BOARD00159 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/12/2007
• Description: Summary Minutes and Record of Decisions - March 12-13, 2007
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

Tape 2, Track 3 00:45:39 - 00:50:48
Action: A motion was made by Don Schwindt and seconded by Keith Catlin to approve a
Basin Grant Request Application in an amount up to $7,700 from the Water
Supply Reserve Account to Goodman Point Water Association in the
Dolores/San Juan/San Miguel River Basin in Montezuma County for the
Goodman Point Water Association Environmental Report-Preliminary
Engineering Report. The Environmental Report (ER) and the Preliminary
Engineering Report (PER) are required by the USDA-Rural Development in
order to qualify for grant/loan funding, are necessary to negate any potential
damage to the environmental resources and cultural resources, and will provide a
preliminary "blueprint" of the proposed pipeline project to extend two domestic
pipelines by Montezuma Water Company into the Goodman Point area. Funding
will be contingent upon resolution of the items in the issues/additional needs
section of the application. The motion was approved unanimously (8-0).

Tape 2, Track 3 00:50:48 - 00:56:32
Action: A motion was made by Don Schwindt and seconded by Eric Wilkinson to
approve a Statewide Grant Request Application in an amount up to $1,000,000
from the Water Supply Reserve Account to the San Juan Water Conservancy
District in the San Juan River Basin in Archuleta County for land acquisition for
the Dry Gulch Reservoir, also known as the San Juan Reservoir, contingent upon
resolution of the issues raised in Staff s recommendation. Funding will be
contingent upon resolution of the items in the issues/additional needs section of
the application. The motion was approved unanimously (8-0).

Tape 2, Track 3 00:56:32 - 01:02:09
Action: A motion was made by Eric Wilkinson and seconded by Carl Trick to approve
two South Platte Basin Grant Request Applications in an amount up to $130,000
from the Water Supply Reserve Account to The Greenway Foundation in the
South Platte River Basin - Denver Metro Area to finalize the Chatfield Reservoir
Reallocation Environmental Impact Statement and Feasibility Report. The goal
of the study is to determine the feasibility of reallocating up to 20,600 acre-feet
of storage water from the Chatfield Reservoir to other authorized purposes
including municipal and industrial water supply, agriculture, and recreation and
fishery habitat protection and enhancement. Funding will be contingent upon
resolution of the items in the issues/additional needs section of the application.
The motion was approved unanimously (8-0).

Tape 2, Track 3 01:02:09 - 01:06:37
Action: A motion was made by Carl Trick and seconded by John Redifer to approve a
Rio Grande Basin Grant Request Application in an amount up to $64,500 from
the Water Supply Reserve Account to Alamosa Riverkeepers in the Rio Grande
River Basin - Alamosa River in Rio Grande and Conejos counties for the Terrace
Reservoir Hydrologic Modeling, Site Survey, and Mapping Project. The Project
is a critical component of the Alamosa River Instream Flow Project, which will
purchase one or more senior irrigation water rights, place them into storage-and-
release plans at Terrace Reservoir, in order to restore the in stream flow and
improve the natural environment in the Alamosa River channel. Funding will be

Flood Protection · Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning
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