PROJ01842

• Contract/PO #: C150028
• Contractor Name: Colorado Division of Wildlife
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources

1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203'
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

STATE OF COLOMDO

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MEMORANDUM

Bill Owens
Governor

Greg E, Walcher
Executive Director, DNR

Peter H. Evans
Director, eWeB

To: Peter Evans

From: Bill Green and Mike Serlet .~ y
Project Planning and Construction Section

Date: July 15, 1999

Re: Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility

In the 1997 Colorado Session Laws, Chapter 168, Section 11 (1), the General Assembly
authorized the CWCB to make a grant of not more than $2.0 million from the Fish and Wildlife
Resources Account of the CWCB Construction Fund to the Colorado Division of Wildlife
(CDOW) for a Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility (NASRF) in the San Luis Valley. On
March 10, 1998, the Board approved in concept a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
between the. CWCB and the CDOW for the $2.0 million funding with the condition that all
feasibility investigations are to be completed to the satisfaction of the Director of the CWCB
prior to execution of the MOD.

Feasibility Study

With this memo, we are transmitting the completed feasibility study for the project. Ed Frazar of
the CDOW staffhas reviewed the report and concurs in the study conclusions.

The feasibility report provides documentation for the following aspects of the project:

The need for and purpose ofthe project, including production targets and priorities,

The process through which alternatives were evaluated and a final project location and
configuration were established,

A detailed description of the selected alternative,

The technical and water rights considerations for project water supply, and

A financial program comparing estimated capital costs with various confirmed sources of
funding.