PROJC00465 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/PO #: C150083
• Contractor Name: John Peroulis and Sons Partnership
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 44
• County: Moffat
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Approval Letter

STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.stare.co.us

MEMORANDUM
(Updated May 23, 2002)

Bill Owens
Governor

TO: Colorado Water Conservation .Board Members

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

FROM:

John Van Sciver, P.E,
Mike Serlet, P,E" Chief
Water Supply Planning and Finance Section,

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

DATE: May 9,2002

SUBJECT: Agenda Item 12c" May 20-21,2002 Board Meeting
John Peroulis & Sons Partnership: Follow-up Loan

Introduction
The John Peroulis & Sons Partnership (JPSP) is applying for an additional $150,000 Small Project'
Loan from the Construction Fund to rehabilitate the dam on the Martin Cull Reservoir. The
Partnership was approved for a $100,000 Small Project Loan in September 2001, If approved, the
total loan amount will become $250,000, The estimated total cost of the project is $335,000,
Please see the attached project summary and map,

BackClround
The JPSP, located in Moffat County, operates the Martin Cull Reservoir for storage of irrigation
water for use on 450 acres owned by the Partnership. The reservoir is located about 28 miles
northeast of Craig, and is filled by Fourmile Creek, a tributary to the Little Snake River, which is a
tributary to the Yampa River. The dam, constructed in the 1950s, is a Class 3 structure, 53 feet
high, impounding a reservoir of 250 ac-ft,

In summer 2000 a slide occurred on the upstream slope of the dam as water was being released
. for irrigation, The slide was about 180 feet long with a six-foot vertical displacement. The toe of
the slide covered the upstream end of the outlet, damaging it and rendering it inoperable, The
dam was inspected by the State Engineer's Office October 4, 2000, and a zero storage restriction
was imposed on the reservoir by letter dated October 25, 2000, The owner excavated the
upstream end of the outlet, removed the gate, and the reservoir has remained empty,

The JPSP intended to rehabilitate the Martin Cull Dam in fall 2001, so that it could be used to
store water this spring for irrigation in summer 2002, The project could not be completed in fall
2001 due to snow. The JPSP started the project in May 2002 using funds from the initial CWCB
loan and now plans to keep the reservoir empty and complete the project in summer-fall 2002,
(Due to low snow-pack, there is insufficient water to fill the reservoir this year.) The project scope
has also been revised to provide a more extensive rehabilitation, including a small enlargement of
the dam, raising the overall project cost from lr_ to $335K,