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Commissioner, mentioned that Green Mountain Reservoir is not a reliable water supply. vi. Ken Neubeclcer asked about the impact to Salt Lick Gulch, which provide 10 cfs to fill the eiilarged reservoir, and whether this will dewater a'/~ mile stretch of Salt Water Gulch. Dan Burroughs responded that the environmental feasibility analysis, which is in part the subject of the grant request, will answer this question. vii. Dave Merritt mentioned that the Eagle Park Reservoir Enlargement, Vail Ditch, and the Old Dillon Reservoir Enlargement projects are all small and demonstrate the great efforts that Colorado headwater communities must take to get small amounts of water. d. Fraser River Berthoud Pass Sand Collection Project - $187,900 from Basin Account Kirk Klancke, CBRT Basin Member At Large requested $187,900 to construct a diversion structure on the Fraser River to capture some of the 9,000 tons of sand that CDOT deposits each winter on icy roads on Berthoud Pass. Denver Water has constn~cted a collection pond that captures water to divert to the Front Range, and sand collects in this pond and is then flushed downstream. About 5,000 tons currently flow down the Fraser River. Winter Park and Fraser have previously spent about $750,000 trying to mitigate the impacts of this sand. ii. The construction plan is to increase the height of a retaiiung wall in the diversion pond to collect sand and to amlually dredge the pond before the sand flushes downstream. The total cost of the diversion structure is $247,900, and $60,000 of this is being contributed by CDOT if construction can be completed in 2008. iii. Although CDOT, Denver Water, the USFS, the Colorado Department of Health and the Environment, Grand County, Winter Park and the Winter Park Slci Area have participated in prior siltation removal studies and projects, CDOT is the oiily entity contributing funds toward this project. Rachel Richards wondered why downstream communties aren't contributing more funds toward the project. Jolui Redifer suggested that this project might also qualify as for Statewide Funding, rather than coming solely from the Basin Account. iv. Ken Neubeclcer mentioned that siltation is a major problem in many headwater streams. Besides harming stream quality and fishing habitat, it also seriously impacts municipal water supplies and irrigation headgates. 10. Update on previous Water for the 21st Century Grant awards. a. Eagle County 190 AF Reservoir Enlargement. The reservoir expansion is slated for the Summer of 2008. b. 10825 Study: A draft report is expected in January. The website www.grandriver.us\10825 contains a good history of the 10825 program, and was highly recommended by Dave Merritt. c. Energy use subcommittee: Greg Trainor reported that the City of Grand Junction agreed to serve as the fiscal agent for disbursing the energy consumptive use analysis grant, and approved a contract and engineering agreement with URS as the contractor. An initial report I:AInterbasin Compact Coimnittee~Basin Roundtables\Colorado~Minutes~Ivlumtes Nov 2007 CBKT.doc 5 12~-