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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

US Army Corps of Engineers headquarters, as well as with the staff from Colorado's
Congressional delegation. Work on Chatfield EIS appears to be on track. The
contingent expressed appreciation for continued support of Chatfield Reallocation, the
$354,000 in Federal funding received for FY 2007, and to reinforce the request for
$400,000 in FY 2008 to move towards completion of the Feasibility ReportjEIS.
Highlights included a robust discussion with the Corps to identify future steps that
should be coordinated to execute water supply contracts for the proposed 20,600 acre-
feet of reallocated storage space in the reservoir. Senator Allard has identified the
Chatfield project as "a priority"on his list. While Chatfield progress has struggled in
the past due to lack of funding and other administrative hurdles, it now appears to have
the strong political support to increase the chance for successful federal funding and
completion. The technical committee working Chatfield Reallocation has coordinated
efforts with this contingent to put a collective best foot forward. The results of everyone
pulling together on this project are impressive.

Participants on the trip to D.C. included:
. Tom Browning, Chief, CWCB Flood Protection Section
· John Hendrick, General Manager, Centennial Water & Sanitation District
· Jim Reasoner, Past President, Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
. Mark Shively, Board of Directors, Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, and
President of the Douglas County Water Resource Authority
. Tracy Bouvette, Great Western Institute
· David Howlett, Marge Price, and John Lagomarcino, Capitol Representatives

Berthoud Opts Out of NISP: Citing higher-than-expected costs, town officials in
Berthoud drained its participation in the Northern Integrated Supply Project.

The decision by the Board of Trustees means the town will not participate in the
region's largest water supply project, which aims to build two large reservoirs in
Northern Colorado, including the proposed 177,OOO-acre-foot Glade Reservoir north of
Fort Collins.

"It was a pretty simple decision," said Mayor Pro-tern Don Ashcraft. "The costs were
going to escalate to a point where it wouldn't be feasible and wouldn't be practical for
us to continue participation. One of the most important things to us is keeping our costs
dmvn so we don't burden our rate payers."

Berthoud's cost to stay in the project this year was $73,000 but was anticipated to more
than double in 2008 to $163,000. In 2009, when construction would begin, the cost for
Berthoud would skyrocket to nearly $9 million.

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