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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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preliminary design of Clark Reservoir. PBS&J will be the lead engineer, but will also have some
contributions from Ayres, Anderson, Merrick, and R&R Surveying. This preliminary design and
associated survey work is being funded by $25K from each of the Alliance entities and $25K
from the CWCB. It is anticipated that construction of the Clark Reservoir project will
commence in 2009. Various funding opportunities are being explored.

CWCB AWARDS WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING GRANT TO LONGMONT:
The City of Longmont was awarded $25,000 from the Water Conservation Planning Grant
Program, to aid in updating and revising their Water Conservation Plan to meet the requirements
outlined in SB 07-008. Longmont is a covered entity located in Weld County, Colorado. With
the assistance of CH2M Hill Consulting Finn the City intends to identify methods and processes
to monitor and track water conservation savings and have a goal to realize 10% of its water
supply through water conservation. Longmont's water supply comes approximately 42% from
North St. Vrain Creek, 6% from St. Vrain Creek, and 52% from the Colorado-Big Thompson
(CBT) and Windy Gap trans-mountain diversions operated by the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District. Longmont's population growth rate is at 1 % per year annum, occurring
within the next 10 to 15 years. The planning process has begun in August 2007, and is scheduled
for CWCB' s approval in March 2008, at which time the entity will be eligible for water
efficiency grant money to assist with implementing their plan.

W.D. FARR DIES AT HOME: W.D. Farr, 97, an agricultural, water and business pioneer in
Greeley, died at his home today at about noon.

Farr had been in ill health for the past three months or more and about a week ago he suffered
what believed was a stroke, and he slipped into a coma. He was a pioneer rancher, visionary,
statesman, water expert, banker and was considered by many a true statesman, having served in
several capacities under three presidents on the international level.

Services are pending, but a memorial service will probably be conducted sometime nest week at
the Union Colony Civic Center.

CHAD SMITH, FORMERLY OF AMERICAN RIVERS, HIRED TO ASSIST IN
PLA TTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM: My Staff and I look
forward to working with Chad and Jerry Kenny as we continue the important work of the
Program.

The Governance Committee ("G.C.") has initiated a number of projects to begin implementation
of the Platte River Program, including a study and model of an existing choke point within
Nebraska to look at options for managing Program water in a manner that does not incidentally
cause flooding along the Platte River within Nebraska. The G.c. met in Denver on August 20-
21 and continues to make progress on program implementation. One of the efforts the G.c. is
exploring is the possibility of implementing a pulse flow with Environmental Account water
from Lake McConaughy in the spring of 2008. The next G.C. meeting will be held in Kearney,
Nebraska on October 9-10,2007.

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Sn-eam and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning