PROJ00396 App Letter

• Contract/PO #: C153741
• Contractor Name: Vouga Reservoir Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 72
• County: Saguache
• Bill Number: SB 94-029
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources

721 Stale Centennial Building
1313 Shennan Street
Denver. Colorado 80203
Phone [phone] .
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MEMORANDUM

Roy Romer
Governor

(upDATED December 6, 1994)

James S. Lochhead
Executive DiIcctor. DNR
Daries C. lile. P.E.
Dirccror. CWCB .

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

FROM: John Van Sciver

DATE: October 27, 1994

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 28d., November 3-4, 1994, Board Meeting-
V ouga Reservoir Association
Approval of a $400,000 increase in the project authorization (Construction
Fund Loan) for rehabilitation and enlargement of the V ouga Reservoir Dam.
Total Authorization to be $750,000.

BACKGROUND

The Vouga Reservoir Association, located in Gunnison County, has an existing $350,000
Construction Fund Loan authorization (approved in 1994, SB 94-029) for rehabilitation of the
outlet of the Vouga Reservoir Dam. Mr. Jim Norfleet, State Dam Safety Engineer in Montrose,
confIrmed the need for the outlet rehabilitation. He personally operated the equipment to
photograph the interior of the outlet, and said .there is a void or serious offset in the pipe about
100 feet from the upstream end. Plans and Specifications for this work have been reviewed by
the State Engineer, and the project is scheduled to be completed this fall.

At the time the CWCB approved the above authorization (November 9, 1993) the Board also
approved funds for the Association to conduct a feasibility study to investigate rehabilitation of
the outlet, construction of an enlarged emergency spillway, and enlargement of the dam. The
Association hired Woodward-Clyde Consultants to conduct the study, which is nearly complete.

The construction cost estimate provided in the feasibility study is $912,000, plus $100,000 for
engineering. The Association will contribute $337,000 in cash and in kind services, so the
project loan amount is reduced to $675,000. To make the project fmancially feasible, the
Association needs to payoff an existing high interest loan in amount of $75,000, increasing the
required authorization to $750,000. Since the Association has an .existing authorization for
$350,000, they will need an additional authorization for$400,OOO, as follows:

Construction Cost
Plus Engineering
Plus loan refInancing
Total Project Cost

$ 912,000
100,000
75.000
1.087.000