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 ClJ COLORADO
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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
721 Centennial Building
131 3 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone, [phone]
FAX: [phone]

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Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Bill Green, PE13 {r
Project Planning and Construction Section

Roy Romer
Covernor

Jilmes S. Lochhend
Executive Direaor, DNR

DariesC Lile, RE.
Direaar. eWeB

FROM:

DATE: August 28, 1996

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 6.a., September 9-10, 1996 Board Meeting - Water Project
Construction Loan Program - Vouga Reservoir Association - Final Report on
Feasibility and Request for Change in Financing Terms

BACKGROUND

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Vouga Reservoir is an agricultural reservoir with a capacity of 920 acre-feet located eight miles south
of Doyleville in Saguache County at an elevation of about 8,600 feet (please see the attached map).
The reservoir is in the Razor Creek basin, a tributary of Tomichi Creek, and has historically been used
for the irrigation of as much as 1,500 acres of land. The owner is the Vouga Reservoir Association
(VRA) of which Remy and Ruth Labrouche ofLoma (Mesa County) are now the sole shareholders.

A Construction Fund loan for the rehabilitation of the reservoir was originally authorized in 1994 (SB
94-29) in the amount of $350,000. The authorization was subsequently amended in 1995 for a total
authorized amount of $750,500 for rehabilitation of the reservoir with a 30-year loan. The conditions
of Board approval in October of 1994 were. (1) the Construction Fund loan not exceed 75 percent of
the total cost of the project, (2) the completion of a feasibility study and a finding of feasibility, and (3)
a staff evaluation ofthe Association's financial condition and ability to pay.

This memorandum describes the work which was done to meet these conditions, advises the Board as
to changes in the project and in the ownership of the VRA, and requests a revision in the tenns of the
loan.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

As originally proposed, the project included the repair of the outlet pipe through the dam, enlarging the
emergency spillway, and a small enlargement of the reservoir. In 1993, it was discovered that the outlet
pipe was completely inoperable and in February 1995 the dam was breached. The reservoir has not
been used for the last two irrigation seasons.

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