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• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: CF Section - Finance Subcommittee Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Finance Committee

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

From:

Jeff Baessler
Jack Byers

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Date: August 31, 2006

Re: CWCB Finance Committee Meeting
Water Supply Planning and Finance - Non Reimbursable Projects
CWCBlDivision of Water Resources Stream Gaging and Satellite Monitoring Fund

Background

For the past 5 years, the CWCB staff has requested approximately $250,000 per year from the
Construction Fund in order to address on-going stream gaging needs related to flood forecasting and
warning, instream flow monitoring, compact protection, and Decision Support System data collection
efforts. In addition, the Division of Water Resources has requested an annual appropriation of
approximately $300,000 for the continued operational viability of the State Satellite Monitoring System.
Another $50,000 has been requested by both agencies for development and support of the flood-
hardening program. Each year, funding for these combined stream gaging programs has been reviewed
and approved by both the Finance Sub-committee and the Board. It has been recognized that it is
critical for both the State's water planning and water administrative agencies to support and maintain
state-of-art stream gaging programs and continue to provide accurate water resources data to support
multi-agency and water user needs. Furthermore, the operation of these combined gaging programs has
been consistent with the state's stream gaging and satellite monitoring systems as recognized in Section
37-60-121 and Section 37-80-102 C.R.S. The total funding for all three programs combined has
amounted to approximately $600,000 per year.

Objective

Rather than continue to apply for non-reimbursable Construction Fund dollars each year to support these
ongoing programs, CWCB and DWR staff would propose the establishment of two permanent but
separate funds. One fund would support the CWCB's comprehensive stream gaging program and one

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning