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<br />above the present amounts. Both the legal and technical worl( related to this issue <br />will be coordinated with representatives of the u.s. Forest Service as part of this <br />grant application and through the stal(eholder process. <br /> <br />Issue No.4: The service area for the proposed water activity was not included in the <br />application. <br /> <br />ResDonse: Using Rio Grande Reservoir as a multi-use facility potentially <br />includes the entire River corridor from its headwaters to the State line with New <br />Mexico. The District will continue to provide irrigation water to its landowners in <br />and around Center, Colorado in Alamosa, Rio Grande, and Saguache Counties, all <br />in the Closed Basin. Direct-flow storage water can be stored and delivered for the <br />District, the Rio Grande Canal water users whose lands extend throughout Rio <br />Grande and Saguache Counties in the Closed Basin, and the Empire Canal water <br />users whose lands are located south of the Rio Grande River near Monte Vista. <br />The San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District's boundaries extend along the <br />River corridor from approximately Creede, Colorado downstream to just <br />southeast of Alamosa. The Division of Wildlife delivers its trans-mountain water <br />stored in Rio Grande Reservoir to its lands and facilities located throughout the <br />Basin. Finally, compact water stored in Rio Grande Reservoir will be re- <br />regulated and delivered in a manner that will assist in maintaining habitat and <br />riparian flows during the non-irrigation season, from the outlet of the Reservoir to <br />the State line. <br /> <br />Issue No.5: There is no project schedule. <br /> <br />ResDonse: A conceptual project schedule is shown below. It is anticipated that <br />this study will commence in early June and be completed within 6 months of the <br />contract signing. This should allow sufficient time for meeting with stal(eholders <br />and potential partners and Federal entities such as the Army Corps of Engineers <br />and the Forest Service. <br /> <br />Task Description <br />Project Kickoff <br />Task 1 - Geotechnical Analysis <br />Task 2 - Wetlands Analysis <br />Task 3 - Hydrologic Analysis <br />Task 4 - Anal sis of Le allssues <br />Task 5 - Operational and Storage <br />A reements <br />Task 6 - Communication and <br />Stakeholder Outreach <br /> <br /> <br />November December <br />