Rio Grande - Platoro Reservoir Restoration_Application & Scope of Work

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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form Form Revised May 2007 3. The Nvater activity underwent an evaluation and approval process and was approved by the Basin Roundtable (BRT) and the application includes a description of the results of the BRTs evaluation and approval of the activity. At a miminum, the description must include the level of agreement reached by the roundtable, including any minority opinion(s) if there ivas not general agreement for the activity. The description must also include reasons why general agreement ivas not reached (if it was not), including who opposed the activity and why they opposed it. Note - If this information is included in the letter from the roundtable chair simply reference that letter. • This information is included in the cover letter from the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable which accompanies this proposal. 4. The water activity meets the provisions of Section 37-75-104(2), CRS. This,kvater activity meets the provisions of Section 37-75-104 (2) (c), C.R.S. in that the District has actively sought the input and advice of the USBR Division Engineer III of the State of Colorado, of local affected county and municipal governments including Conejos County Commissioners, and has the solid support fi-om the Tovm of Manassa and the unincorporated communities within the affected Conejos Water Conservancy District. Letters of support express the advice and input ive count on from many stakeholders in Platoro Reservoir, the Conejos River, and Conejos Water Conservancy District (Attachment Q. 3. For Applications that include a request for fiinds from the Stateiside Account, describe how the water activity_ meets the Evaluation Criteria. See Part 3 of Criteria and Guidelines. • Promoting Collaboration and Cooperation a. The water activity addresses multiple needs or issues, including consumptive and/or non-consumptive needs, or the needs and issues of multiple interests or multiple basins. The Albuquerque Area Office of the US Department oflnterior, Bureau of' Reclamation, (UM) defines the general purpose for the operations ofPlatoro Dam and Reservoir as "Flood control, irrigation crater supply, recreation and fish and irildlife enhancement. - Division Engineer Mike Sullivan describes the multiple needs and issues addressed by this Project as folloirs: "Platoro is a very important reservoir on the Conejos river system. Platoro reservoir provides flood protection in fret years [and] directfloir storage for the multitude ofditches in the Conejos basin. Directfloij, storage is re-regulation of crater within the irrigation year. Using Platoro, the ditches in the Conejos basin are able to spread their surface irater supply over the entire groiring season rather than being at the mercy of the short runoff season. " 6