Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan

Table 2-2.
Middle Rio Grande Region Public Meetings
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Date Location Purpose Meeting Summary
FY 2014
04/02/2014 Mid-Region Council of
Governments
Albuquerque, NM
FY 2015
01/23/2015 Mid-Region Council of
Governments
Albuquerque, NM
02/17/2015 Dekker / Perich / Sabatini
office
Albuquerque, NM
Middle Rio Grande Regional Water Plan 2017
NMISC-facilitated kickoff meeting to present
the regional water planning update process to
the region and continue to conduct outreach
to begin building the steering committee.
NMISC-facilitated meeting to present the
technical data compiled and synthesized for
the region.
NMISC-facilitated steering committee meeting
to review the update process and the timeline
for completing the regional water plan (RWP)
update. Set up meeting times and locations
for future meetings.
Representatives from many of the water user
groups attended the meeting and were
instrumental in identifying other individuals as
potential representatives for a particular group.
Many of the meeting attendees were not on the
master stakeholder list, and those individuals
were added to the list.
Data presented included population and economic
trends through a series of tables, the
administrative water supply, the projected future
water demand, and the gap between supply and
demand for both normal and drought years. In
addition, the presentation reaffirmed the
development of a steering committee to guide the
process as outlined in the Handbook.
The steering committee membership and
leadership were affirmed, with alternates named
as appropriate. The group decided that future
meetings would be held every other Tuesday at
the Dekker/Perich/Sabatini office in Albuquerque
from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. A conference call number
was also set up so that members could join the
meeting by phone. A worksheet to help gather
ideas and data about updated/new projects,
policies, and programs (PPPs) was distributed
and strategies for completing it were discussed.
The group discussed the public welfare statement
from the 2004 RWP and decided there was not
enough time to craft a new one that truly reflected
regional input.