TENTATIVE AGENDA

for the

WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

July 18-20, 2001

Luna Vocational-Technical Institute

Las Vegas, New Mexico

and

Tour of Las Vegas Watershed and Mora Valley

Wednesday, July 18

10:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER

--Senator Carlos Cisneros, Chair

MINUTES

10:15 a.m. WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS

--Mayor Tony Martinez

10:30 a.m. MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY AND THE ECONOMY

--Carlos Ortiz, Las Vegas Public Works Director

11:15 a.m. WATER RIGHTS AND LAWSUITS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO

--Malcolm Ebright, Legal Historian

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:30 p.m. WATER RIGHTS LITIGATION ON THE GALLINAS RIVER

--Paul Bloom, Attorney representing the City of Las Vegas

--David Benavides, Attorney representing irrigators, Northern New Mexico Community and Pueblo Legal Services

--Chuck Dumars, Attorney representing Storrie Lake water owners

--Pierre Levy, Attorney representing the Office of the State Engineer

3:00 p.m. PECOS RIVER WATER RIGHTS HISTORY

--Peter White, Attorney

4:00 p.m. CANADIAN RIVER WATER RIGHTS HISTORY

--Paul Bloom, Attorney

5:00 p.m. RECESS

Thursday, July 19

9:00 a.m. PECOS RIVER PRIORITY ADMINISTRATION-OPTIONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT SPECIAL MASTER AND POTENTIAL STATE RESPONSES

--John Thorson, former Special Master, Salt River adjudication, Arizona

10:30 a.m. TOUR

--Gallinas Canyon watershed

--acequias

--Storrie Lake

--Mora Valley water works

5:00 p.m. RECESS

Friday, July 20

9:00 a.m. STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION BY THE STATE ENGINEER AND INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION

--Tom Turney, State Engineer

--Norman Gaume, Interstate Stream Commission Director

10:00 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION

11:00 a.m. PROPOSED LEGISLATION

--committee discussion (a quorum for business is requested)

12:00 noon ADJOURN