C150036 Approval Letter

• Contract/PO #: C150036
• Contractor Name: Weld County Tri Area Sanitation District
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 2
• County: Weld
• Bill Number: HB 00-1419
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

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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]

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Bill Owens
Governor

Memorandum

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

TO:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Dan McAuliffe
CWCB Director
(Acting)

FROM: Tim Feehan, P.E., Project Manager
Mike Serlet, P.E., Chief, Water Supply Planning and Finance Section

DATE: July 14, 2003

SUBJECT: Agenda Item No. 20a, July 28-30, 2003, Board Meeting
Water Supply, Planning and Finance - Changes to Existing Loans
Weld County Tri-Area Sanitation District
Regional Stormwater Detention Pond Project

INTRODUCTION

The Weld County Tri-Area Sanitation District (District) is requesting an increase of
$502,400 to the District's 2000 authorization of $1,500,000 for the Tri-Area Regional
Stormwater Detention Pond Project. The requested loan increase is due to cost overruns
incurred during design and construction of the project and for costs associated with fmalizing the
Letter of Map Revision to be submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
for approval and revision of the area floodplain.

BACKGROUND

At the January 2000 board meeting, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)
approved a loan to the District in the amount of $730,000, from the Severance Tax Trust Fund
Perpetual Base Account. At the March 2000 board meeting, CWCB approved an additional loan to
the District in the amount of $770,000 from the Severance Tax Trust Fund Perpetual Base Account.
The total $1,500,000 loan authorization by the CWCB in 2000 was for the design and construction
of a regional stormwater detention pond to mitigate flooding problems within the District's service
area.

The District is located in southern Weld County encompassing the towns of Frederick,
Firestone, Dacono, and the unincorporated community of Evanston. These communities lie within
what is referred as the Tri-Town Drainage Basin, which encompasses approximately 1,600 acres.
Prior to the construction of a regional detention facility no significant upstream detention ponds
existed or an adequate conveyance facility to carry the stormwater flows through these

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