following Executive Session. Any unknown Zoom attendee will be asked to identify him/herself before being admitted to the meeting.

SJWCD is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: SJWCD Special Meeting

Time: Sep 15, 2025 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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Proposed Agenda for the Regular Meeting is as follows:

1. Call to Order

2. Revisions to Agenda and Approval of Agenda

3. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest

4. Opportunity for Public Comment (limit to 3 minutes)

5. 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 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 Colorado Revised Statutes, for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions and to discuss strategy with the District’s attorney 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), settlement negotiations, and public statements.

6. 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.

7. Attorney’s Report

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 for the purpose 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 pending water rights cases, settlement negotiations, and public statements.

8. Consideration of Actions regarding Water Rights Cases

9. Consideration of Treasurer’s Report

10. Discussion of preliminary 2026 Budget

11. Update on Process of Selecting a Design Engineering Firm for Headwaters Reservoir

12. Updates for SJWCD’s Watershed Restoration Project

13. Consideration of Cascade Plaza Office Lease

12. Updates from Directors

• SJHFHP news (Hagberg)

• SWCD briefing re: cloud seeding (Jones)

• Other updates

13. Strategic Objectives Reports (when needed)

Strategic Objective 1: Redefine the financial partnership for Running Iron Ranch. (Directors Tedder, Riehm, Cooper, Proffitt)

Strategic Objective 2: Make the case for a reservoir at RIR by defining feasibility and demand. (Directors Cooper, Hagberg, Kappelman)

Strategic Objective 3: Engage with the community, including PAWSD, on a project that advances a common community interest, like a planning/municipal water demand study and/or wildfire mitigation (Directors Hagberg, Nobles, Nossaman, Tedder)

14. Approval of amended Record of Proceedings from 8/18 Regular Meeting and 8/29 Special Meeting

15. Schedule next meeting. Adjournment.

SAN JUAN WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

By /s/ Sally High

Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors

DISTRICT SEAL

Directors of San Juan Water Conservancy District will Thursday, Wednesday, August 21. Results of the question and answer session will be disclosed at the SJWCD Special Meeting on Monday, September 15. The public Work Session is noticed here, because more than two board members may discuss actions.

The Bureau of Rec will record of the session. https://www.usbr.gov/smallstorage/index.html 

Registration is required. https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f391e8e-2bb8-40ef-8bb8-61236ef1b6b0@0693b5ba-4b18-4d7b-9341-f32f400a5494

San Juan Water Conservancy District is sponsoring a low-tech restoration project to conserve water. Monica Nigon, Americorps / Western Colorado University graduate intern, designed the project. Monica will lead volunteers in repairing a degraded drainage near the Turkey Springs Trailhead. The project employs cost-effective natural solutions including Zeedyk structures and Zuni holes. Repairing the drainages is proven to retain water in the soil of pasture and forest lands.

To volunteer on Saturday, September 13, contact Monica at mnigon.sjwcd@gmail.com or 719-581-0902. About 20 volunteers are needed and lunch will be provided.