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080653 Enlargement MOA-We have received signed MOAs from the following entities: Entity CS-U City of Fountain Pueblo West Board of Water Works of Pueblo Otero County City of Florence Crowley County Town of Poncha Springs City of Salida Upper Arkansas Water Dist. EWMS (15%) EWMS Additional Total *pending final approval Acre-feet Requested 30,000 10,000* 5,500* 5,000 5,000 1,000 1,000 125 500 500 8,794 1 ,206* 68,625 acre-feet It is my recommendation that the Board approve the Enlargement MOAs, that have been submitted to date, allow additional time for Pueblo West and the City of Fountain, and that the Enterprise participate by requesting 1,206 acre-feet in additional enlarged storage capacity. The 1,206 acre-feet would provide the Enterprise with a total of 10,000 acre-feet of storage to meet the purposes described in the PSOP Implementation Committee Report, including water banking. The 1,206 acre-feet will cost the District $45,300 in implementation costs (over 4 years) and $2.4 million in construction costs (in the year 2011). With the PSOP Implementation Fund ($1 million) already in place and the designation of $2 million for enlargement participation in the proposed District Budget, we should be able to fund our involvement without changes in our existing mill levy. An additional idea: the Enterprise could also include an additional 6,375 acre-feet to take the total requests up to the 75,000 acre-feet limit. The funding of this extra amount becomes tricky. PSOP Implementation Legislation- I've sent the attached letter to members of Colorado's congressional delegation updating them on our agreement with Aurora and progress on other outstanding issues related to the District's Preferred Storage Options Plan (PSOP). I also called Congressman Tancredo's office and spoke directly with his legislative director so that they would know firsthand that the District and Aurora have reached an agreement. 3 ~ c.;