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<br />r... <br />,>1 <br />-.:t' <br />N <br /> <br />$8,500 divided 60 percent to irrigation, 40 peroent <br />to flood control. <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />Non-reimbursable cost amortized in 50 years at 3 percent <br />interest. <br /> <br />c.....~) <br /> <br />'--.~ <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />Includes Class 5 and 6 lands now irrigated. <br /> <br />RePll.Y1Ilent <br /> <br />25. The water users within the Conejos ~Tater Conservancy District will <br />be able and, through the Board of Directors- of the District, have expressed <br />their willingness to repay over a period of 40 years that portion of the <br />cost of construction allocated to irrigation. <br /> <br />26. Attached is a copy (Exhibit A) of a resolution adopted by the <br />Board of Directors of the Conejos Water Conservancy ,District on March 15, <br />1947, signifying their approval of the stage plan of development herein <br />presented and stating that the portion of the cost 60 percent allooated <br />to irrigation is within the ability of the water users to repay. <br /> <br />Status of m-constructlon Sur1!!lU <br /> <br />27. All necessary field investigations have been completed. Pre- <br />construction surveys and data are sufficiently complete for the initiation <br />of the preparation of final designs and specifications. Additional required <br />data are slight and will be secured as soon as climatic conditions permit. <br />The preparation of final designs and specifioations will be started immediate. <br />1y folloV'ing approval of the plan. <br /> <br />Construction Schedul~ <br /> <br />28. Advertisement for bids for construction can be issued within 60 <br />days of receipt of authority to proceed. Bids would be reoeived within <br />90 days and award of contract could be made immediately thereafter, if satis- <br />faotory bids are reoeived. If such actions were accomplished construction <br />could be completed in two full working seasons. The working season in this <br />area is about 5 months of the year. Under this schedule storage in the re- <br />servoir could commence during the latter part of the second season. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Conclusions <br /> <br />29. There exists an urgent need far the regulation of the f.lows of the <br />Conejos River to permit the maximum beneficial use of those flows and alle- <br />viate recurring damages from floods. The Platoro reservoir, as the initial <br />stage of the ultimate development of the water resouroes of the stream, will <br />provide adequate regulation for the immediate needs ,of the area and will <br />very measurably reduoe the flood damages. <br /> <br />30. For full development and oontrol of the water resources of the <br />Conejos River, a two-oreservoir plan similar to that described in H.D. 693, <br />76th Congress, third session, is more destrable than a single reservoir on <br />the lower reachee of the stream. <br /> <br />, , <br />" <br /> <br />7 <br />