Rio Grande - Rio Grande Reservoir Multi-Use Enlargement_Statement of Work

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Task 5 - Development of Operational and Storage Agreements The objective of this task will be to investigate how different operational practices and storage agreements will affect administration of the Rio Grande River under both existing and proposed conditions. CDM will develop proposed operational scenarios and assist the District and interested parties in drafting storage agreements for both current conditions and an enlarged reservoir to determine how various goals could be met. CDM will work closely with project stakeholders on this task to develop alternatives and potential storage allocations and operational mles. The total cost for this task is $18,000. Task 6 - Project Communication and Stakeholder Outreach As with Phase I of this study, CDM will conduct an extensive communication and outreach program for stakeholders potentially affected by this project. Such stakeholders include Federal agencies, such as the US. Forest Service, State entities, such as the Rio Grand Basin Roundtable, the Division of Wildlife and the State Engineers Office, Water Division No.3, and environmental interests, such as The Nature Conservancy, San Luis Valley Wetlands Focus Area Committee, the Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project, San Luis Valley Ecosystem Restoration Council, and the Rio GrandeIRio Bravo Basin Coalition. Communication and Stakeholder outreach accounts for six progress meetings and five stakeholder meetings, all of which will require travel and advance preparation by the applicant's technical consultant. It is expected that a significant amount of time will be needed to work with stakeholders and potential partners on operational and storage agreements. The applicant anticipates that stakeholder outreach will include the negotiation of conceptual operating agreements with the various participants in the enlargement project. These negotiations will help to define when water will be stored in an enlarged reservoir, the purpose for which the water is stored, and how that water will be released to meet multiple purposes. Additionally, identification and development of partnering opportunities will be critical to securing adequate fi.mding for constmction. In addition to outreach and progress meetings, Task 6 includes preparation and production of the draft and final reports for the project. Given the multitude of stakeholder interests in this project, it is expected that the report will go through multiple rounds of stakeholder review and comment before it is finalized. In order to accommodate the significant need for legal expertise with respect to development of operational and storage agreements, particularly with the Forest Service, the applicant has revised the project budget to include additional time for the District's legal consultant, Whiteing & Smith, under Task 6. The overall project budget remains the same. The total cost for this task is $46,820. The total cost for the Rio Grande Reservoir Multi-Use Enlargement and Rehabilitation Preliminary Design is $288,000.00 5